Women with a history of serious mental illness are much more likely to have babies that are stillborn or die within the first month of life, new research reveals. [continue reading…]
Mental Health
The Idea:
If you can care for your body by playing football, or eating an apple, then what’s the equivalent for your mind?
Mindapples is a social movement to promote individual self-management of mental wellbeing. The original “5-a-day” campaign encouraged people to take care of their physical health through simple daily activities, and we want to do the same thing for mental health.
The aim is to create a stigma-free public debate about mental wellbeing, simply by asking everybody the question: “What’s your five-a-day?”
I stumbled across this site today! What a great project check it out! So what are your 5- a -day?
Source: Mindapples
Long waiting times for psychological therapies harmful, says mental health report
A group of leading mental health charities has today published a report which says that the lives of those stuck on long NHS waiting lists for psychological treatments are being damaged as a result. Mental health problems can worsen, relationships can break down and some people are forced to take time off from work – or give up a job completely – according to While we are waiting. [continue reading…]
Asian-American immigrants who came to the United States before they were 25 years old have poorer mental health than their compatriots who came to this country when they were 25 or older, according to data from the first national mental health survey of Asian-Americans.
The study is noteworthy because it shows that using traditional measures of socio-economic status – number of years of school and household income – to predict health outcomes is not accurate for individuals who immigrate when they are children or young adults, according to Janxin Leu, a University of Washington assistant professor of psychology and lead author of the study. [continue reading…]
