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Visiting green spaces can reduce the need for prescription medication
City dwellers who frequent green spaces use fewer drugs for depression, anxiety, insomnia, high blood pressure, and asthma.
Blue Monday: ADHD can be predictive of poor mental health outcomes in adults
Adults with high levels of ADHD are more likely to experience poor mental health than adults with high levels of autistic traits.
Perceptions of the ‘Short Guide to Personal Recovery in Mental Health’
Jackie Mellese, Communication Manager at Mental Health Europe, with Mental Health Ireland (MHI), explain how the ‘Short Guide to Personal Recovery in Mental Health’ is perceived.
Mental health at work during the most stressful months of the year
What does mental health at work look like as we enter some of the most stressful months of the year for small businesses?
Cats have been found to encourage stress relief in people with anxiety
Research has drawn attention to the benefits of spending time with cats, as a means of stress relief, for people suffering from anxiety disorders.
What is “quiet quitting” and how is burnout affecting the UK?
Work-based stress and burnout have led to a rise in quiet quitting - a notion where people limit their work to strictly working hours.
Stress accelerates aging of the immune system
Stress such as trauma, job strain, everyday worries and even discrimination contributes to the aging of the immune system.
Does acute sleep loss affect our social impressions?
Study suggests sleep loss may be having a noticeable impact on how we view and interact with others on a personal level.
Does student loan repayment have negative health consequences?
Student loan repayment can heighten cardiovascular illness risk for middle-aged adults in the US, as mental health worsens with greater debt.
Women with promotions feel more overwhelmed and stressed at work
Women with promotions are more frustrated at work – as promotions are at a greater emotional benefit for men than women.
Preventing burnout: Supporting mental health in the workplace
Nicola Hemmings, Workplace Scientist at Koa Health, and Dr Claire Vowell, Counselling Psychologist, discuss the growing problem of burnout
Stress linked to Crohns’s disease flare-ups
Through a McMaster University led study, new evidence showing a correlation between psychological stress and Crohn’s disease flare-ups has been identified.
Has COVID-19 changed women’s reproductive health?
According to researchers, the psychological burden of COVID impacted 56% of participants – with significant changes to women’s reproductive health.
Psychologists report increase in demand for anxiety and depression treatment
Psychologists have reported an increase in the demand for treatment of anxiety and depression since the start of the pandemic.
Supporting employees returning to the hybrid workplace
Brendan Street, Head of Charity, Nuffield Health, ponders the latest workplace epidemic Hybrid Burnout and how to help staff manage the psychological stress of balancing home and office working.
Natural ways to lower your blood pressure
Dr Deborah Lee, Dr Fox Online Pharmacy, tells us about all the way you can naturally lower your blood pressure without medical intervention.
Family caregiver training in dementia care
Here, the Department of Medicine & Therapeutics discuss family caregiver training in dementia care.
Stress hormone decreases when women speak to female friends
Scientists found that the stress hormone in women decreases when they speak to their female friends - supporting the 'tend-and-befriend' hypothesis.
How could funding for feline research help people with neurodegenerative diseases?
Here, Ingrid R. Niesman, M.S., Ph.D. explains her research into a potential untapped model system, highlighting unmistakable similarities between human neurogenerative diseases and feline cognitive dysfunction syndrome.
The role of the mind in dis-ease
We hear from emotional trauma expert and renowned healer, Antonia Harman about the role of the mind in dis-ease.