NHS reforms: Mutuals will give staff ‘right to provide’
Move to establish social enterprises which could be contracted to provide care likely to be seen as step towards privatisation
Why I tried the Hoffman Process of psychoanalysis
The combination of 20 years of reporting conflict, together with scars left by her upbringing prompted Janine di Giovanni to try an intense week-long form of psychoanalysis
Dr Luisa Dillner’s guide to . . . Personality disorders
They often go undiagnosed, but more than one in 10 of us may have a personality disorder
Shock tactics: Treatment or torture?
Ed Pilkington visits the Boston school that uses electric shock as a treatment for children and adults with severe autism or emotional problems
Having children helped my depression
Having experienced depression, Viv Groskop feared that motherhood would make the condition worse. But, for her, family life has had the opposite effect
Sick note: Faking illness online
Why would someone fake a serious illness online? Jenny Kleeman on the strange world of Münchausen by internet
Dr Luisa Dillner’s guide to . . . Marriage and health
Studies show that being in a happy marriage is good for your health
Dementia drama
Dementia Diaries, a new play by Maria Jastrzebska, looks at how the illness affects those who have it, as well as their family and carers
Your Voice in My Head by Emma Forrest — review
Emma Forrest's account of mental illness is frank and frequently funny but bears the scars of self-obsession, writes Julie Myerson
How to be happy: a psychotherapist’s view
Early relationships alter our brains before we learn to speak. How does that affect our happiness, asks psychotherapist Philippa Perry