In the nine years since Big Brother turned psychoanalysis into a spectator sport, the media have decided that no story about a major celebrity is complete without an assessment of their mental health. The death of Michael Jackson provided celebrity psychologists with perhaps their greatest subject yet.

But what are the ethical responsibilities of these media psychologists? Should professionals be commenting on the wellbeing of celebrities on the basis of articles in Heat magazine?

Continue reading my latest attempt at proper journalism over at Guardian Science.