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A “gold standard” study finds deleting Facebook is great for your mental health

Author: Editorial 15th February 2019 0 Comments

From an article in Salon by Nicole Karlis: “Many of us have become so accustomed to social media that it is hard to remember when it was not intrinsic to our lives, though in reality it has not existed in a…
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Facebook, Nicole Karlis, Research, social media, Social Science Research Network

The Little Book of Lykke

Author: Editorial 13th February 2019 0 Comments

The full title of this book is “The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World’s Happiest People”. The publishers say: “It’s easy to see why Denmark is often called the world’s happiest country. Not only do they…
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books, Denmark, happiness, Happiness Research Institute, lykke, Meik Wiking, wellbeing

Wise people are less lonely, here’s why

Author: Editorial 6th February 2019 0 Comments

Mathew Davis, writing in The Big Think , says: “While he was scraping out a life in the woods by Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau wrote, ‘I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company,…
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Big Think, International Psychogeriatrics, loneliness, Matthew Davis, Research, Thoreau, wellbeing, wisdom

Wild Therapy: Undomesticating inner and outer worlds

Author: Editorial 31st January 2019 0 Comments

The publishers say : “Therapy is by nature wild; but a lot of it at the moment is rather tame. This book tries to shift the balance back towards wildness, by connecting therapy with ecological thinking, seeing each species, each being,…
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books, ecological paradigm, Nick Totton, PCCS Books, therapy, wellbeing, Wild Mind, wilderness therapy

Beveridge 4.0

Author: Editorial 28th January 2019 0 Comments

The welfare system has obvious relevance to the subject of mental health. However, an organisation called Participle , founded by Hilary Cottam (author of Radical Help ), have persuasively argued that human relationships have been designed out of our current welfare system. They make…
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Beveridge, Beveridge 4.0, Hilary Cottam, Participle, relational welfare, welfare state, wellbeing

‘I’m surrounded by people – but I feel so lonely’

Author: Editorial 25th January 2019 0 Comments

The BBC reports (October 2018): “When the BBC launched the Loneliness Experiment on Valentine’s Day 2018 a staggering 55,000 people from around the world completed the survey, making it the largest study of loneliness yet. Claudia Hammond, who instigated the project,…
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BBC, Claudia Hammond, loneliness, Loneliness Experiment, wellbeing

Dance lessons for the lonely – on the NHS

Author: Editorial 24th January 2019 0 Comments

The BBC reports (October 2018) that: “GPs in England are being given permission to prescribe patients ‘social’ activities, such as dance classes, to tackle loneliness. The strategy, announced by Prime Minister Theresa May, will also see postal delivery workers checking in…
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BBC, loneliness, National Health Service, NHS, social prescribing

Dogs: Our best friends in sickness and in health

Author: Editorial 23rd January 2019 0 Comments

Maria Cohut, writing in Medical News Today , says: “Dogs, often hailed as humans’ best friends, have been the topic of many scientific studies looking into how they might boost our well-being. In this Spotlight, we’ll explain how your friendly pup can benefit…
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dogs, Maria Cohut, Medical News Today, pets, wellbeing

The Case Against Mental Health Awareness Raising

Author: Editorial 17th January 2019 0 Comments

Jonathan Gleadell, writing in Areo magazine , says: “In the wake of World Mental Health Day and Theresa May’s appointment of a suicide prevention minister, this might seem like the least propitious time to make a case against mental health awareness, even…
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Areo magazine, generation Z, Jonathan Gleadell, mental health awareness, millenials, stigma, wellbeing

The Interbrain: Embodied Connections Versus Common Knowledge

Author: Editorial 10th January 2019 0 Comments

In The Interbrain: Embodied Connections Versus Common Knowledge, Digby Tantam (psychiatrist and professor of psychotherapy) presents what the publishers of this book describe as: “… his ground-breaking theory of the interbrain, the idea that human beings are endlessly connected by a…
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books, brain, Digby Tantam, empathy, group behaviour, neuroscience, non-verbal communication, social communication, social smiles

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