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Depression

December 2023

  • Henn Kim A moment that changed me The experience of being mute helped me to find my artistic voice 01_People Never Listen. The noises, from traffic to cafe chatter, felt like a battlefield to me. I wore headphones to escape. People don't listen; words are often empty. I stopped speaking; words are just shells.

    A moment that changed me
    A moment that changed me: I stopped speaking at 19 – and found my artistic voice

    I was mute for two years because I couldn’t convey my emotions. It helped me discover a new way to express myself
  • Adele and Rich Paul smile for the cameras

    Adele says staying in sunny LA staves off seasonal depression

    Singer, who reportedly bought $58m property last year, says she also gets left alone in Los Angeles
  • A doctor writing a prescription form for medication on a prescription pad

    Experts call for fewer antidepressants to be prescribed in UK

    Open letter to government from experts and politicians says rising usage ‘is a clear example of over-medicalisation’

November 2023

  • Time Still Turns the Pages.

    Time Still Turns the Pages review – sensitive account of the cycle of trauma

    A depressed teacher recalls and investigates childhood abuses in this profound and perceptive drama from Hong Kong director Nick Cheuk
  • Mel Stride, in a suit and tie, walks across Downing Street at night

    Minister warned about mental pressure of benefits system after applicant kills himself

    Coroner issues report to work and pensions chief, Mel Stride, following inquest into death of man with severe depression

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

    • Christopher Eccleston on class, capitalism, fame and shame: ‘My eating disorder was imprisoning’

    • Covid pandemic ‘had lasting impact’ on brain health of people aged 50 or over

October 2023

  • Julia Mitchell’s guinea pig Pudding

    The pet I'll never forget
    The pets I’ll never forget: Pudding and Popcorn, the guinea pigs who saved me during lockdown

  • David

    David says ketamine was a ‘lifesaver’ for his depression. So why are many in Australia missing out?

  • Woman outside breathing the air, a breeze on her face, eyes closed

    Ask Philippa
    My mum’s depression drags me down. I feel I need to stay away

  • Sleeping person and digital clock

    Sleeping less than five hours a night can raise depression risk, study suggests

  • ChatGPT may be better than a GP at following depression guidelines – study

  • ‘My self-worth plummeted every month’: the hidden disorder that can ruin women’s lives

  • ‘You’ll grow out of it’: the best and worst advice for depression

  • ‘I’m at one of the lowest points of my life’: Svalbard’s Serena Cherry on confronting depression with metal

  • Parenting at every age
    Walks, tech and protein: how to parent your own parents

September 2023

  • Mad Men still of woman on therapist's couch

    Talking sense: why a stiff upper lip can never be good for our mental health

    Lucy Cavendish
    Research suggesting that not going on about our emotions is a valid treatment for depression feels like a backwards step
  • A student writing on a pad with a laptop open in front of her.

    Mental health among UK secondary pupils worsened sharply in pandemic, study shows

    First comparative research of its kind finds those with lots of social interaction and supportive family coped better
  • A lab technician tests for psilocybin potency

    Psychedelic treatment in mental health lacks evidence, Australian experts say

    Monash University study reveals a hesitancy to support widespread use of psilocybin and MDMA due to concerns about poor quality of evidence
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