Will happy friends stop me from feeling depressed?
A new study shows that, like yawning, laughter really can be infectious. It can even help people to recover from depression
Running saved my life
When depression hit, Zoe Margolis felt suicidal. Pills and therapy did nothing to help, but then she got out her old trainers and began to jog
Beyond mindfulness: how horse riding and eating greens can help depression
Mindfulness and CBT have been touted as catch-all cures for anxiety and depression. But what if they don’t work for you? We look at some alternative therapies
Fake It ‘Til You Make It at Edinburgh festival review – divides audience into smilers and sobbers
Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn strike a clever balance between humour and pathos as they recount the latter’s struggle to face his clinical depression
Bryony Kimmings: ‘Right now, our men are struggling’
She’s known as a feminist activist, but when the performance artist witnessed her boyfriend’s depression, she enlisted his help for Fake It ’Til You Make It, which tackles male mental health in her trademark goofball way
Monument Valley developer moves into mental health with Moodnotes app
Ustwo’s mood-tracking joint venture is based on cognitive behavioural therapy principles, aiming to help people understand their highs and lows
Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History review – ennui and its origins
Francis O’Gorman’s study of why we worry covers everything from medieval monastic life to modern cultural theory without really providing any answers
A Place of Refuge by Tobias Jones review – an experiment in communal living
A refreshingly honest account of one couple’s remarkable project: to open their family home to some of society’s most vulnerable people
Social isolation a key risk factor for suicide among Australian men – study
Black Dog Institute report tackles gap in research on what drives so many men to take their lives
Tobias Jones Q&A: ‘When you’ve got lice or nits in your hair, are you allowed to kill them?’
Tobias Jones talks about the communal refuge he runs, the criteria for allowing newcomers in and the effect of his faith