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‘Biased’ Channel 4 programme on ADHD misrepresented my views, says expert
A contributor to a controversial Channel 4 documentary on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has withdrawn her support for…
The men I see in therapy did everything right. So why do they feel so empty?
Many of my clients expected to find fulfillment from their career, marriage and home. Instead, they feel grief“I…
Reel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accounts
In July 2025, Meta gathered parenting influencers from all over Australia at a waterfront venue overlooking the Sydney…
I was abused as a child – and thought I had healed. Then I began drinking in lockdown
Not so long ago, Frank Spinelli seemed to have sorted out his life. He was happily married, working…
‘Cheap travel is not a defence’: the parents facing court for school absences in England
As the long school summer break approached its mid-point recently, Margate beach was crowded with families enjoying the…
The care system fails to care for parents | Letters
Matilda Davis’s story should force us to confront an uncomfortable truth and something that parent carers tell us…
A moment that changed me: My stammer made life a misery – then a song gave me back my voice
For most of my life, I had one goal: don’t get found out. I was a covert stammerer…
‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives
Anita Thursby had been dreading the gas engineer coming to service her boiler. They would have needed to…
Matilda in pieces: what one mother’s suicide reveals about the carers broken by the system
Parent-carers of disabled children are exposed to chronic levels of extreme stress and often reach crisis point before…
Mental health: one step forward and two steps back? | Letters
It’s very encouraging to hear the announcement about the new network of community mental health clinics in England…