Autism: A healing, not a cure

Rupert Isaacson believes riding has transformed his autistic son. Now he wants others to benefit from his experience. But is it too good to be true?

Family under the microscope

Why are female undergraduates so much more likely to suffer from psychological distress than male students?

Playing it too safe?

Parents banned from sports days, children prevented from flying kites, three-legged races outlawed. Health and safety gone mad, or media hysteria, asks Emine Saner

Relationships: Not just for Christmas

Editorial: The welfare state was developed to ensure material needs were met, but its architects presumed that emotional and psychological needs would be met by family and community. That is not always so

A dad from day one

Khaled Diab: No argument against a father's presence in the delivery room will convince me that I should not have witnessed my son's birth

The cold hand of fate

There aren't many occupational hazards in my line of work, admits Tim Dowling, but that doesn't mean I don't suffer for my art

The beatnik turned natural birth expert

Viv Groskop meets a 'far-out' midwife who has become a guru to celebrities. But is delivering a breech baby feet first without pain relief really a good idea?