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How Borderline Personality Disorder Put an End to My Party Days
At the time I was suffering most from the mental illness, everyone from my friends to my doctor failed to understand what was wrong with me. Here's how I got better.
Our NHS
Lewis Khan's photos celebrate the NHS through the staff and patients of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.
British Holiday Workers in Malia Have So Much Sex They Don't Even Bother Scraping Off the STIs
They're so poor and so sex-crazed that they just wait till they get home and sort it out on the NHS.
This Is How a Country Could Stop Its Heroin Users Dying from Overdoses
Naloxone is a miracle drug that can bring people back from the brink of an overdose. Problem is, a mixture of fear and austerity is keeping local English councils from getting their hands on the stuff.
Being Pro-Choice Isn't Just About Abortion
The violation of human rights during pregnancy and birth is no imaginary first world issue – It's frighteningly real across the world.
Even If 'Gendercide' Is a Major Issue, Is Criminalising Women and Doctors Really the Answer?
Today, a proposed amendment to the Serious Crime Bill would make performing an abortion on grounds of sex selection a crime, but the whole debate feels like a veneer for an attack on women's reproductive rights.
Wall Street Could Become Your Landlord
If you think we've learned anything since we last bailed out the banks and realised that people working in finance had been gambling not just with their salaries but with people's homes, savings and lives, you're wrong.
1983’s ‘Tapper’ Better Reflects Glasgow Culture Than ‘GTA’ or ‘Call of Duty’
Video games don't make you violent, but could their depictions of alcohol abuse be influencing real-life drinkers?
The Self-Loathing Dentist - Part 1
It's a tough gig when even your own reflection thinks you're a failure.
Could Depression Actually Be Nothing More Than an Allergic Reaction?
New research suggests that depression may be a reaction to inflammation within the body. But will shifting the blame from the head to the body affect the stigma that still exists?
Young and Self-Harming: Why Are So Many Kids Hospitalising Themselves?
The government has yet another shameful mental health problem on its hands.