A winter of the mind: how to escape survival mode
For many of us, it has been a cold and traumatic year. But, as one reader found, difficult times can lead to new and revolutionary ways of thinking
Why you should make the most of the extra daylight when the clocks change
Daylight helps to regulate hormones and the immune system. It’s good for sleep and can help with depression. So be glad of the extra daylight when it comes
You can’t just cheer up people who have depression. There’s a key role for antidepressants
The NHS is planning to offer patients art, music and gardening classes rather than antidepressants. Nice idea, but it won’t work, writes psychotherapist Lucy Cavendish
Postpartum psychosis: new mothers speak out over need for support
Mania and depression can set in very quickly after a baby is born but care across the UK is patchy
Oh wow! How getting more awe can improve your life – and even make you a nicer person
Whether it’s the immensity of the Grand Canyon or the beauty of an intricate spider’s web, feeling awestruck is good for you. Here are 10 ways to get awed
‘I feel totally seen’: John Crace on how guided breathing soothed a lifetime of anxiety
After 65 anxious years, trying every conceivable treatment and therapy available, just one session of breathwork was all that was needed to calm a troubled mind
‘When you stop fighting, that’s when you start grieving’: the parents battling to prevent student suicide
In the four years since their daughter killed herself at university, Robert and Margaret Abrahart have been trying to understand why she was left to cope with her problems alone – and to help other vulnerable young people
Crib sheet: experts issue advice for new parents to cope with sleepless nights
Durham University’s Infancy and Sleep Centre launches kit to help manage expectations and reduce negative thinking
There are some nights I just don’t sleep, and that’s OK. Instead I go out for a walk
Perhaps the hardest thing about insomnia is how isolating it is, writes Mark Starmach, but walking Sydney’s empty streets bring a kind of peace
Third of new students in England show signs of depression, survey suggests
‘Experimental’ ONS survey of first-years finds 37% have symptoms of depression and 39% of anxiety