Mental Health

Loneliness may not make you ill after all, says new study – but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t tackle it

When was the last time that you felt lonely? It’s an uncomfortable question, but for 3.83 million people in the…

3 months ago

Sales jobs make people neurotic, but employers can protect workers’ health – just look at the construction industry

  Neuroticism is likely one of the Massive 5 persona traits, characterised by a bent to expertise adverse feelings like…

3 months ago

How to Create More Intimacy in Your Relationship

  Intimacy, the sensation of closeness and emotional reference to one other individual, is the cornerstone of wholesome and fulfilling…

3 months ago

Workplace wellbeing programmes often don’t work – but here’s how to make them better

The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published alarming statistics showing that employee mental health issues result in a US$1…

3 months ago

Break Free from Shame in the Bedroom

Shame, a painful emotion rooted in feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness, can cast a long shadow over our sexual lives…

4 months ago

Wind phones help the bereaved deal with death, loss and grief − a clinical social worker explains the vital role of the old-fashioned rotary phone

My mother died in my home in hospice in 2020, on the day my state of Washington went into COVID-19…

4 months ago

Parents are stressed. Here’s what we can do to help them

Parents are stressed and it is time to do something about it. In a nutshell, that’s the message from the…

4 months ago

What’s the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath? Less than you might think

Articles about badly behaved people and how to spot them are common. You don’t have to Google or scroll too…

4 months ago

New data reveals rates of family violence among those who died by suicide

Domestic, family and sexual violence is rightly recognised as a national crisis. While the evidence base has built significantly in…

4 months ago

I’ve read hundreds of diary entries to quantify the restorative power of Scotland’s lochs and rivers

  In October 2021, a man recreated a walk he first completed 62 years ago by climbing just under 3,000…

4 months ago

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