Psychiatry

Una Freeston obituary

Other lives: The child psychiatrist Una Freeston was a generous Quaker who believed in the power of love

Lucy Pedler

13, Oct, 2021 @5:08 PM

I’m dying. Will it help my beloved husband to cope if I leave him notes?

Thank you for a really beautiful email, writes Philippa Perry. I will store your lesson away for myself

Philippa Perry

10, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM

Woman successfully treated for depression with electrical brain implant

‘Stunning’ neuroscientific advance gives hope to those with mental illness not helped with drugs

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

04, Oct, 2021 @3:00 PM

Richard Bentall: the man who lost his brother – then revolutionised psychology

In 1988, he was at the start of a promising career as a psychologist when his brother killed himself. He explains how the loss informed his work and led him to question the accepted wisdom regarding mental health

Simon Usborne

29, Sep, 2021 @10:00 AM

Fears for Afghan psychiatrist abducted by armed men

Dr Nader Alemi, who opened the country’s first private psychiatric hospital, had received death threats before being taken on his way home from work last week

Haroon Janjua in Islamabad

27, Sep, 2021 @9:38 AM

Stanford Bourne obituary

Pioneering psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who specialised in studying the effects of stillbirth on women’s mental health

Penny Warren

26, Sep, 2021 @5:05 PM

One in five UK eating disorder patients forced to pay for private care

Families being forced to quit jobs and live off credit cards in order to support loved ones, report reveals

Sarah Marsh

23, Sep, 2021 @11:01 PM

Michael King obituary

Other lives: Professor of psychiatry and campaigner for LGBTQ+ rights

Louise Jones

23, Sep, 2021 @5:22 PM

Children’s NHS mental health referrals double in pandemic

Young people ‘suffering terribly’ in Covid crisis, with nearly 200,000 referred in just three months

Andrew Gregory Health editor

23, Sep, 2021 @5:00 AM

Trauma, trust and triumph: psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk on how to recover from our deepest pain

His 2014 book, The Body Keeps the Score, has become a huge pandemic hit, topping bestseller lists this summer and becoming a meme on social media. What does it tell us about the world we live in?

Zoe Williams

20, Sep, 2021 @5:00 AM

Undercover heiress: the Chicago meat-packing scion who outfoxed the Gestapo

She took tea with Sigmund Freud, had an affair with Stephen Spender, risked her life in the Austrian resistance – and inspired an Oscar-winning film. Can a new show about Muriel Gardiner capture her extraordinary life?

Claire Armitstead

13, Sep, 2021 @5:00 AM

Third of BAME staff in NHS mental health services face racist abuse at work

NHS England leaders urged to tackle issue after survey finds one in three have experienced harassment, bullying and attacks