‘I didn’t see how I could ever get back to a normal life’: how burnout broke Britain – and how it can recover

First smartphones made work inescapable. Then came the pandemic and the cost of living crisis. We are more overstretched and stressed than ever before – but there’s a way out

Parents urge UK universities to reveal student suicide rates

Inquest to be held into death of Harry Armstrong Evans, who was at University of Exeter

‘It feels like fresh air to my ears’: can brown noise really help you concentrate?

Some people use it to improve their focus while others use it to drop off to sleep. The writer Zadie Smith says she listens to it day and night. But what is brown noise? And does it work?

Who’s paying for Britain’s disastrous mini-budget? We are, with our health

From stress about homelessness to illnesses caused by food poverty and cold homes, this financial chaos will take a heavy toll, says public health professor Devi Sridhar

Rage rooms and primal screams: how stressed-out workers are letting off steam

London’s ‘Screamatorium’ is one way to self-soothe as office tension (and therapy costs) mount

Little evidence screaming helps mental health, say psychologists

Experts question long-term benefits of therapy for mental and psychological disorders

Oh wow! How getting more awe can improve your life – and even make you a nicer person

Whether it’s the immensity of the Grand Canyon or the beauty of an intricate spider’s web, feeling awestruck is good for you. Here are 10 ways to get awed

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

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