Topic: Mental health
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Cuts to Germany’s asylum mental health services put lives at risk, experts warn
Amid anti-immigration rhetoric stoked by a fatal stabbing in Aschaffenburg, trauma specialists say refugees need help just as resources are taken away
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If I put all of my clutter into one basket, will that help clear my anxious mind?
In her first column, Amna Saleem writes about a small solution to life’s problems: a basket in which she’d optimistically dump all of her hope and good intentions
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How are we meant to create resolutions and new beginnings in the depths of winter?
I’ve always deferred my fresh start to the Persian new year, but this January I’ve been suddenly forced to imagine a new life for myself
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‘Maybe my mum’s hoarding was her craving a sense of home’
Our attachments to physical possessions are complex, multilayered and often linked to life experiences — especially within immigrant communities
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South Asian women with postnatal depression benefit from culturally adapted therapy, study finds
Research suggests therapists who speak patients’ language and understand mental health stigmas can speed recovery
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Female MPs of colour face the worst abuse — and it’s a threat to us all
As parliamentarians such as Zarah Sultana face ‘deeply troubling’ levels of vitriol, some politicians have been forced out of public life altogether
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Jamilla Hekmoun Q&A: Labelling Muslims as ‘hard to reach’ is a cop-out
The mental health specialist on building a more positive environment for communities when accessing support
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No one warned me how lonely motherhood can be
Why do I feel so devastatingly isolated as I sit with my toddler on my lap and embrace him?
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After I reached breaking point, I found solace in an alternative Islamic therapy
I’m a great believer in science-backed therapy and healthcare, but aafiyah healing provided a sense of calm I hadn’t felt in a long time
