Insomnia and me: AL Kennedy
'I fret that this is the least suitable night for me to be sleepless. Of course it is. It always is'
Insomnia and me: Jilly Cooper
'The only thing worse than not sleeping is rereading something I have written in the day and it making me go to sleep'
The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD, and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought – review
David Adam's punchy explanation of the mental torment of OCD is well-intentioned, but lacks subtlety. By Jenny Turner
Top 10 science and tech books for April: how to cook insects and can humans save the Earth?
From bug recipes to surviving the planet's predicament
These Are Our Children by Julie Maxwell – review
Julie Maxwell's funny, thought-provoking novel gives questions around conception and childbirth a vigorous going over. By Jane Housham
Iron Horse: songs of cycling
How an evening bike ride in Richmond Park inspired Mary Erskine to pen odes to cycling and set them to music
Jonathan Toubin and the rhythm of recovery
After a taxi crashed into his hotel room, doctors said that DJ Jonathan Toubin had sustained more injuries than they had ever seen on one person. Now he's back behind the decks, writes Amy Fleming
The play that wants to change the way we treat mental illness
Laura Barnett: The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland is based on a new approach called 'open dialogue', and replicates the experience of having an auditory hallucination
Dr Christian Jessen: ‘The public’s thirst for gory medical things is insatiable’
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: Dr Christian Jessen has made the nation's intimate ailments a teatime TV staple with Embarrassing Bodies, and this week he tackled 'gay cures' in a controversial documentary. His methods are not to all tastes, but his passion is clear
Falling into the Fire review – a psychiatrist’s impressive study of mental health
Christine Montross helps to demystify madness with her insightful, case-based account of the ethics of psychiatry, writes Stephanie Merritt