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Postnatal depression: what the baby books don't tell you | Tania …

As Mental Health Awareness Week draws to a close, Tania Browne appeals for wider recognition of the risk factors for postnatal depression or the 'baby blues'

Has cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis been oversold …

CBT is a recommended treatment for schizophrenia in the UK, but how strong is the evidence that it works? Keith Laws suggests it's not as strong as we might hope.

Bipolar disorder tore my friend's life to shreds — A… – Aeon

Bipolar disorder can rage through life like a hurricane. So why does the US healthcare system leave us to cope alone?

Children of older men at greater risk of mental illness, study …

Research finds children born to fathers aged over 45 were more likely to have mental health problems and do poorly at school.

Geel: where the mentally ill are welcomed home — Aeon

For centuries, a little Belgian town has treated the mentally ill. Why are its medieval methods so successful?