Mental Health

Clara Amfo shares tips to make Christmas feel calmer and brighter when you’re not feeling festive
Clara Amfo

Clara Amfo shares tips to make Christmas feel calmer and brighter when you’re not feeling festive

Broadcaster and presenter Clara Amfo knows how complicated this time of year can be. She shares her own experiences of difficult Christmases and her tips for celebrating Christmas if you’re not feeling festive this year

Meet Holly, who’s spending her first Christmas outside hospital in years: ‘Things do get better’
Mental health

Meet Holly, who’s spending her first Christmas outside hospital in years: ‘Things do get better’

After years in inpatient mental health care, Holly is spending Christmas with family and friends outside of hospital

Tottenham Hotspur legend Micky Hazard on losing his nephew to suicide: ‘We need people to listen’
Mental health

Tottenham Hotspur legend Micky Hazard on losing his nephew to suicide: ‘We need people to listen’

Micky Hazard is working alongside Tottenham Hotspur FC., Samaritans and Mind in Haringey to encourage people to seek help for their mental health when they are struggling

I’m a vulnerable migrant. The Home Office treated me like an animal to be controlled and broken
Malachi

I’m a vulnerable migrant. The Home Office treated me like an animal to be controlled and broken

Targeting people with mental health conditions will not fix the welfare system
Arun Veerappan

Targeting people with mental health conditions will not fix the welfare system

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Why Wes Streeting is wrong about autism and ADHD ‘over-diagnosis’
Opinion

Why Wes Streeting is wrong about autism and ADHD ‘over-diagnosis’

West End star Ben Forster: ‘I broke my back on stage – and that wasn’t even the hardest part’
Theatre

West End star Ben Forster: ‘I broke my back on stage – and that wasn’t even the hardest part’

The Wanted star Nathan Sykes shares how dogs give him purpose: ‘I can’t imagine not having a dog’
Dogs

The Wanted star Nathan Sykes shares how dogs give him purpose: ‘I can’t imagine not having a dog’

This premature baby clothes business is helping newborns and parents one joyful baby vest at a time
Health

This premature baby clothes business is helping newborns and parents one joyful baby vest at a time

The Thing with Feathers review – a bruising but rewarding watch
Film

The Thing with Feathers review – a bruising but rewarding watch

What’s behind the rising tide of loneliness? It’s complicated…
James Rose

What’s behind the rising tide of loneliness? It’s complicated…

Die, My Love review – an extremely fraught, emotionally intense tale of motherhood
Film

Die, My Love review – an extremely fraught, emotionally intense tale of motherhood

I’m a trans care leaver. Finding love and acceptance as my true self was the best feeling in the world
Jack Smith

I’m a trans care leaver. Finding love and acceptance as my true self was the best feeling in the world

I battled leukaemia and then lost my fiancée to cancer. Here’s how I found hope in the grief
Grief

I battled leukaemia and then lost my fiancée to cancer. Here’s how I found hope in the grief

Gaza’s children need more than a ceasefire. We need to give them hope for a safe future
Helen Pattinson

Gaza’s children need more than a ceasefire. We need to give them hope for a safe future

Britain’s mental health crisis is a leadership crisis, too
Ashley Mills

Britain’s mental health crisis is a leadership crisis, too

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to ‘abuse and fraud’
Financial inclusion

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to ‘abuse and fraud’

Why it’s time to stop saying the c-word when talking about suicide
Josie Jakub

Why it’s time to stop saying the c-word when talking about suicide

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide
Social care

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide

Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this
Council tax

Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this

Mental health support while I was in care wasn’t perfect – but now children are being turned away
Jack Smith

Mental health support while I was in care wasn’t perfect – but now children are being turned away

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Therapists shouldn’t all be white and middle class. We need more from marginalised backgrounds
Andrea San Pedro-Lunn

Therapists shouldn’t all be white and middle class. We need more from marginalised backgrounds

Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here’s why we must break the silence
Louise Ansari

Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here’s why we must break the silence

Mental Health Bill leaves ‘dangerous gaps’ which could threaten our human rights
Dr Thomas Peck

Mental Health Bill leaves ‘dangerous gaps’ which could threaten our human rights

Cuts will rip the heart out of Samaritans at a time when it’s never been needed more
Laura Cooke

Cuts will rip the heart out of Samaritans at a time when it’s never been needed more