From an article by Benedict Carey in The New York Times: “The deaths of the designer Kate Spade and the chef Anthony Bourdain, both of whom committed suicide this week, were not simply pop culture tragedies. They were the latest markers of an intractable public health crisis that has been unfolding in slow motion for a generation . Treatment…
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From the Institute for the Future (and with relevance to the creation of a wellbeing society in which emotional and mental good health is fostered): “In 2011, the Health Horizons team’s research focused on ecosystems of well-being. We’ve come to understand that it is…
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Written by Douglas Rushkoff, this book (appearing February 2019) has relevance to the creation of a wellbeing society in which emotional and mental health is fostered. The publishers say: “Though created by humans, our technologies, markets, and institutions often contain…
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Florence Scialom, writing on the Network of Wellbeing’s website : “The International Forum for Wellbeing in Grenoble, France, in June 2018, brought together hundreds of researchers, activists, policy makers and citizens. The Forum aimed to provide a space to question the dominant narrative of economic growth at all…
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Richard Godwin, writing in The Guardian : “Shortly after I sat down to read up on the auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on health in the Lancet , the drilling began – an angry, jagged, intermittent frenzy of metal on plaster. Our downstairs neighbours…
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Mary O’Hagan, author of Madness Made Me: A Memoir , has prepared a Wellbeing Manifesto (with a New Zealand orientation), subtitled “A submission to the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction”. The manifesto includes seven wellbeing priorities, plus a listing of foundational principles of wellbeing and twelve…
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Take Your Pills is a Netflix documentary (87 minutes, March 2018), directed by Alison Klayman: A review on Rotten Tomatoes says: “The pressure to achieve more, do more, and be more is part of being human – and in the age of…
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Damian Scarf experienced the debilitating effects of anxiety first hand when, shortly after entering university, he was pushed to cut off his social groups to achieve higher grades. Now it’s the topic of his research, and Damian shows us first…
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Co-authored by Andrew Clark, Sarah Fleche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and George Ward, the publisher writes: “What makes people happy? Why should governments care about people’s well-being? How would policy change if well-being was the main objective? The Origins of…
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Germany now has a Ministry of Happiness and Wellbeing, run by the Gina Schöler (pictured above), who has written that: “The Ministry of Happiness and Wellbeing offers a creative view on the wide field of happiness and wellbeing. As Minister…
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