As well as helping to track finances and organise social lives, smartphones are encouraging some people to monitor their health and wellbeing. Tim Lewis reports
A BMJ study made headlines recently when it downplayed the link between regular exercise and improved mental health. But 90% of women at a running club in Kent would disagree
Can we measure wellbeing scientifically? Economist Richard Layard, supporter of the new national happiness index, believes we can; philosopher Julian Baggini is having none of it
Despite what the research published this week says, many people who have lived with depression feel the benefits of a trip to the gym, or even a spot of gardening
Homeland and other shows portray electroconvulsive therapy as barbaric – but that's simply not true, says one person who feels the treatment changed her life