Bone marrow transplants cure mental illness – in mice
Preliminary research involving bone marrow transplants in mice suggests an immune approach to treating mental illness
Why do so many women have depression?
Kira Cochrane: Novelist Allison Pearson is the latest in a long line of high-profile women to talk publicly about their depression. So what's wrong?
How true is the one-in-four mental health statistic?
Jamie Horder: It's taken as fact that one in four people will suffer a mental health problem, but the research is less conclusive
Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease by Gary Greenberg
Lewis Wolpert takes issue with a book that accuses drug manufacturers of hyping depression
Gary Greenberg: ‘Am I happy enough?’
Psychotherapist and author of Manufacturing Depression Gary Greenberg talks to Tim Adams about drugs and true love
Me and my doctor
When Fergus Henderson was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he risked losing much more than his career as one of the country's top cooks. Then he met Professor Marwan Hariz, who drilled into his skull and rebooted his brain. Here, Fergus, Emma Thompson, Ruby Wax and Max Stafford-Clark talk about their relationships with the doctors and therapists who've transformed their lives
This isn’t the life I dreamed of …
Carole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on reader's problems. This week: depression
Marian Keyes: why depression has stopped me writing
Bestselling author Marian Keyes has revealed on her blog that severe depression is forcing her to abandon writing
Hairdressers in Northern Ireland to be trained to spot suicidal clients
Anti-suicide scheme set up after depressed people are 'found to talk more freely in salons'
The drugs don’t work
Ed Halliwell: The number of people on antidepressants is soaring – we may be more miserable, but let's swap the pills for support and care