mental health
Photography

Photographing a women’s psychiatric ward in the 70s
A new exhibition chronicles the 36 days Mary Ellen Mark spent capturing the women of an all-female psychiatric facility.
Christina Elia
3.16.23
Opinion

The case against diagnosing strangers through social media
Relying on the internet for your own mental health diagnoses – and diagnosing those you don't know – sets a worrying precedent for the future.
Daisy Schofield
3.9.23
Opinion

Corecore is the internet screaming from inside itself
From anti-capitalist compilations to video collages tackling loneliness, the new TikTok genre is here to make us feel something.
Laura Pitcher
2.24.23
Opinion

The internet is finally turning on therapy apps
On TikTok, creators are opening up about their negative experiences with online mental health care.
Daisy Schofield
2.9.23
Opinion

Social media therapy is stopping us from healing
What began as a way to identify 'red flags' in our interpersonal relationships has become a toxic path to pathologising every aspect of our lives.
katie tobin
1.25.23
Opinion

2022, the year of rot
From doomscrolling and decaying fashion trends to “rotting in bed” memes, all this chat about “rot” reflects a very real mental health crisis.
Laura Pitcher
12.9.22
Opinion

Have we all been duped by the serotonin myth?
Another new study suggests low serotonin might not be the cause of depression – and it turns out medical experts knew all along.
Kyle MacNeill
8.12.22
Opinion

The shady history of anonymous Q&A apps
As Instagram Stories floods with 'ask me anythings', we look back at the bullying and death threats that have plagued these apps historic
Daisy Schofield
7.22.22
Opinion

Microdosing mushrooms could replace your morning coffee
Swapping out coffee for fungi might be the daily kickstart you need.
Abigail Moss
7.5.22
Music

How virality is choking the music industry
What those TikToks of your fave popstars complaining about their record labels says about the state of music in 2022.
Lucy Harbron
5.27.22
News

Social anxiety doesn't mean you have to be lonely
Suffering from one doesn’t mean you suffer from the other
Douglas Greenwood
4.25.22
Opinion

You can blame your poor mental health on the climate crisis
With only half of the UK feeling in control of their anxiety and depression, we dissect the system of structural oppression dragging us down.
Scarlett Westbrook
4.22.22
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