This column will change your life: Trailblazing in cognitive therapy

Thirty years ago, a young pyschiatrist published a book called Feeling Good. What happened next? Oliver Burkeman finds out

This column will change your life: From alief to belief

How does even the rational mind respond to things that are not as they seem? Oliver Burkeman reports

Dr Luisa Dillner’s guide to . . . fear of flying

Some people are more anxious than others, but a turbulent flight can trigger a fear of flying, says Dr Luisa Dillner

Distorted body image means people don’t know the back of their own hands

Study suggests the brain has highly distorted representations of our hands. The distortion may extend to the rest of the body

Bone marrow transplants cure mental illness – in mice

Preliminary research involving bone marrow transplants in mice suggests an immune approach to treating mental illness

Laughter may boost appetite

The discovery could lead to the development of 'laughter treatment' for patients who have lost their appetite

How true is the one-in-four mental health statistic?

Jamie Horder: It's taken as fact that one in four people will suffer a mental health problem, but the research is less conclusive

The condition that gave me a Chinese accent

Foreign Accent Syndrome has left a West Country woman with a very strange problem . . .

The Selfish Society by Sue Gerhardt

Can the latest scientific thinking about child development help fix Britain's 'broken society'? asks Phil Hogan

This column will change your life: Will the man with no head blow your mind?

Off-the-planet, but down-to-earth: Oliver Burkeman finds Douglas Harding's memoir either one of the most ridiculous or wisest things he's ever read