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19Dec

9 Tips to Help with Seasonal Affective Disorder

Alice McGurran

depression, self, tips, wellbeing

Mind

What is Seasonal Affective Disorder and what can you do to make the winter easier for yourself? We have 9 tips to help you cope
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13Dec

Why Christmas Makes Me Really Anxious

Leanne Brookes

anxiety, Christmas, selfcare, society

Mind

Christmas isn't so merry for everyone - one girl shares her personal story of why the time of year makes her so anxious.
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11Dec

5 reasons anti-depressants are not the answer to women’s problems

Louise Chunn

depression, society, women

Mind

One in 10 women in England take anti-depressants, according to a report released this week by the Health Survey for England. This shockingly high figure - nearly twice the level for men, and higher than figures for Europe overall – should make us pause for thought. Does this mean that 10 percent of women in England are suffering from severe depression? Because that is what NICE recommends anti-depressants for. Whereas, for mild to moderate depression, the advice is not pills, but talking therapy, which is not nearly so easy to get hold of as an easy-to-write...
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10Dec

9 Ways to Cope with Social Anxiety

Alice McGurran

anxiety, emotions, self, socialanxiety, tips

Mind

The party season is upon us - here's 9 tips to help you through if you struggle from social anxiety
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09Dec

What is Music Therapy?

Gráinne Foster

career, counselling, creativity, music, therapy

Mind

Learn about the fantastic work music therapists do, and what music therapy is.
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01Dec

Politics, Psychotherapy and Boarding School

Nick Duffell

boardingschool, education, politics, psychology, society

Mind

What's the issue with boarding schools and their alumni? Author Nick Duffell delves into why we should care about boarding school kids - it's in all our best interests, after all
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29Nov

Mysteries of Time Perception: Plug in Your Brain event with Claudia Hammond

Alice McGurran

Mind

The mysteries of time and our perception of it, as explained by Claudia Hammond
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14Nov

Movember Moves Men's Health into Spotlight

Louise Chunn

depression, men, mensmentalhealth, society, suicide

Mind

For the past few years November has lost its harried run-up to Christmas feel and become a must-do month. Why? Movember, of course, when any self-respecting man forgoes a razor to grow a moustache (and only a moustache, no other beardy bits allowed). The money raised (by getting friends, colleagues and family to sponsor him) goes to men’s health - but more all these moustachioed men tell others what they’re doing, and - man to man - they talk about things that men rarely talk about. This week, at the Good Day at Work Conference which focused on wellbeing in...
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07Nov

iAi Debate: Madness Incorporated

Claudine Levy

society

Mind

In our post today, Welldoing brings you a video from the Institute of Arts and Ideas. In this video, President Elect of the World Psychiatric Association Dinesh Bhugra debates the nature of mental illness with psychiatrist David Healy and clinical psychologist Richard Bentall. While we commonly think that psychiatric diagnoses like depression and bipolar disorder are real, many now argue that they have little basis in reality. Should we abandon psychiatry and its classifications? Would this usher in a new era of effective health care or cause widespread...
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05Nov

From Patient to Psychiatric Nurse

Joan Inglis

career, self

Mind

Psychiatric patient to psychiatric nurse, Joan Inglis shares her personal journey
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