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Derek Owusu’s The Recovery House explores mental health, art and recovery
Derek Owusu’s third novel follows a young writer recovering from a breakdown in a recovery house, where friendship,…
Why physical health is a critical part of care for people with severe mental illness
An analysis of NHS data by Rethink Mental Illness highlights major health inequalities among adults referred to specialist…
Finding Belonging After Work, Relocation and Life Changes
From knitting circles to theatre groups, adults are creating welcoming spaces where friendships can grow through shared interests…
Nature access is sharply unequal across England, research finds
Research from the Wildlife Trusts and Liberal Democrats for Nature and Climate finds that 44% of English parliamentary…
Why England’s Record Antidepressant Use Cannot Be Explained by Overprescribing Alone
Antidepressant prescribing in England reached a record level in 2025–26. The figures raise legitimate questions about treatment, but…
Lindsay Clancy was failed by our warped understanding of motherhood | Moira Donegan
Most family annihilators are men. It’s a grim fact that such incidents are common enough to have a…
Mental health groups have ‘failed to acknowledge’ risk of violence, says Mind chief
Mental health organisations have “failed to acknowledge” the risk of violence from a minority of people with severe…
‘I don’t have any friends’: why do young people today have fewer mates?
On Tess Lavanda’s YouTube channel there is one video with substantially more views than the rest: it is…
‘If you can’t understand what sex is, it’s irrelevant if you seem to be enjoying it’: how Queen at Sea upended the dementia drama
The first time we see Martin and Leslie, the elderly couple at the centre of Lance Hammer’s wrenching…
The Guardian view on loneliness: the decline in friendship leaves gen Z exposed | Editorial
Hope, Raye told a crowd at Reading festival on Saturday, was the theme of a set inspired by…