Scientists list mental risks from smoking cannabis
Cannabis smoking - besides causing harm to heart, lungs and the immune system - can lead to temporary bouts of mental illness.
Depression hits one in four adults
Martin is 20 but he claims he already knows what will kill him. The science student is one of those touched by the fastest growing epidemic in the UK - depression. And it is depression, he says, that will claim his life. Tracy McVeigh reports
Elderly suicides: the religious divide
Popular images of happy, long-lived Italians and isolated, lonely British pensioners have been overturned by new research which found elderly people in Catholic and Orthodox countries are more likely to commit suicide than those in secular and Protestant countries
Mental illness survey calls for a new approach
In too many cases, people suffering from mental illness have no say in the treatment they receive. Sophie Petit-Zeman reports on a survey urging a holistic re-think
Strengths and weaknesses of the mental health NSF
Why the mental health NSF has received both praise and criticism
Seven standards of the mental health NSF
Sophie Petit-Zeman examines seven standards that will effect users, carers and providers
How the NHS plan aims to improve mental health services
Sophie Petit-Zeman examines the government's pledges to reform mental health services