The penis: barometer of heart and head

A new theatre show explores the impact of erectile dysfunction on men’s physical and mental health. Its creator, Mark Storor, says he is terrified of the responsibility: ‘If we fail, we have to fail spectacularly’

Neurotribes review – the evolution of our understanding of autism

A life-affirming study shows how much attitudes have changed to the condition once known as ‘childhood psychosis’

The Man Who Closed the Asylums: Franco Basaglia and the Revolution in Mental Health Care by John Foot – review

Dangerous idealist or revolutionary hero? A nuanced look at a reforming psychiatrist

The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep is surely the stuff of nightmares

Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s self-published book claims to cure young insomniacs, but should bedtime stories be about tricking children to conk out?

Fake It ‘Til You Make It at Edinburgh festival review – divides audience into smilers and sobbers

Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn strike a clever balance between humour and pathos as they recount the latter’s struggle to face his clinical depression

Bryony Kimmings: ‘Right now, our men are struggling’

She’s known as a feminist activist, but when the performance artist witnessed her boyfriend’s depression, she enlisted his help for Fake It ’Til You Make It, which tackles male mental health in her trademark goofball way

Naked at Lunch review – the funny thing about nudism

Mark Haskell Smith’s undercover view of nudism is both thoughtful and hilarious

Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History review – ennui and its origins

Francis O’Gorman’s study of why we worry covers everything from medieval monastic life to modern cultural theory without really providing any answers

Saving Safa: rescuing a little girl from FGM – review

A fluid and honest account of Waris Dirie’s determination to save others from the unnecessary suffering caused by female genital mutilation