Therapies and practical advice
Pain
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Solving chronic pain via the kitchen, not the medicine cabinet
by Rowena Field
Stigma and taboo
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Let’s avoid talk of ‘chemical imbalance’: it’s people in distress
by Joseph E Davis
Worry and rumination
guide
How to stop overthinking
Grappling with your thoughts will leave you even more entangled in worry. Use metacognitive strategies to break free
by Pia Callesen
Depression
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Why life is faster but depression is lower in bigger cities
by Andrew Stier
Psychoanalysis and the unconscious
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Dark feelings will haunt us until they are expressed in words
by Tom Wooldridge
Difficult emotions
guide
How to calm your inner storm
When your emotions become too painful and overwhelming, regain control using skills from dialectical behaviour therapy
by Sheri Van Dijk
Cognitive and behavioural therapies
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The philosophical roots of CBT help explain its limitations
by Bradley Murray
History and philosophy of mental health
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For Donald Winnicott, the psyche is not inside us but between us
by James Barnes
Personality
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How to come out of your shell
You don’t have to be outgoing. But if being introverted is holding you back from the life you want, dive in for a way out
by Christian Jarrett