Would a psychopath by any other name be as scary?

Martin Robbins: Jon Ronson's new book, The Psychopath Test, raises troubling questions about society's use of labels in tackling mental health issues

This column will change your life: inspirational quotes

Self-help books are brimming with the inspiring words of Nelson Mandela… But did he really say those things? Oliver Burkeman finds out

A new view of self-harm

The phenomenon has spread to older people over the past 10 years. Why?

What is Madness? by Darian Leader – review

Darian Leader's study of madness contains superb insights but leaves Alexander Linklater with a sense of hopelessness

This column will change your life: but is it contagious?

Why do we recoil from some ideas as if to embrace them might be catching? By Oliver Burkeman

Vitamin pills can lead you to take health risks

Ben Goldacre: Trials show that people who think they've done something healthy, even if they haven't, smoke more and believe they are invulnerable to diseases

This column will change your life: Should memory boxes be given the boot?

If you keep every object from your past as proof of your existence, read Oliver Burkeman's column right now

Miller Mair obituary

Clinical psychologist who fought against 1950s orthodoxy

This column will change your life: Clocking off

Is it time to go to the pub now, asks Oliver Burkeman