7 steps to instant happiness
Bravery? Pessimism? Meditation? Hannah Booth shares happiness experts' top tips
Smile and count your blessings – it’ll make you happier
Experiment shows smiling and reliving happy memories are effective ways to boost mood
Oliver James: Family under the microscope
Your son may be daft but he's probably fine. The alarming rate of distress among 15-year-old girls, meanwhile, affects all classes
The drugs don’t work
Ed Halliwell: The number of people on antidepressants is soaring – we may be more miserable, but let's swap the pills for support and care
Carlos Castilla del Pino
Obituary: Spanish psychiatrist influenced by the horrors of the civil war
Antidepressant use soars as the recession bites
Experts warn on 'quick fix' after a rise of 2.1m prescriptions in 2008
Feuding couples should ‘split for children’s sake’
Children whose parents remain married but frequently argue do worse at school, new research claims
Bruising experience
Infamous as Tony Blair's abrasive spinmeister in chief, Alastair Campbell has become an unlikely champion of people with mental illness. Mary O'Hara sees his softer side
From anger management to addiction: online therapies
Programmes which allow sufferers to work through their issues at their own pace, anonymously, at home