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Mental health

August 2026

  • Silent Book Club. DO NOTFive women reading books, sitting on the edge of a luxurious-looking pool with tropical trees behind them USE. FOR SATURDAY. PHONE FREE SPACES FEATURE: Silent Book Club Hawaii Reading Retreat. Sent by: hello@silentbook.club

    The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are liberating people from their phones

    Sick of doomscrolling? From venues with smartphone swear jars to cabins with absolutely no signal, here are the fun and freeing ways to ditch your device
  • a police barricade on street outside a suburban home

    Jurors in Lindsay Clancy murder trial visit home where children were killed

  • Illustration of a person's silhouette with an artist's palette inside their head

    Hobbies can improve your health – here are four tips for choosing one

  • Michael Thomas with his hand on his heart and wearing a bandana

    ‘I had a really crippling break’: how author Michael Thomas lost 20 years to mania, depression and more

  • A health-led response to mental health emergencies will change the way triple zero calls are triaged and provide clinical advice to first responders in NSW.

    NSW to send paramedics not police to some mental health emergencies after multiple deaths

  • A person holds a mobile phone

    Excessive time spent online linked to stress and worse mood – study

  • a woman sitting in courtroom looks ahead

    Lindsay Clancy’s ex-husband testifies about day she killed their three children

  • Young woman using cell phone to send text message on social network at night.

    Reclaiming your peace on WhatsApp

  • Bill Oddie attending the Johnny English Strikes Again screening held at Curzon Mayfair, London, in 2018.

    Brief letters
    How Bill Oddie was a comfort to me

  • Helen Pilcher

    For parents staring down the barrel of six weeks’ childcare: take a tip from orangutans

    Helen Pilcher
    With the news that the ginger giants arrange playdates for their offspring, scientists say messing about has health benefits for humans of all ages, says science writer Helen Pilcher
  • Lucy Jones

    Amid the social and political panic about falling birthrates, why not ask new mothers what they think?

    Lucy Jones
    Medals and cash bonuses have been mooted as incentives, but the priority is for policy that addresses women’s real concerns, says author and journalist Lucy Jones
  • Lots of cans of drinks piled in a pyramid, sitting on a bed of ice cubes

    Electrolyte lemonade to probiotic pop: do the new generation of ‘functional drinks’ live up to the hype?

  • Kirsty-Anne Holmes looks at a photo of her father which is in a frame on a tabletop beside her. She is 39 and has long, curly blond hair. Adrian Howe is smiling in the black and white photo.

    Family of former Vodafone manager found drowned call for ‘Adrian’s law’ to protect franchisees

  • Joanna Wood and Bruce Hart sit together in a living room

    Millions of people are losing weight using GLP-1s. How do the drugs affect their love lives?

    Prescribing doctors often warn of the medications’ potential side-effects – but unexpected impacts on romantic relationships are less understood
  • A young woman sits in a chair in court

    Postpartum psychosis or murder? Trial of mother who killed her kids spotlights mental health

    Lindsay Clancy’s mental wellbeing will be a central question during her trial for strangling her three children to death
  • Four illustrated scenes show people in different situations: relaxing on a sofa, dealing with a leak, exercising, and working at a desk

    Four types of thinker have been identified. Which one are you?

    Investigation finds evidence of distinct groups, from big-picture thinkers to those who sweat the small stuff
  • Jesse Deacon wearing headphones plays a keyboard while sitting indoors, with sheet music visible nearby

    No mental health training, no warning, no plan: what led to the fatal police shooting of Jesse Deacon?

    Three years after her son was shot during a mental health episode, 82-year-old Judy Deacon led the cross-examination in the coroner’s court
  • A boy and girl walk in the surf on a seafront promenade

    Against the tide
    One year, 17 towns, dozens of voices: what we heard along the coast of England and Wales

    Reporting from some of the poorest seaside towns revealed how young people have been left isolated – but remain resilient and full of hope
  • Police guard the entrance to Downing Street

    Urgent need for more security after physical attacks and abuse, say MPs’ staff

    Exclusive: Westminster survey finds one in two staffers experiencing clinical levels of psychological distress
  • People in silhouette dancing

    No matter your age, you can always enjoy a rave

    Letter: Brian F Nattrass went to a festival to celebrate his 80th birthday, started dancing and suddenly felt ageless. Plus a letter from John Parry
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