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Ellie Broughton

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I have over 14 years' experience writing about mental health and wellbeing for titles including The Guardian, the i paper, Therapy Today, NYU's The Revealer, Refinery29 UK, Stylist and Vice UK. I specialise in stories about therapy and mental health: recent topics include physician associates, conversion therapy bans, purity culture and doctors' mental health. I also write the BACP mag's monthly double-page spread on arts and culture picks for therapists and counsellors.

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The big issue: Time to dump the 'dustbin diagnosis'?

The big issue: Time to dump the 'dustbin diagnosis'?

Ellie Broughton asks whether a borderline personality disorder diagnosis prevents clients and especially wome…

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Period-tracking apps say they protect users' privacy - but the police are accessing the data to i...

Period-tracking apps say they protect users' privacy - but the police are accessing the data to i...

Period-tracking apps say they protect users' privacy - but the police can still access their data, writes Ell…

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More than a third of doctors in crisis show ADHD traits

More than a third of doctors in crisis show ADHD traits

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder traits are common among doctors seeking mental health support, new r…

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Why therapy should not be 'colourblind'

Why therapy should not be 'colourblind'

People of colour in the UK are more likely to enter the mental health system through police intervention or f…

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Why spending £300 on a poop test might be a solid gold waste of money

Why spending £300 on a poop test might be a solid gold waste of money

Gut health has become big business but are commercial toilet tests just another health fad or useful to find …

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Tainted Love: Reckoning with the Damage of Purity Culture - The Revealer

Tainted Love: Reckoning with the Damage of Purity Culture - The Revealer

Could conservative Christian teachings about sex cause physiological and psychological problems that last int…

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More women are turning away from hormonal birth control. Now what?

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By Ellie Broughton Verified
| Doctors.net.uk Verified
30 July 2026 By Ellie Broughton Dr Patricia Lohr examines shifting attitudes about contraception, how they have left doctors with too few options – and current efforts to develop a new kind of birth control. Public attitudes towards contraception have been changing in recent years.
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Interview with visual artist, Nwando Ebizie

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By Ellie Broughton Verified
| Litro Verified
Photo: Anya Arnold Fizzing silhouettes, low synths, dancing in the dark: ‘Distorted Constellations’ captured imaginations at Manchester’s PUSH festival and Brighton Festival earlier this year. The immersive installation of music, holograms, ritual and dance was designed by Nwando Ebizie, who also performs as part of the work. At the heart of the piece is Ebizie’s experience of a rare neurological condition that was barely recognised until 2014.
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Breaking free from faith

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By Ellie Broughton Verified
| New Humanist Verified
Joy Brooks says she was At 21, Joy Brooks had spent her whole life as a member of an evangelical charismatic church in Leicester. Her husband and three children were part of the community, too, and she worked for the Church as an events producer. But she was struggling to cope with her job, and was burning out. Her husband suggested stepping away from the community for a bit. At first, she was uncertain.
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