“A psychologist claims that learning ‘untranslatable words’ from other cultures may be a key to being happy. I experimented on myself to see whether it’s true.” Sigal Samuel, writing in Vox magazine , says: “‘Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always just…
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This article is published in the journal Mental Health Today. “Children under the age of 13 are more likely to hear voices than any other age group. Voice Collective, which runs a global online forum for young voice hearers, was set…
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In an opinion piece for The Guardian newspaper, journalist Suzanne Moore writes: “Is there a problem in this sad old world that can’t be solved by physical jerks? I find myself muttering this, because wherever I go someone is coming up behind…
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Writing in Happiful Magazine recently, Bonnie Evie Gifford says: “Last weekend, two mass shootings took place in the US. In the space of just 13 hours, 31 people were killed by two shooters. 22 people lost their lives in a Walmart in…
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This 18 minute video features Elisabeth Wiklander, speaking at a TEDxGöteborg event. The preamble says: “What do you think about, when you hear the word, ‘autism’? No diagnostic manual can truly explain the multifaceted experience of autism. It’s a neurological…
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The links between loneliness and mental ill-health are well-established. In 2018 the BBC conducted a “Loneliness Experiment”, concerning which there are three radio broadcast episodes : Episode 1 : 55,000 people completed the BBC Loneliness Experiment. Claudia Hammond reveals the results and…
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This article in Mosaic has been written by Georgina Kenyon: “A coal truck roars past, stirring up red dust that blows over the famished cattle and sheep lying in grassless paddocks. The carcasses of dead kangaroos lie next to empty water troughs. There is…
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This book has been written by Thomas Armstrong. The publishers say : “ADHD, dyslexia, autism: the number of illness categories listed by the American Psychiatric Association has tripled in the last fifty years. With so many people affected, it is time to…
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This book has been edited by Gwynedd Lloyd, Joan Stead and David Cohen. The publishers say : “Experts from all over the world take a critical, highly international and often controversial perspective on the ADHD phenomenon – a condition that has…
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The article cited below comes from The Daily Beast and is written by Christopher Moraff. Although set within a US-context and in relation to one particular US-state, it also has relevance to similar issues within many other countries concerning mental ill-health and prison/judicial…
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