Mental Health

Why losing a parent if you’re a young adult is so hard

Losing a parent is never easy. Although the grief of parentally bereaved children and adolescents is widely recognised by charities…

9 months ago

Entrepreneurs are facing a mental health crisis — here’s the right way to help them

Mental health is a pressing concern within the startup community. Entrepreneurs face numerous unique challenges, including securing funding and meeting…

9 months ago

Could visiting a museum be the key to a healthy life?

It’s Saturday morning. You are barely awake, with a cup of coffee in your hand, and your gaze wanders to…

9 months ago

How to remain hopeful in a world seemingly beyond saving

As world leaders embark upon yet one more COP climate conferenceit might be easy to be cynical, afraid or overwhelmed…

10 months ago

What we learned from teaching a course on the science of happiness

When you deliver a university course that makes students happier, everybody desires to know what the key is. What are…

10 months ago

Insomnia and mental disorders are linked. But exactly how remains to be a mystery

The 2004 movie The Machinist gives us a striking depiction, albeit a fictional one, of the psychological effects of chronic…

10 months ago

Measuring emotional ‘emptiness’ could help manage this potentially life-threatening experience

  Imagine a hollowness deep in your chest, a vacant space where feelings needs to be. Imagine being numb and…

10 months ago

Not having job flexibility or security can leave staff feeling depressed, anxious and hopeless

  When employees don’t have control over their work schedules, it’s not only morale that suffers – mental health takes…

10 months ago

For people with mental illness, drugs and alcohol can be a key survival strategy. I’ve learned they shouldn’t have to ‘get clean’ to get treatment

  A decade ago, while working in a women’s prison, I met a young woman whose story would leave an…

10 months ago

How to solve our mental health crisis

  When BBC journalist Rory Carson sought online consultations for a potential mental health issue, three private clinics diagnosed him…

10 months ago

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