Wanted: more foster homes

An estimated 8,000 more foster carers are needed and there also needs more money invested in training

Introduction

Mental illness costs the economy £110bn a year in treatment costs and lost productivity

My nightmare in Shanghai

First person: A year after she moved to China to take up a teaching post, a mental breakdown left Lucy Hill penniless and barefoot on the streets

Children should be allowed to be sad

Lisa Miller and Margaret Rustin: We expect the young to be happy while subjecting them to our concerns. No wonder they are so anxious

Are our children really in crisis, or the victims of parents’ anxiety?

Evidence suggests constant panic about child wellbeing may do more harm than good

Once were warriors

After the horrors of war, many servicemen and women find themselves facing another battle: post-traumatic stress disorder

Drawing on experience

Mark Drinkwater on Living with a Black Dog, a picture book which offers practical and humorous tips on living with depression

Be glad to be sad

Emily Hill: Scientists say unhappiness and stress are natural biological responses and should not be suppressed by antidepressants

The great obesity myth

Dr David Ashton calls for an end to the dangerous misconceptions about obesity