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  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    Suppressing negative thoughts good for mental health, researchers find

    Cambridge university study contradicts common belief in psychology that it is better to talk about distressing ideas and memories

    An elderly woman dozes in the garden
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    House & Home
    The secret history of the teenager’s bedroom

    Parents have always fretted about what goes on behind closed doors — but societal shifts and tech dominance mean concerns are now more fraught

  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    FT MagazineSimon Kuper
    We should pity (some of) the incels

    Beyond the dangerous misogynists there’s a growing group of unseen incels who live in harmless but frustrated misery

  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    FT MagazineGillian Tett
    The surprising potency of texting in a crisis

    Cyber space exacerbates isolation, bullying and depression, but instant messaging can be a lifeline for those who need it

  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    Sickness and work is a disaster that must be fixed

    An increasing number of younger people are suffering disabilities so bad they cannot do a job

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a chair with its front two legs as a man’s legs in suit trousers facing a work desk. The screen on the desk has a union jack screensaver and the tea cup has a sad emoji on it
  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    FT MagazineGillian Tett
    Long Covid and learning from past trauma

    9/11’s aftermath is an invaluable source for those studying newer shocks

  • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
    Employment
    ‘Profession of the century’: why so many people are retraining as therapists

    Workers from farmers to investment bankers are ditching long-held jobs to pursue a career in counselling

    An Ionic order column with speech bubbles coming off it
  • Friday, 25 August, 2023
    UK politics
    Jeremy Hunt to target mental illness at work as UK benefits bill mounts

    Plan for tax breaks and subsidies in Autumn Statement to boost occupational health provision

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  • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
    Isabel Berwick
    Office Therapy: You ask, we answer

    Straight-talking solutions to tricky workplace dilemmas, from the host of the Working It podcast

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  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    The Big Read
    The dark side of the US sports betting boom

    Americans have bet $245bn on sporting events since restrictions were loosened in 2018. But many fear a surge in gambling addiction is coming

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  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    Working It
    This is what good HR looks like

    How to avoid mismatched internal expectations, plus the Office Therapy advice column

    A spinning wheel with lots of different jobs on it eg therapist, entertainment provider
  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    Brooke Masters
    Leaner times will test employers’ commitment to worker wellbeing

    The more employers step into the area of supporting mental health, the more they open themselves up to claims that they are falling short

  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    LexDrugs research
    Alzheimer’s drugs: new medicines bring new hope to dementia battle Premium content

    Promising trial results will not end scientific debate over the disease, but they further validate pharmaceutical research

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  • Monday, 17 July, 2023
    Dementia
    Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression

    Dementia experts hail ‘watershed moment’ after trial results for donanemab antibody treatment

    Alzheimer’s patient brain scans, provided by Eli Lilly
  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    Working ItWorking It: Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Help, I’m in a toxic workplace

    Organisational change consultants explain how to fix a dysfunctional working environment

    Male Coworkers Whispering Behind Back Of Unhappy Businesswoman
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    Dementia
    US regulators approve first drug to slow progression of Alzheimer’s

    Move by Food and Drug Administration paves way for millions of Americans to access medicine

    Vials and packaging for the medication Leqembi
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    Tech start-ups
    Nutrition, sleep and mental health advice offered to tech founders at risk of burnout

    VC firm Balderton will launch wellness packages as stress takes toll on entrepreneurs

    A cutout of Simon Beckerman against a backdrop of products and logos from his Depop and Delli businesses
  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    The Big Read
    How a Swedish start-up reignited the search for an Alzheimer’s drug

    A decade ago a large part of Big Pharma gave up on one of humanity’s cruellest diseases. But then a new treatment showed promise

  • Sunday, 25 June, 2023
    Miranda Green
    Office oversharing — it’s a TMI SOS

    Post-pandemic, our personal lives are a mess. Colleagues bear the brunt as we struggle to keep up appearances

    Illustration of a red-faced person holding their hands to their face and sweating while someone shouts at them
  • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
    Jemima Kelly
    Why are some of us suffering from lockdown amnesia?

    As well as the stress and anxiety, the rigid monotony of that time means our memories of it are hazy

    Ben Hickey illustration of a person’s head, with a missing piece of a puzzle at its centre
  • Friday, 9 June, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    An ageing society can’t turn its back on social care any longer

    Governments have promised to tackle the crisis for 25 years, but it’s never an election winner

    Illustration of a frail elderly man with glasses sitting at a table in front of a paisley wallpapered wall
  • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
    LexArtificial intelligence
    Mental health apps: the AI therapist cannot see you now Premium content

    Unsupervised generative AI could harm users and no one should risk their mental stability with ad hoc experimentation

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  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Working ItWorking It: Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Employers see the positive side of ADHD and autism

    Recognition grows of the beneficial qualities of neurodiverse conditions

    Asian woman and African American colleague talking and looking at post it notes, stuck to glass partition
  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Jemima Kelly
    Why we should not be so anxious about anxiety

    Some psychologists think we talk about the emotion in the wrong way

    Illustration of two persons, one coloured in black, the other one scribbled in black
  • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
    Executive education
    What can a Buddhist monk tell us about business?

    Managing mindfully is increasingly on the curriculum as business schools explore unusual approaches to leadership

    Phra Anil Sakya, a Buddhist monk
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