Half a million older people spend every day alone, poll shows

Scale of loneliness among over-60s revealed as Age UK develops scheme to provide support and companionship

‘No email after 6pm’: your advice on how to reduce workplace stress

Almost 10m working days are lost to stress in the UK every year. Readers share their stories of how they keep it under control

Loneliness is a hazard of old age. A phone call can mean a lot

Most of us are too busy to help an older person we may not know. But a few minutes each week can open the door to a lifetime of experience

A moment that changed me: a teacher’s acceptance of my silence

I stopped talking in the 80s, and my selective mutism marked me out as a strange, silent kid. But one teacher helped me begin to find my voice

I’d rather die than be a burden on my daughter – like many old people

If I become demented, bedridden and incontinent, I hope a chum will smother me rather than leave me to moulder in nappies in a £1,000 a week care home

Happiness depends on health and friends, not money, says new study

Landmark research says tackling mental health issues more effective than reducing poverty for increasing happiness rates

The emotional life of men: ‘you’ll be right’ isn’t enough anymore

We have grown up into a society in which males fear sharing emotion with one another, and we continue to teach boys that emotion is not okay

CBT ‘should be routinely offered’ to women with premenstrual syndrome

Gynaecologists advise that cognitive behavioural therapy could help women manage the symptoms of PMS

How to cope with loneliness

The new spin on loneliness is that we ought to welcome it, in modest doses

Men much less likely to seek mental health help than women

Huge survey shows gender gap and the need for ‘cultural shift’ says charity chief