Headlines making you anxious? Delay reading them

There’s a trick to staying calm but well-informed: take your time catching up with the news

The Guardian view on sleep deprivation: who can afford forty winks?

Editorial: Smartphones are only part of the picture; sleep problems are both cause and consequence of social disadvantage

Homeopathic ‘scams’ could be advertised on prime-time television

Consumer advocate warns lack of regulation could lead public to fall for ‘loopy claims’

Is everything Johann Hari knows about depression wrong?

The Observer has published an excerpt from Johann Hari’s new book challenging what we know about depression. But do his own claims and arguments stack up?

Johann Hari: ‘I was afraid to dismantle the story about depression and anxiety’

The writer and author’s new book, Lost Connections, explores the problems with our understanding of mental health

Is everything you think you know about depression wrong?

In this extract from his new book, Johann Hari, who took antidepressants for 14 years, calls for a new approach

I listened to 75 self-help podcasts in 10 days. This is how much they helped

Are there any gems in six months’ worth of wellness podcasts to help you fulfil New Year resolutions? Or do they all boil down to essentially the same advice?

Antisocial media: why I decided to cut back on Facebook and Instagram

Only when I tried to quit social networks did I realise how addictive and enveloping they are designed to be. Now I am convinced we are heading for a public health crisis

India bans condom adverts during primetime TV

Move is aimed at protecting children but campaigner warns it could undo decades of progress on sexual health

The fear factor: how should we deal with alarmist health reporting?

We are fed a constant diet of medical scare stories that often seem to contradict each other. Which ones should we believe?