wellbeing

Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Investigations

“… scientific knowledge of the significance of nature during the different stages of childhood is sparse.” Edited by Peter Kahn and Stephen Kellert, this book emphasises the importance of animals, especially those with which a child can develop a nurturing relationship,…
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Residential green space in childhood is associated with lower risk of psychiatric disorders from adolescence into adulthood

This research article has been co-authored by Kristine Engemann, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, Lars Arge, Constantinos Tsirogiannis, Preben Bo Mortensen and Jens-Christian Svenning. As published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS), the abstract says: “Urban…
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Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition

This free, online course is offered by FutureLearn (owned by the Open University) and explores the relationship between nutrition and brain health, why it matters, and how to work towards positive food changes. “Poor diet and poor mental health are leading causes of…
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Darkness therapy: could seven days in pitch blackness open your eyes to the world?

“Patients report seismic psychological changes after spending a week in darkness – but science sounds a note of caution” Writing in The Telegraph newspaper, David Hillier reports: “Darkness gets a terrible rap, doesn’t it? Imagine yourself surrounded by interminable blackness and you’ll…
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Iceland puts well-being ahead of GDP in budget

The BBC reports : “Iceland’s prime minister has urged governments to adopt green and family-friendly priorities, instead of just focusing on economic growth figures. Katrin Jakobsdottir has teamed up with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern to…
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If we’re serious about changing the world, we need a better kind of economics to do it

Economic policies are clearly a big influence – for good or ill – on both societal wellbeing and individual emotional and psychological wellbeing. This article in The Guardian newspaper has been written by Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, joint winners of the…
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