Pass notes No 2,753: Happiness
The Movement for Happiness is recruiting a director. Are you perky enough?
Masculine faces appeal most to women in countries where disease is rife
A country's health influences women's preference for masculine or feminine-looking faces, claim psychologists
Why do women identify themselves as victims of childhood sexual abuse?
Sociologist Jo Woodiwiss argues that a pervasive self-help culture has led women to infer abuse from no more than a checklist of symptoms
Joan Bakewell: Happiness is being 74
The young have stress, ambition, unfulfilled dreams. The elderly have contentment
Universities told to consider dope tests as student use of ‘smart drugs’ soars
Cambridge scientist calls for ethical debate on drugs bought on internet that boost alertness and attention
How to conquer the clutter
A mountain of stuff that we neither need nor use is taking over our homes – twice as much as 30 years ago. Hoarder Michele Hanson wonders how she might conquer her clutter
This isn’t the life I dreamed of …
Carole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on reader's problems. This week: depression
Are you addicted to sex?
For celebrities such as Tiger Woods, checking into a sex addiction clinic seems to be the norm these days when you have been accused of infidelity. But is it a real medical condition – or simply a convenient excuse?
Relationships: Not just for Christmas
Editorial: The welfare state was developed to ensure material needs were met, but its architects presumed that emotional and psychological needs would be met by family and community. That is not always so
Real loneliness can do serious damage
Neuroscientist John Cacioppo says social pain is akin to physical pain. So what can be done to make it better?