Welcome to the era of anxiety

Generalised anxiety disorder is the world's biggest mental health problem. But do we really have anything to worry about? Report by Harriet Green

Living with OCD

Imagine if you couldn't have a conversation without counting the words. Huw Davies on a tough battle

Oh, I’ll do it tomorrow

Richard Smith: We may measure out our lives with endless to-do lists, but procrastination is not a disease

Monthly prescription

A recent report suggests that more and more women are being offered antidepressants for the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome. Is this really the solution for a complex condition? Luisa Dillner reports

Will this man make you happy?

The government's 'happiness tsar', Richard Layard, thinks he knows why we're all so miserable - we're overpaid, over-materialistic and lonely. But, he tells Stuart Jeffries, he has a plan to banish the blues in Britain, once and for all

Saving Sabine

French movie star Sandrine Bonnaire tells Edward Marriott why she has made a film about life with her autistic sister