A new book explores the myth that getting eight hours of shut-eye is how we should be sleeping. Its author, Dr Merijn van de Laar, tells long-term insomniac Zoë Beaty why unlocking how our ancestors s ...

Research shows that certain foods really can help with depression and stress. Here’s why—and which foods help most.

Speaking on BBC One’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg, Wes Streeting, the UK health secretary, expressed concerns that some ...

AI analysis of mental health queries shows rising self-diagnosis, cognitive decline, polarization, and radicalization, ...

“Here's the other thing, mental wellbeing, illness, it's a spectrum and I think definitely there's an overdiagnosis but there's too many people being written off,” said Mr Streeting. The ...

A report highlighted a sharp rise in mental health problems across the United Kingdom, with growing pressure on NHS services and an increasing disability benefits bill.

He could still fly planes, keep his job — as long as he wasn’t diagnosed with a mental illness. After several sessions, the therapist gently suggested that he might need medication.

People with mental illness are significantly overrepresented in our nation’s jails and prisons. Each year, roughly two million people with serious mental illness are booked into jail.

With half the global population projected to develop a mental health disorder during their lifetime, how can marketers talk ...

Climate change is not just an environmental issue -- it's a mental health crisis impacting on adolescent wellbeing right now in areas most affected by climate change, according to new research.

With mental illness and suicide estimated to cost the Australian economy A$70 billion per year, there are strong personal, social and financial reasons to support innovative solutions that ...