The week in audio: The Telepathy Tapes; Self Help; Thinking Allowed: Playgrounds – review

A chart-topping podcast about psychic communication makes for a troubling listen. Elsewhere, more excellent mental health musings from Scottee, and in praise of the adventure playground The Telepathy Tapes Ky DickensSelf Help ScotteeThinking Allowed: Playgrounds Radio 4/BBC Sounds When I was little, my favourite book was Mysteries of the Unknown, and one of the strangenesses […] →Read more

‘I can’t sleep, I’m terrified’: the rise in mothers having their babies taken away within days of giving birth in England

Charity finds ‘inhumane’ system is forcing women to defend themselves in court, sometimes from their hospital beds, while in fear of having their newborn child taken from them Ella* gave birth to her daughter in a London hospital last week. Days later, still in the same busy ­hospital, she appeared via a laptop in a […] →Read more

How writing about female cannibals changed my relationship with food

Describing issues of autonomy, femgore, worth and hunger all had ain impact on what I wrote and how I felt about myself, says Lucy Rose My conflict with food began before I was born. According to family lore, I couldn’t be sated, even in utero. I consumed everything, apparently putting my twin at such risk […] →Read more

Trade unions urge Government to learn from National Care Service failures – Yahoo News UK

Trade unions urge Government to learn from National Care Service failures  Yahoo News UK →Read more

MP: Mentally ill man rescued from chains, admitted to hospital – Dynamite News

MP: Mentally ill man rescued from chains, admitted to hospital  Dynamite News →Read more

Get real in handling New York’s dangerous, mentally-ill street homeless – New York Post

Get real in handling New York’s dangerous, mentally-ill street homeless  New York Post →Read more

Dementia rates in the US projected to double by 2060, study warns – Yourweather.co.uk

Dementia rates in the US projected to double by 2060, study warns  Yourweather.co.uk →Read more

Taylor Swift’s ordeal with stalker sparks NY bill to track mentally ill after they’re found ‘unfit for trial’ and set free – AOL

Taylor Swift’s ordeal with stalker sparks NY bill to track mentally ill after they’re found ‘unfit for trial’ and set free  AOL →Read more

Scottish government scraps plan for National Care Service – BBC

Scottish government scraps plan for National Care Service  BBC →Read more

Mothers With MS Have Higher Incidence of Mental Illness – Medpage Today

Mothers With MS Have Higher Incidence of Mental Illness  Medpage Today →Read more