A new plague facing women

Three graphic new books about depression by women writers will cast new light on Britain's hidden epidemic. Stephanie Merritt, herself a sufferer, recalls her own experience and argues for greater openness about a subject that still remains largely taboo

Cheer up. Here’s how …

The new year may bring a recession and stagnating house prices, so here Harvard's 'professor of happiness', Tal Ben-Shahar, suggests four ways to lift your spirits in 2008

Mentally ill deserve more than cynicism

Leader: By implying, as it does with the Mental Health Bill, that mental illness is more a matter of public safety than of public health the government is wrong-headed.

The road to wellbeing

Derek Draper: British political discourse is undergoing a sea-change, as last night's debate showed.

Separated at birth

Annemarie Flanagan reports on concerns about treatment of women who suffer postnatal illness, ahead of the publication of Nice guidelines on mental health provisions for new mothers.