Jacqueline Rose reveals her understanding of women on the edge of reason in a collection of essays on psychoanalysis, On Not Being Able to Sleep, says Nicholas Lezard
Allen Carr is the giving-up-smoking guru, helping millions kick the habit. Sally Vincent has been a dyed-in-the-wool smoker for decades. And then they met...
Blake Morrison is not impressed by Frank Furedi's Therapy Culture, a critique of the modern world that harks back to a supposed 'golden age' of the stiff upper lip
Can't sleep? Can't get a job? Can't get a boyfriend? Don't worry. There's a book out there for you. Polly Vernon investigates the astonishing growth of the 'Mind Body Spirit' genre and asks whether 'self help' is really any help at all.