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Mental health

  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    Dementia
    Herpes virus and head injuries linked to Alzheimer’s, mini-brain study finds

    Research adds to evidence that viral infections contribute to development of dementia

    A player is treated for a head injury during a professional football match in England
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    ‘Sandwich carers’ suffer long mental health toll, study finds

    Research increases scrutiny over levels of state support for adults who look after children and elderly relatives

    Multigenerational family get together at home.
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Solving the global crisis in mental health
    How a small Italian city became a model for mental health care

    Trieste’s community-based approach to mental illness contrasts with the large institutions of countries such as Japan

    Montage image of a brain, and cities in Italy and Japan
  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    How to solve the mental health crisis in the workplace

    Research shows that for companies, investing in employee wellbeing pays off

    Office workers in the City of London
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Solving the global crisis in mental health
    Inside the rise of the mental-health volunteer movement

    Community-based approaches provide startling results without need for expensive clinical care

  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Q&AThe Big Question
    The Big Question: what is driving the global mental health crisis?

    Several factors could be contributing but experts are yet to reach a consensus on an explanation for the rapid decline

    Montage image of a question mark and the outlines of two faces in profile, facing away from each other
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    UK employment
    UK employers eye ‘competitive advantage’ in hiring neurodivergent workers

    Six-fold rise in job ads that mention conditions such as ADHD and autism since 2019, data shows

    Joseph Koppenhout
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    Solving the global crisis in mental health
    The new tech treatments that could improve mental health

    From video games to personal avatars, researchers are looking to develop a new generation of digital tools that do not involve taking a drug or therapy

    An illustration conceptually representing new mental health therapies including Tetris and avatar therapy
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    Global economic recovery
    Solving the global crisis in mental health

    This series examines how employers and governments are tackling the rise in depression and other conditions — and the new therapies being developed

  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Solving the global crisis in mental health
    Global mental health crisis hits workplaces

    About 12bn working days lost to depression and anxiety each year, costing global economy $1tn

    Illustration of a women, a man, brain waves and a desk
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    Q&AThe Big Question
    The Big Question: should smartphones be banned in schools?

    As anxieties about mental health increase, many headteachers are prohibiting phone use for students. Should the government make that mandatory?

    Montage of images: two schoolchildren with packpacks seen from behind, a smartphone with a picture on the screen of children putting their hands up to ask a question in class, and a large white question mark
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Special ReportBest Employers: Asia-Pacific
    South Korea starts to raise game on workplace mental health

    In-house counselling is becoming more common, but the country’s high-pressure corporate culture persists

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  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    How companies can deal with in-work sickness

    High levels of post-pandemic absenteeism are creating problems for employers

    A man clasps his head in dismay while working late in an office
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    News in-depthUK schools
    Should smartphones be banned in schools?

    Research has shown a link between social media apps and eating disorders, depression and anxiety among young people

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  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    AbbVie Inc
    AbbVie shares tumble after schizophrenia drug disappoints

    US pharma group says patients who took Emraclidine in clinical trials failed to show a significant decline in symptoms

    Test tubes are arranged in front of a displayed AbbVie logo. A pipette is shown dropping liquid into one of the test tubes.
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    UK public policy
    UK government pledges better treatment of people with autism and learning disabilities

    Long-awaited mental health bill will end use of prison cells for people experiencing severe mental illness

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  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    FT Swamp Notes
    Shrinks against Donald Trump Premium content

    US mental health professionals take out full-page ad to warn that former president ‘is an existential threat to democracy’

    Former US president Donald Trump opens his arms wide as he speaks at a campaign rally at the Greensboro Coliseum
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Stephen Bush
    The human race is suffering from success

    Treating today’s mental and physical conditions may be a challenge, but their prevalence is actually a good sign

    Ewan White illustration of a crowd of people under a spotlight
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    FT Magazine
    Weaponised autism and the extremist threat facing children

    The UK’s ‘Prevent’ initiative was set up to identify young people prone to radicalisation. Are we now in danger of criminalising vulnerability?

    A focused image of hands on a keyboard with a dimly lit workspace
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Teenage social media use strongly linked to anxiety and depression

    Oxford university research comes as number of children treated by NHS mental health services surges

    A girl sitting alone on a bench texting on her mobile smartphone in Newquay in Cornwall
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Eli Lilly told UK health secretary that new drug had ‘potential to prevent Alzheimer’s’

    Drug company made claims even though a study of donanemab’s preventive potential is not due to end until 2027

    Alzheimer’s disease brain scan
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    HTSI
    Would you trust a self-hypnosis app?

    Once an entertainment gimmick, the practice is becoming a powerful wellness tool

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    News in-depthUK employment
    Why are a rising number of young Britons out of work?

    A record 35% of people aged 18-24 were classed as ‘inactive’ this year, driven by a mental health crisis

    Montage shows an anonymous young person against a backdrop of FT data
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Work Watch
    Heartbreak leave can help employees recover from shattered relationships

    A bill in the Philippines is trying to secure time off for workers after a break-up. Could it improve productivity elsewhere?

    Montage image of two hands, one above and one below, a breaking heart with tears falling from it
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    Schizophrenia: the new drug set to tackle the ‘cancer of psychiatry’

    But the healthcare system in the US still struggles to provide adequate care for those with serious mental illness

    Montage image of a bar chart, a person’s face and glowing lines representing neural pathways
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