Five a day: UK children with healthy diet have best mental health

Study prompts experts to call for nutrition to be included in public health strategies

Facebook pauses work on Instagram Kids after teen mental health concerns

Move follows WSJ revelations that Facebook-commissioned research showed Instagram could affect girls’ mental health

Watch for changed behaviour, be empathic, know your limits: how to be a mental health first aider

It can be hard to spot the signs of mental ill-health in friends and colleagues, and harder still to raise the subject with them. This expert advice might make it easier

Britain’s Covid-era university students may suffer ‘impostor syndrome’

New intake of undergraduates could feel like frauds, says study, because they didn’t sit A-level exams

Right as rain! 10 ways to boost your mood on grey, wet or cold days

After a disappointing British summer, many of us won’t be looking forward to autumn and winter. But there are many ways to keep your spirits high in the bleaker seasons

Depression is not a one-size-fits-all condition – we need a more nuanced approach to mental health

Feelings of sadness are ubiquitous but the concept of depression is ill-defined – and the risk is medication being wrongly prescribed

Teenage girls, body image and Instagram’s ‘perfect storm’

The suffering of the photo-sharing app’s users came into focus this week with the leak of Facebook’s internal research

‘The ground is unstable but there are pleasures all around’ – goodbye to the joy of small things

For three years, this column has been looking for sources of quotidian joy in the darkness. As it comes to an end, what tiny delights would other writers nominate?

‘Balance is fulfilling’: how to look after your mental health at uni

From making time for self-care to silencing your inner critic, the experts share their top tips for looking after your mental health at university

When lockdown saps our hope, we can start scheming like Tom Hanks in Castaway to flee this desert island

As our worlds shrink, much attention has been paid to what’s been lost, and it has stifled a drive for dreaming of what could be