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The Truth About … Improving Your Mental Health

Author: Editorial 27th January 2021 0 Comments

This 57 minute video from the BBC ranges across a variety of subjects, including heartbeat control, diet and the gut-to-brain vagal nerve connection, exercise, passive vs active engagement with social media, loneliness, social prescribing, insomnia and more. The programme producers say:…
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Alex Scott, anxiety, COM-B Behaviour Change Model, cortisol, Cranial electrotherapy stimulation, depression, diet, exercise, gut microbiome, heartbeat control, insomnia, loneliness, neuroscience, probiotics, psychobiotics, sleep disruption, social media, social prescribing, stress, Tanya Byron, videos

Hygge: The Danish Secrets of Happiness.: How to be Happy and Healthy in Your Daily Life

Author: Editorial 15th January 2021 0 Comments

“Some of the simplest moments are the most precious. Stop chasing after material objects.” This book has been written by Maya Thoresen. The publishers say: “In Hygge: The Danish Secrets of Happiness. How to be Happy and Healthy in Your Daily…
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books, Denmark, experiences, happiness, hygge, materialism, Maya Thoresen, stress, wellbeing

Adolescent Mental Health: Neighborhood Stress and Emotional Distress

Author: Editorial 12th November 2020 0 Comments

This article , written by Karen Snedker and Jerald Herting within an American context, has been published in Youth & Society. The abstract says: “The purpose of this article is to explore the role of neighborhood characteristics, specifically economic disadvantage/advantage, residential…
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children and adolescents, economic disadvantage/advantage, emotional stress, Jerald Herting, Karen Snedker, neighborhood effects, neighbourhood effects, racial/ethnic heterogeneity, residential instability, stress

Medicating Normal (a film)

Author: Editorial 20th August 2020 1 Comment

Medicating Normal is a film from Periscope Moving Pictures. A virtual screening will take place on Sat, August 22, 2020 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM BST, followed by an interactive discussion. Details from here . Film synopsis: “Medicating Normal follows the journeys…
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depression, drug withdrawal symptoms, films, insomnia, Periscope Moving Pictures, pharmaceutical industry, Psychiatric Drugs, stress, trauma

The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine

Author: Editorial 31st July 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Prof. Anne Harrington (professor of the History of Science at Harvard University). The publishers say: “Is stress a deadly disease on the rise in modern society? Can mind-body practices from the East help us become…
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Anne Harrington, books, faith, history of medicine, meditation, mind-body connections, placebo effect, psychoanalysis, stress

A walk on the wild side: How interactions with non-companion animals might help reduce human stress

Author: Editorial 9th April 2020 0 Comments

This research article, by Rachel Sumner and Anne Goodenough, has been published in People and Nature . The abstract says: “1. The literature addressing the potential for nature and natural environments to reduce stress and improve health outcomes has a relative paucity of…
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Animal assisted therapy, Anne Goodenough, biophilia, cortisol, nature, non-companion animals, People and Nature, Rachel Sumner, Research, stress

Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor

Author: Editorial 13th November 2019 0 Comments

The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (based in the USA) say: “You know what we’re talking about: laughter feels great! Sometimes moments of humor and laughter can almost feel like a magical, euphoric experience. At AATH, we study the science behind those experiences and how…
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Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, humor, humour, levity, stress, wellbeing

Literature and Mental Health: Reading for Wellbeing

Author: Editorial 16th September 2019 0 Comments

This free, online course is offered by FutureLearn (owned by the Open University), who say: “Find out how poems, plays and novels can help us understand and cope with deep emotional strain. The great 18th century writer Dr Samuel Johnson, who suffered from…
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bereavement, bipolar, dementia, depression, FutureLearn, heartbreak, literature, novels, online course, poetry, reading, stress, trauma

The Japanese Art Of Forest Bathing

Author: Editorial 8th November 2018 0 Comments

Nina Zietman writes in the UK edition of the Huffington Post : “Cigarettes, junk food, alcohol: we tend to think we’re clued up on the biggest health issues in our society. But stress is increasingly becoming a major health epidemic – one that’s being picked up on … From…
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Culture & Society, eco-therapy, Forest Bathing, Huffington Post, Japan, mindfulness, nature-based therapy, Nina Zietman, Rangan Chatterjee, stress, Trees

The New Psychology of Health: Unlocking the Social Cure

Author: Editorial 18th June 2018 0 Comments

The New Psychology of Health was published in May 2018 and is co-authored by Catherine Haslam, Jolanda Jetten, Tegan Cruwys, Genevieve Dingle and Alex Haslam. The publishers say: “Why do people who are more socially connected live longer and have better health than those…
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addiction, ageing, books, brain injury, depression, eating behaviour, New Approaches, pain, psychology, social cure, social identity, stress, trauma