a wellbeing society – Page 12 – A New Vision for Mental Health

‘Safe’ Z-drug sleeping tablets given to MILLIONS each year are as addictive as Valium – and they can cause crushing anxiety, flu-like effects and suicidal thoughts

Author: Editorial 21st April 2021 0 Comments

Reporting for the Daily Mail, Miranda Levy writes : “Zopiclone is the so-called ‘safer’ sleeping pill dished out by doctors to millions of Britons each year. When it was launched in the 1990s, it was touted as a user-friendly alternative to…
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anxiety, Daily Mail, drug withdrawal symptoms, insomnia, Joanna Moncrieff, Miranda Levy, sleep, sleep disruption, sleeping pills, suicidal thoughts, Z-drug sleeping tablets, Zopiclone

The silent epidemic of America’s problem with guns

Author: Editorial 19th April 2021 0 Comments

“Mass shootings dominate the national conversation on gun control, but two thirds of gun deaths are suicides. How do you solve a problem hardly anyone talks about?“ Joel Gunter reports for the BBC: “The night Brayden died was a cold, clear…
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BBC, gun control laws, guns, Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Joel Gunter, suicide, suicide prevention, USA

Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives — and Save Theirs

Author: Editorial 15th April 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by Richard Louv. The publishers say: “Richard Louv’s landmark book, Last Child in the Woods, inspired an international movement to connect children and nature. Now Louv redefines the future of human-animal coexistence. Our Wild Calling explores these powerful and…
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Animal assisted therapy, books, empathy, natural world, nature, nature-based therapy, non-domestic animals, Richard Louv, wellbeing

There’s More To Life Than Happiness

Author: Editorial 9th April 2021 0 Comments

“I think it’s not just that you pursue a project beyond yourself because it will make you happy, but that you pursue a project beyond yourself because it makes suffering worthwhile. It’s not that you do these things because the…
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antidepressants, Ashley Frawley, diagnostic labelling, happiness, Mark Horowitz, meaning-making, psychiatry, Renegade Inc., Ross Ashcroft, videos, wellbeing

Cured: How mental illness was used as a tool against LGBT rights

Author: Editorial 29th March 2021 0 Comments

“In 1952 the APA’s manual had defined being gay as a ‘sociopathic personality disturbance’. It gave a supposedly scientific rationale to prejudices already widespread in the US and elsewhere.” Vincent Dowd reports for the BBC concerning the documentary film Cured: “Until…
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American Psychiatric Association, Culture & Society, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, documentary film, homosexuality, LGBT rights, Patrick Sammon, psychiatry, USA

Science of happiness course improves students’ mental health, study finds

Author: Editorial 24th March 2021 0 Comments

“Almost 1,000 students at the University of Bristol have taken the 12-week course.” Claire Hayhurst reports for the Evening Standard: “A university course teaching students lessons in happiness improves their mental wellbeing, research has found. The University of Bristol’s Science of Happiness…
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Bruce Hood, Claire Hayhurst, Education, Evening Standard, happiness, science of happiness, University of Bristol, wellbeing

The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery

Author: Editorial 22nd March 2021 0 Comments

This book by neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan is relevant to the field of mental health, not least because it looks at a particular type of psychosomatic illness and explores the question: who gets to define what is and what isn’t an illness?…
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books, Culture & Society, definition of mental health, psychosomatic illness, Suzanne O’Sullivan

Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency

Author: Editorial 19th March 2021 0 Comments

From the BBC : “Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency is a deeply personal and candid film following Roman as he explores the mental health and suicide crisis affecting young men in the UK. In August 2020, Roman’s life changed dramatically with the sudden…
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BBC, documentary, male suicide, Ross Kemp, suicide, videos

How diet can affect your mental wellbeing

Author: Editorial 24th February 2021 0 Comments

This report comes from the BBC, who say: “As the world has changed drastically since the start of the pandemic, it may well be your diet has too. But does the food you eat really affect your mental wellbeing? We asked…
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diet, diet and mental health, Felice Jacka, gut microbiome, nutrition, nutritional psychiatry, Sonal Shah, wellbeing

The Science of Well-Being

Author: Editorial 22nd February 2021 0 Comments

This online course from Yale University offers free enrolment. The providers say: “In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As preparation for these tasks, Professor Laurie…
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