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mental health challenges

May 2024

  • Dr Eveline Mu and Prof Jayashri Kulkarni in front of an artwork

    Is this actually PTSD? Clinicians divided over redefining borderline personality disorder

    Some have argued BPD should be reclassified as a trauma disorder, maintaining those diagnosed are typically women with abuse in their past

March 2024

  • Caroline Laner Breure smiling to camera

    Life after a traumatic brain injury: ‘It took me over a year to find out I had an accident’

    Caroline Laner Breure always wanted to be perfect. Then an accident left her in a coma. As she pieced her brain and body back together, her idea of perfection was transformed

November 2023

  • Have a word … hearing loss can lead to all sorts of health problems, including depression and anxiety, and is linked with dementia.

    ‘Any embarrassment is in your head!’: How hearing aids boost your health and happiness

    There is still a stigma around hearing tests and hearing loss – even though excellent help is now at hand. It could just change your life

July 2023

  • ‘It was like [my mother] came from another planet, or another dimension’ … Judy Singer.

    The mother of neurodiversity: how Judy Singer changed the world

    In 1997 she transformed the way we think about human difference – and provided a name for a burgeoning movement

October 2022

  • Dawn Wooten, left, who worked as a nurse at Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, spoke at a news conference in September 2020 protesting conditions at the immigration jail.

    ‘I’m back on food stamps’: Nurse who exposed ‘uterus collector’ still faces consequences

    Dawn Wooten raised the alarm more than two years ago after detained immigrant women accused a gynaecologist of performing non-consensual procedures

September 2022

  • Illustration of a woman's head in a bad mood and a good mood with clouds and sun in place of brain

    The modern mind
    Making decisions can be terrifying. Stop worrying about being wrong and try to have a curious mindset instead

    Gaynor Parkin
    Thoughts such as ‘this is too important to mess up’ can be daunting. Try these three steps to make confident choices

January 2022

  • Sick woman with runny nose, sitting in bed.

    Full Story
    Covid positive? A doctor and a psychiatrist on how to get through it

    Two experts speak to Laura Murphy-Oates and the Full Story team about how to care for your physical and mental health if you contract Covid-19

June 2021

  • Illustration by Paul Tansley.

    Why self-belief is a superpower that can be harnessed

    Lockdowns may have eroded people’s swagger, but research suggests there are plenty of ways to remedy the situation

April 2021

  • Mental health series illustration.

    Australia's mental health crisis
    ‘The worst it’s ever been’: Guardian readers tell us about Australia’s mental health system

    Waiting times, costs, access. Issues of supply and demand. A lack of ongoing support. Inequities in the system. This is a snapshot of the mental health system in Australia

December 2020

  • An illustration of hands holding and laying out tarot cards

    Lockdown living
    ‘I'm getting clarity, a time that will feel lighter’: psychics share their 2021 predictions

    From astrology to tarot, interest in the mystical arts has flourished during the pandemic. So what is in store for the year ahead?

July 2020

  • Passers-by in Greenwich Park, London, with Canary Wharf office blocks in the background.

    Back to the workplace after Covid-19: are you fearful or jumping for joy?

    Two workers, an epidemiologist and a psychologist explore the highs and lows of returning to the office after lockdown

March 2020

  • Coronavirus: how to cope with anxiety and self-isolation – video explainer

    Behavioural psychologist Jo Hemmings has been talking through how to cope with stress and anxiety feelings and offering advice to those who have a fear of isolation amid the outbreak

September 2019

  • A member of groundstaff removes a piece of advertising hoarding that had blown onto the course at Newmarket.

    Talking Horses
    Talking Horses: Brilliant Benbatl back on course for Champions Day

    Benbatl proved his considerable ability remains very much intact with a dominant comeback victory at Newmarket

May 2019

  • Ben Smoke

    I planned to kill myself at 27 – now I’m 28. Here’s what happened

    Ben Smoke
    I used to think my bipolar disorder meant I had to suffer, like the ‘tortured geniuses’ Kurt Cobain and Van Gogh, says Ben Smoke

December 2018

  • Lucy Jones

    Closing libraries puts vulnerable new mothers out in the cold

    Lucy Jones
  • firoza

    'Before, I was quite a shy person': life after brain damage

August 2018

  • London bus advert

    First thoughts
    Women’s self-harm is being fuelled by misogyny

    Ellie Mae O'Hagan
    It’s not ‘social pressure’ that makes us turn our pain inwards Let’s be brave enough to call the problem by its proper name , says freelance journalist Ellie Mae O’Hagan

May 2018

  • First Response Mental Health Crisis, Bradofrd District Care. 09.03.16 Picture by Roger Moody / Guzelian

    'A&E is no place for a crisis': Bradford leads the way in mental health care

    A 24-hour care team in West Yorkshire is easing the pressure on emergency services

April 2018

  • Ant McPartlin makes a statement after his drink-driving case.

    Ant McPartlin is a celebrity, but do we forget he’s a human being?

    Ros Coward
    Ant’s tortured appearance after his drink-drive case reminds us of fame’s dark side – and our appetite for it, says the journalism professor Ros Coward

November 2017

  • A doctor and nurse pull a stretcher in a hospital

    Children with mental health problems 'guaranteed' treatment in four weeks

    Exclusive: Leaked government paper reveals plan for waiting time cap – but cuts mean it cannot be rolled out for four years
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