“Experts concerned young people’s mental health particularly hit by reality of the climate crisis” Writing in The Guardian , Matthew Taylor and Jessica Murray say: “Over the past few weeks Clover Hogan has found herself crying during the day and waking up…
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This short video from journalist Woody Morris is about a 27-old woman named Jerry who has completed five half-marathons. As the BBC’s Newsbeat reports: “… there was a time when she ‘didn’t think there was a way out’ of her depression…
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This book is subtitled “Understanding Therapist Effects”. The publishers say: “Some therapists are more effective than others, that much is clear; why they are more effective is less clear. Editors Louis Castonguay and Clara Hill have gathered a panel of expert…
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In July of this year (2019) a TV broadcast titled “Young, British and Depressed” was screened on Channel 4 in the UK. It was produced by Dispatches, an investigative current affairs programme. In the broadcast, reporter Sanah Ahsan explores Britain’s youth depression crisis, to…
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This book has been written by Prof. Felice Jacka. The publisher says: “A combination of Professor Felice Jacka’s love of food and her own experience of depression and anxiety as a young woman led her to question whether what we put…
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The BBC reports (May 2019) that: “For the first time in the UK, doctors can prescribe surfing for children living in Devon and Cornwall who are suffering with poor mental health. The Wave Project, a surf therapy charity, has been given nearly…
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This article by Nicola Slawson inThe Guardian newspaper begins: “ Arts and Minds , a leading arts and mental health charity, has been running weekly art workshops for people experiencing depression, stress or anxiety in Cambridgeshire for the past seven years. Led by an…
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A trial seeks further proof that tuning into our internal organs’ activity can reduce anxiety … Hannah Devlin reports for The Guardian: “A pioneering therapy aimed at lowering anxiety by tuning into your own heartbeat is being put to the test…
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Sabrina Benaim’s poem “Explaining My Depression to My Mother” begins like this: “Explaining my depression to my mother: A conversation Mom, my depression is a shapeshifter One day it’s as small as a firefly in the palm of a bear…
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Amy Gladwell reports for the BBC : “Many of us associate the sea with feeling happy, relaxed and switching off from life’s stress. But there’s growing belief that being near, on, in, or under water has a far more powerful impact on our mental,…
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