New handbook to help prescribe nature for mental health and wellbeing
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
A Prescription for Music Lessons
This studies review from Dr. Debra Shipman has been published by Federal Practitioner. It concludes: “A healthful lifestyle includes holistically addressing issues pertaining to mental and physical well-being. Learning how to play a musical instrument is a workout for the brain, just…
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Chemically Imbalanced: Everyday Suffering, Medication, and Our Troubled Quest for Self-Mastery
Higher fruit and veg intake associated with better mental health in secondary school pupils
“Nutritious breakfast and lunch linked to emotional wellbeing in pupils across the age spectrum.” Reviewed by Emily Henderson and published by News Medical, this article (reporting research) begins: “Include good nutrition in public health strategies for kids’ mental health, urge researchers….
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Rootbound: Rewilding a Life
The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness
The Kindness Test
The BBC has launched a questionnaire to find out what makes people be kind. The questionnaire has been devised by psychologists at the University of Sussex to explore people’s attitudes towards kindness – and designed to gain new insights to help…
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‘Skin Hunger’ Is Real and It Can Affect You Mentally
“Our longing for human touch is wired into our bodies and without it, the “skin hunger” or touch deprivation can hit us hard.” This article is by Varsha Rani, published in Vice Magazine. It begins: “For a person like me…
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“Music often works when words don’t – and we should shout about how crucial it can be to wellbeing”
