Winter blues? A practical guide to getting more light in your life
As the nights draw in, it is all too easy to let lack of daylight get the better of us. But there are plenty of ways to stay one step ahead of the darkness
Why a daily bath helps beat depression – and how to have a good one
According to researchers, a regular warm bath can have a greater effect on mood than physical exercise. Here’s how to enjoy the plunge, even if you prefer a shower
Derry has a high suicide rate – but could redesigning the river help the city?
A project on the River Foyle is using design to try to improve wellbeing and mental health outcomes in the city
Communism is hip again – but until it means liberty, count me out, comrade
Activist Ash Sarkar is promoting a revitalised ‘fun communism’, without the inconvenient history. I want a revolution I can dance to, not a cult of obedience
Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig – how to survive the 21st century
This follow-up to Reasons to Stay Alive is not a smug self-help book, but an honest and human guide to coping with the modern worldo
Life-saving optimism: what the west can learn from Africa
In the US, where I teach, mental health problems are rife. In Nigeria, poverty is common but there’s no hopelessness. Why, asks author and academic Chigozie Obioma
Suffering from Brexit anxiety? You could get free counselling
Psychotherapists will offer sessions to those left in despair by referendum result
Why I lied to my therapists
Melissa Broder, the poet behind the popular Twitter account @SoSadToday, spent 18 years in therapy. But she never told the truth. Here, she explains why she’s now going it alone
‘Drama saved my life’: how performing can help mental health problems
May Contain Nuts is an award-winning theatre company of people with experience of mental ill health
Doctors knew my son was suicidal. I should have been told before he died
I was denied the chance to be there for my son when he needed me the most