Depression – the illness that’s still taboo
On paper, things looked good for Mark Rice-Oxley: wife, children, fulfilling job. But then, at his 40th birthday party, his whole world crumbled as he succumbed to depression
Being mad is one thing, going mad quite another
Darian Leader: Many are worried that the latest edition of the psychiatrist's 'bible' labels everyone as ill – but this has an upside
Mental health diagnoses mask the real problems
Dorothy Rowe: A textbook of mental health disorders makes it far too easy for doctors to label patients – and disregard the roots of suffering
How to beat depression – without drugs
A healthier lifestyle could banish the blues, suggests a new book
Do you know this man?
He was found by the bins of a Burger King, with no clothes and no memories. Six years on, Benjaman Kyle is still asking one question: who am I?
EEG test may help predict who will develop schizophrenia, claims scientist
Information from an EEG test could allow doctors to identify people at high risk of a mental disorder. They could then be treated pre-emptively
Even people with advanced Alzheimer’s are never ‘all gone’
Response: Dementia does not destroy all chance of meaningful communication, say Helena Roth and Janet Thomson
Is the web affecting the way our brains work? It’s a thought
Observer editorial: The internet may be changing the way we think. Perhaps we'll have to learn again how to concentrate
The raw horror of Alzheimer’s
Andrea Gillies thought she could care for her mother-in-law, who was gripped by dementia. It was a terrible mistake, the Orwell prize winner tells Amelia Gentleman