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Depression

February 2024

  • Protesters take part in a trans pride march in London.

    Trans people in England more likely to have long-term poor mental health – study

    Research suggests risk of a mental health condition is up to five times higher than for cisgender people

January 2024

  • A male  holding a pill bottle pouring medication into his hand

    ‘The worst I’ve known it’: the struggle to get vital medicines in the UK

    Four people with conditions that require consistent medication explain how the shortages have affected their wellbeing
  • Perinatal depression is one of the most common complications of pregnancy.

    Number of women in UK who die during pregnancy rises sharply

    Separate study finds women who are depressed in pregnancy more likely to die prematurely
  • Empty chairs in a class at a primary school

    Absenteeism: children need support, not sanctions

    Letter: Children who are persistently absent from school need more understanding and help to return to the classroom, argues one reader

December 2023

  • Black and white portrait of the late writer and actor Caroline Aherne

    ‘She was sharp as a tack but daft as a brush’: friends and colleagues remember the genius of the Royle Family’s Caroline Aherne

  • 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

  • Adele and Rich Paul smile for the cameras

    Adele says staying in sunny LA staves off seasonal depression

  • A doctor writing a prescription form for medication on a prescription pad

    Experts call for fewer antidepressants to be prescribed in UK

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

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