Bad dreams in middle age could be sign of dementia risk, study suggests
Research finds people who had them at least once a week were four times more likely to experience cognitive decline
‘We need to find our kin, people who speak the same language’: the power of shared grief, from Covid to the Queen
Why are so many of us mourning a queen we never met? Is it about Elizabeth II the person, or what she represented for Britain and the world – or us, and our apparently unrelated sorrows? We talk to psychotherapists, anthropologists – and the bereaved
The big idea: should we drop the distinction between mental and physical health?
The current false dichotomy holds back research and stigmatises patients
‘I’m not a shaman – I just want to help people’: shoe designer Patrick Cox on his psychedelic toad awakening
The celebrity shoemaker was a fixture of the 90s London scene, then after the breakdown of his business – and his mental health – he found salvation from a very unlikely source ...
Not just about the money: pioneering study reveals best and worst jobs in UK
‘Full earnings’ account for wellbeing as well as financial reward – and make income gap look even worse
GPs to prescribe walking and cycling in bid to ease burden on NHS
Suggestion of activities to help improve mental and physical health part of wider movement of ‘social prescribing’
My adult ADHD drugs felt like a lifeline. Then came the scary side-effects …
After a year on prescription stimulants, I started to unravel. Would a desperate experiment with street narcotics make me see things differently?
How I learned to tame my hypochondria
Recent years have seen a dramatic rise in the number of people suffering with health anxiety. Annalisa Barbieri reveals what triggered – and eventually settled – her ‘late-onset hypochondria’
Contemplation can help problem-solving and boost creativity, study claims
People prefer to keep busy rather than to enjoy a moment of reflection, researchers find
Are there enough concrete commitments in the women’s health strategy to truly ‘reset the dial’?
Analysis: While elements of the strategy are thoughtful and will make a meaningful difference, others have either appeared out of the blue or slipped from view entirely