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Mental illness doesn't make you special

WEBBy Stuart Ritchie. Against this backdrop, Eloise is a marketing department’s dream come true: hers is a story of the young, beautiful, dysfunctional — and …

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UnHerd think again

WEBChallenging the herd with new and bold thinking in philosophy, politics and culture.

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The new public health despotism

WEBThe hygiene state propagandises a “new normal” of social distancing and face covering. Here is an outlandish medical morality of social atomisation, presented as something …

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One in four Gen Z adults went to therapy as teens

WEBGeneration Z is going to therapy far more than any other age cohort, a new study has found. Among American Gen Z adults, over a quarter (27%) reported having …

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How TikTok glamourises mental health disorders

WEBThis is why articles that credit TikTok with helping users to recognise symptoms of disorders are so misleading. TikTok is not therapy. Unqualified, non …

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There is no mental illness epidemic

WEBWe are in the middle of a treatment crisis, where there is not enough help to go around. Yes: about ‘one in four’ of us has a diagnosable mental health problem. But …

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There is no student mental health crisis

WEBLarissa Kennedy, President of the National Union of Students, said on BBC Radio 4’s PM that “we need to think carefully about the implications for mental health for students”, …

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New study: trans youth not at elevated risk of suicide

WEBA new study challenges the common assertion that gender-dysphoric youth are at elevated risk of suicide if not treated with “gender affirming” medical interventions. …

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We need to talk about ZOE

WEBIt was this work, in particular, that led to his current interest: the interplay between diet and gut health. When he was studying the genetics of obesity in twins, he noticed that their …

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Covid experts: there is another way

WEBIndeed, for children, COVID-19 is less dangerous than many other harms, including influenza. As immunity builds in the population, the risk of infection to all – …

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The mental health crisis does not explain wokeness

WEBMarch 18, 2024 - 5:00pm. Today’s mental health crisis, especially among young people, does not explain the rise of “wokeness”. Rather, this cultural socialist belief system …

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Why I am now a Christian

WEBNovember 11, 2023 7 mins. In 2002, I discovered a 1927 lecture by Bertrand Russell entitled “Why I am Not a Christian”. It did not cross my mind, as I read it, that one day, …

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How Big Pharma monetised depression

WEBIndeed, the “economic burden” of depression — composed of workplace-related costs (absence from work), suicide-related costs, and direct-care costs — has steadily risen …

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The dangers of gender-affirmative care

WEBThe Biden administration recently announced a plan to ban “conversion therapy” and dismantle barriers to “gender-affirming care” for transgender-identifying …

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What does Palantir want with NHS data

WEBThe NHS — budget this year £182 billion — has the largest repository of health data in the world. It services around a million GP appointments a day, and over a quarter of a …

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Why would anyone envy the NHS

WEBThey say the first step in fixing a crisis is to recognise there is a problem. So let us give thanks for a Labour leader’s dismissal of the belief that Britain’s health …

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WHO quietly announces controversial gender guidance

WEBDecember 28, 2023 - 4:45pm. A few days before Christmas, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it would be developing guidelines on “the health of trans and …

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Let's be honest, the NHS is awful

WEBThe ultimate arbiter, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has a woeful record: it had 103,965 enquiries in 2019-2020, of which it investigated a mere …

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