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Mental Health

'It worries me it could happen again': How Covid turned life upside down for children and young people
Text reads: Coronavirus. Stay at home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives
Dr Alison Penny

'It worries me it could happen again': How Covid turned life upside down for children and young people

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer
Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary.
Oliver Chantler

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer

The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people
Keir Starmer
James Watson-O’Neill

The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people

How dance is helping women heal after being diagnosed with cancer
Emily Jenkins

How dance is helping women heal after being diagnosed with cancer

This small change to sick pay would make a huge difference for people with mental health problems
person with book on head and papers scattered around
Minesh Patel

This small change to sick pay would make a huge difference for people with mental health problems

Comedian Babatunde Aléshé: 'My biggest regret? Not having therapy in my 20s'
Babatunde Aléshé
Big Questions

Comedian Babatunde Aléshé: 'My biggest regret? Not having therapy in my 20s'

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope
Incels

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope

Why I'm worrying about everything
Sam Delaney

Why I'm worrying about everything

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars
Film

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars

Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn
Simon Kitchen

Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn

Housing developers are raking in cash while young people sleep in parks – it has to stop
Jacob

Housing developers are raking in cash while young people sleep in parks – it has to stop

'We get sick, Meta get rich': Why the 'guinea pig generation' wants Labour to tax social media giants
Social Media

'We get sick, Meta get rich': Why the 'guinea pig generation' wants Labour to tax social media giants

The stigma of living in social housing is holding people back. That must change
social housing
Rick Liddiment

The stigma of living in social housing is holding people back. That must change

Dear men, it's not a weakness to be vulnerable or ask for help
Natty
Music

Dear men, it's not a weakness to be vulnerable or ask for help

I'm made to feel like a burden for claiming benefits from the DWP. It's not a way of life – it's torture
Karen

I'm made to feel like a burden for claiming benefits from the DWP. It's not a way of life – it's torture

Blue Monday: The truth behind the so-called 'most depressing day of the year'
Blue Monday Fact/Fiction
Mental health

Blue Monday: The truth behind the so-called 'most depressing day of the year'

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Can people actually self-diagnose with mental illness and claim disability benefits?
Tony Blair
Benefits

Can people actually self-diagnose with mental illness and claim disability benefits?

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was
Foster care

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was

Emmerdale star talks taking on a father's agony in missing person story: 'I hope it makes people think'
Mark Charnock, who plays Marlon Dingle, in Emmerdale. Image: ITV
Emmerdale

Emmerdale star talks taking on a father's agony in missing person story: 'I hope it makes people think'

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded
Nature

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded

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