Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki review – beating the ‘trust recession’
A psychologist on the deleterious effects of cynicism and how faith in others is the key to building a better future
Self-help was meant to make me feel better. Instead it turned toxic – and borderline dangerous
For 15 years I read the books, took the courses and downloaded the apps to try to become a better person. None of it helped, says writer Emily Goddard
On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud review – the shrink’s shrink engagingly examined by Siri Hustvedt, Susie Boyt and others
Authors reassess the legacy of the father of psychotherapy in a lovely grab bag of essays
Coming of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us by Lucy Foulkes review – deep dive into the teenage mind
An academic psychologist’s insightful and compassionate study of adolescence is expertly presented, plotting out harmful as well as helpful transitions into adulthood
Coming of Age by Lucy Foulkes review – the truth about teenagers
From being popular to taking risks, this wise and revelatory study overturns received wisdom about adolescence
Rumbles by Elsa Richardson review – gut reaction
A vivid cultural history of digestion, from ancient Greece to All-Bran
You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here by Benji Waterhouse review – the doctor won’t see you now
A brilliantly funny but deadly serious account of NHS psychiatry in crisis
Magic Pill by Johann Hari review – weighing in
There is a useful book to be written about the rise of anti-obesity drugs such as Ozempic, but this flawed account is not it
Bald by Stuart Heritage review – hair today, gone tomorrow
An unexpected twist on the grief memoir sees the Guardian writer chart the five stages of male-pattern baldness
Everything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey review – apocalypse now
A history of our obsession with the end of days – and the culture it has inspired