Health, mind and body books
Why I quit
Self-help was meant to make me feel better. Instead it turned toxic - and borderline dangerousEmily GoddardBook of the day
On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud review – the shrink’s shrink engagingly examined by Siri Hustvedt, Susie Boyt and others
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Coming of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us by Lucy Foulkes review – deep dive into the teenage mindBook of the day
Coming of Age by Lucy Foulkes review – the truth about teenagers
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Rumbles by Elsa Richardson review – gut reactionA vivid cultural history of digestion, from ancient Greece to All-Bran
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You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here by Benji Waterhouse review – the doctor won’t see you now A brilliantly funny but deadly serious account of NHS psychiatry in crisis
Magic Pill by Johann Hari review – weighing in
There is a useful book to be written about the rise of anti-obesity drugs such as Ozempic, but this flawed account is not it
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Bald by Stuart Heritage review – hair today, gone tomorrowAn unexpected twist on the grief memoir sees the Guardian writer chart the five stages of male-pattern baldness
Everything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey review – apocalypse now
A history of our obsession with the end of days – and the culture it has inspired
I was the poster girl for OCD. Then I began to question everything I’d been told about mental illness
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A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton review – anatomy of hypochondriaBook of the day
The Ritual Effect by Michael Norton review – standing on ceremony
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A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton review – an intelligent and engaging history of hypochondriaBook of the day
The Price of Life by Jenny Kleeman review – what’s it worth?The big idea
The big idea: why am I so forgetful?Generation Anxiety: smartphones have created a gen Z mental health crisis – but there are ways to fix it
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The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt – a pocket full of poisonThe big idea
The big idea: should you blame yourself for your bad habits?
The big idea
The big idea: this simple behavioural trick can help you get more out of life
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