Sleeping with Jeff Bridges has become a nightmare

A new album from the actor and country musician aims to help you sleep – which is great until the Dude invades your dreams

Curvology by David Bainbridge review – the female body, dissected and confused

A study that sets out to identify the factors that influence eating disorders, body image and clothing choices collapses in a welter of contradictions

Lesser spotted: Melanie’s Marvelous Measles wiped out online

An anti-vaccination book for children has received more than 800 one-star reviews on Amazon

Soporific songs: what music makes you snooze?

Jeff Bridges thinks he’s hit the lullaby jackpot with his new Sleeping Tapes. But what do you stick on the stereo when the sandman has gone awol?

Doctors Dissected review – an eloquent case for consistent GP care

Britain’s GPs face the questions under Jane Haynes and Martin Scurr’s wonderfully humane examination, writes Kate Kellaway

The Wellness Syndrome by Carl Cederström & André Spicer – exploitation with a smiley face

People who fail to look after their bodies are now demonised as lazy, feeble or weak-willed, writes Steven Poole

The Three Things That Will Change Your Destiny Today! by Paul McKenna – digested read

John Crace resolves to follow McKenna’s instructions for a happier life, based on the latest neuro-scientific findings in the Journal of Applied Wishful Thinking

The Offering by Grace McCleen – a vivid insight into mental illness

A psychiatric patient rebels against the men who play God – with moving results. By John Burnside

Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole review – fascinating tales about the brain

Neurologist Allan Ropper’s journeys into the brain illuminate the number of strange ways it can go wrong, says Andrew Anthony

Why Grow Up? by Susan Neiman, and Juvenescence by Robert Pogue Harrison – review

We worship youth – and at the same time respond to idealism with the injunction: ‘Grow up!’ What do we really want?. By Josh Cohen