Altered states

Much of what we don’t understand about being human is simply in our heads. The brain is a befuddling organ, as are the very questions of life and death, consciousness, sleep, and much more

Sebastian Faulks was a student when a terrifying episode “severed” his link with reality – an experience that has fuelled his mission to understand psychosis and schizophrenia

The human brain has the unique ability to take what it knows and dream up something new

October is not only about breast cancer and menopause, it’s also ADHD Awareness Month. Editor-in-Chief Katy Sunnassee pays a visit to clinical psychologist Michaela Thomas to find out whether she may have ADHD or whether it’s all just in her head (literally!)

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From Regency medicine men to the technicolour world of The Beatles, the history of psychedelic mushrooms is richer than we might expect, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee