Economics
Stories on the intersection of mental health and economics.
Three mental health megatrends to watch in 2023
The science of psychedelics turns a corner. The app bubble grows bigger. Wellness washing begins to die.
'Productivity Compromised by Grief' ™
When you put a price tag on grief, you are basically turning it into a commodity.
The case of the missing male therapist
Why do so few men choose therapy as a career? And what does this mean for women in the profession?
"Let them eat cake," feat. workplace mental health
The upside down world of workplace mental health training programmes.
What omelette making can teach you about workplace mental health
Don't move fast and break things.
Hope lives despite the absurdity of mental health budgets
The magic of mental health is that everything impacts it, and it impacts everything. So change can come from anywhere.
Long Covid is making people want to kill themselves
We need to stop pretending this is not happening.
This year, don't 'invest' in mental health
The language of ‘investment’ is taking the mental health conversation backwards.
The fascinating, untold story of #MentalHealth Twitter
What can Twitter's new CEO do to take forward one of the platform's most compelling but unsung legacies?
Trauma is a planetary emergency, not a personal problem
A community battered by trauma is like a cracked cup. Whatever resources you pour into will leak out.
Monster
A World Cup winning coach tells me why sport's most sacred trait - mental toughness - is also its most dangerous.
No, therapy apps won't kill Freud
Freudian psychoanalysis and cognitive behavioural therapy have been at war over the soul of therapy. Can the rise of technology deliver a winner?