Autistic Barbie is not enough
The future is darkening for autistic people in Britain
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The ballad of Ricky Hatton
After the champion’s death, we must change how we treat the vulnerable
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Elizabeth Gilbert doesn’t deserve the hate
All the Way to the River is self-indulgent and shameless – like all good memoirs
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4.48 Psychosis is a disturbing dissection of the mind
At the Royal Court, Sarah Kane’s high-intensity play reveals the desperation of severe mental illness.
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Rising mental health demand in children is outstripping capacity
Young people’s struggles cannot be left to spiral.
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Jeremy Hunt: Why targets alone won’t save the NHS
The NHS, as the world’s largest healthcare system, has become just too big and bureaucratic.
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Letter from Wigan
In the post-industrial north, a town searches for a sense of belonging.
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The Policy Ask with Sebastian Rees: “Listen to people on the front line”
Sebastian Rees is a principal research fellow and leads the Institute for Public Policy Research’s work on health.
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Parity of esteem has never been delivered
We need a new approach to mental health policy.
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British psychiatry on the brink
Underfunded and with bad incentive structures, the industry needs rescuing.
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NHS staff are still traumatised by the pandemic
Despite their continuing levels of severe distress, funding has now been withdrawn from mental health hubs.
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The two deaths of Brianna Ghey
In her powerful memoir Under A Pink Sky, Esther Ghey writes her daughter was being killed by social media long…
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How rotted is your brain?
Smartphones play a complicated role in our lives, but the conversation about them exists in black and white.
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A hypochondriac learns to live with her body
Could being gently beaten with birch leaves allow me to sit with my bones, and stop looking up symptoms on…
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You said you’d stop watching Love Island. Now’s the time to stick to your word
Love Island knows to appear more progressive than Big Brother or There’s Something About Miriam – but it’s got the…
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