5 d. ago Owen O’Kane and Matt Johnson on the men’s mental health crisis

Men and boys are told to "man up," but suicide is still the biggest killer of men under 50. To mark Men’s Mental Health Awareness month, Sunday Times Bestselling author Owen O’Kane, and broadcaster and mental health campaigner Matt Johnson discuss the UK’s male mental health crisis. Together with podcast host Emilie Lavinia, they discuss the most common symptoms of anxiety and depression that are often missed, how and when to seek help the simple tools for supporting good mental health and wellbeing.

Politics

7 d. ago New research reveals early warning signs for postnatal depression

One in five mothers experience the condition but more than half of cases go undetected

Events

9 d. ago Reese Witherspoon opens up on battling postnatal depression in secret after giving birth to her first child at 23 and reveals the menopause symptom she is struggling with

The actress, 49, is set to receive the Cultural Icon award at the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards, appearing on the cover to talk through her life and career.

Society

1 week ago Goodbye Zoom therapy? A simple text exchange might be enough to help improve depression symptoms

One in five American adults are living with a mental illness

Science

1 week ago Even a little bit of exercise can turn that frown upside down

Less than a third of Americans are getting enough exercise and millions suffer from symptoms of depression

Politics

1 week ago Are you in a community choir? We would like to hear from you

Tell us about your experience of singing in a choir and how it has affected your wellbeingSinging has long been trumpeted for its benefits to our wellbeing.A recent study found that group singing sessions were effective in helping new mothers with postnatal depression – reducing symptoms for up to six months. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago The sweet spice that can fight depression and ease menopause symptoms

This spice is great in holiday cookies - but have huge health benefits as well

Science

3 w. ago The health conditions that may increase your risk of dementia

Experts identified ‘critical time windows’ in which certain illnesses pose the greatest risk to patients

Events

4 w. ago An unexpected activity could relieve postnatal depression symptoms

Researchers found the activity offered a "long-lasting effect" on symptoms of postnatal depression (PND)

Science

4 w. ago The simple activity found to help mothers with post natal depression

One in four mothers in the UK are affected by Post Natal Depression

Politics

last month H is for Hawk review – Claire Foy is tremendously authentic in eccentric grief drama

London film festival: Foy convinces as a grieving academic who trains a goshawk in this film based on Helen Macdonald’s bestselling nature memoirCan training a goshawk cure grief? Or treat it, in some way? Will keeping it indoors – hooded so that it remains calm – and then taking it out hunting allow you to reconnect radically with nature in a way that prissy townies will never understand? Or is this just a domesticated festival of cruelty to both bird and prey and a symptom of serious depression? Philippa Lowthorpe’s intriguing, likably performed if slightly precious film – based on Helen Macdonald’s bestselling nature memoir from 2014 – addresses these questions, but can’t quite deliver the Hollywood redemption narrative that it appears to offer: the story of a woman in the depths of melancholy who is helped through the darkness and, we have to assume, out the other side, by her goshawk, whimsically named Mabel. (Macdonald used she/her pronouns at the time of publication and came ...

Events