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“I'm fine!” How I lied my way through postpartum depression …

My husband and I were aware all women are at risk for postpartum depression. Though he felt powerless to protect me from mood swings, sleep deprivation and the challenges of new parenthood, he did what he could — in …

'Disability rights in UK could be violated' by welfare reforms, UN to …

United Nations officials are to visit the UK to investigate whether the government's controversial welfare reforms are committing “grave violations” of disabled peoples' human rights. A Scottish disability charity said it had been …

Beth McLoughlin

Theatre provides stimulus for psychotic, schizophrenic and depressed patients, but can it improve their mental health? … Yet this is to miss the point, since Pordeus is an activist as much as a doctor; he seeks to challenge mainstream ideas about illness and treatment, and that is bound to stir protest. In wider perspective, the Madness Hotel performances, with their songs and costumes, can be seen as a continuation of Brazilian cultural traditions. Samba