According to addiction expert Dr Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit. So how do we beat our digital dependency?Dr Anna Lembke, a world-leading expert on addiction, is concerned …
‘I came close to death’: David Harewood on racism and psychosis
Thirty years ago, fresh out of drama school, the Homeland star found himself in the midst of a breakdown, ending up in a locked hospital ward. He recalls the years of racial abuse that had pulled him apartWaking up in a mental institution is a strange …
Jesy Nelson on leaving Little Mix: ‘I felt everybody hated me’
The singer left one of the most successful girl bands of all time after a decade of relentless trolling. Now, as she prepares to go solo, she reveals why she’s ready to return to the spotlight on her own termsJesy Nelson is having her photo taken. For …
Billie, Lorde, Lizzo: has being a female pop star in 2021 become unbearable?
New releases by three pop icons reveal their extreme attempts to protect themselves from the damage caused by fame. Pop stardom has never seemed less aspirationalThe mechanisms of pop stardom have never been subject to as much scrutiny as they are now….
Your brain wants a holiday it cannot have – we look at the science of lockdown and how much it sucks | First Dog on the Moon
Many people are tired and miserable – and that’s just the cartoonists!Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue readi…
The Guardian view on children’s care in crisis: the high price of neglect | Editorial
After years of cuts, the pandemic has left social services and the young people they support brutally exposed About the only good thing that can be said about the worsening crisis in children’s social care is that it is being talked about. The extremel…
Record number of young people wait for eating disorder treatment in England
Psychiatrists say rising demand is overwhelming services amid rigours of pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA record number of children and young people with a potentially life-threatening eating disorder are waiting fo…
Britney Spears’ case has shown why guardianship laws need to change | Nina A Kohn
Assigning someone the legal power to make decisions for a vulnerable adult should always be a last resortAround the world, fans of pop star Britney Spears celebrated her father’s announcement last week that he would resign as her conservator. This deve…
‘Hidden pandemic’: Peruvian children in crisis as carers die
With 93,000 children in Peru losing a parent to Covid, many face depression, anxiety and povertyWhen Covid-19 began shutting down Nilda López’s vital organs, doctors decided that the best chance of saving her and her unborn baby was to put her into a c…
Interoception: the hidden sense that shapes wellbeing
There’s growing evidence that signals sent from our internal organs to the brain play a major role in regulating emotions and fending off anxiety and depressionIf you’re sitting in a safe and comfortable position, close your eyes and try to feel your h…