Should I be screened for depression?
Everyone over 18 should be screened for the condition, says a US task force. Meanwhile, UK officials say it should only be done for those at high risk. Who’s right?
How do I … keep the doctor at bay?
The cost of running the health service has ballooned, so here are some ideas – beyond paying your taxes – to keep it fighting fit
People aged 40-59 are least happy and most anxious, report finds
Pressures of looking after children and ageing parents could be taking major toll on this age group, ONS study suggests
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig review – one man’s battle with depression
A timely memoir of mental illness reads as a highly personal and creative response to crisis
Matt Haig: ‘As therapy shows, words can be medicine’
Reasons to Stay Alive, the novelist’s book about his own depression, was much easier to write than to live through, he explains
Robert Spitzer obituary
Psychiatrist who transformed the ‘world bible’ of psychiatric diagnosis
Half of perinatal suicides by women ‘could be prevented by better care’
Study finds those who suffer severe mental health problems during or after pregnancy are let down by poor resources and failures to spot warning signs
Generation meds: the US children who grow up on prescription drugs
Millions of US children are on medication for behavioural problems and depression – but what are the long-term effects? Photographer Baptiste Lignel followed six boys and girls to find out
‘We must get men to talk’: photographers address suicide rates among young men
Rapper Professor Green has bravely shared his battle with grief since his father killed himself. Now, musicians and photographers have joined forces to confront the issue – and encourage vulnerable young men to seek help
Yes, you can crawl out of your first-year depression at university
University may well be a petri dish of potential suffering, but by seeking help from the counselling service and escaping the student bubble, you can get through it