? “We All Have Mental Health” is a 5-minute animation designed to give young people aged 11-14 a common language and understanding of what we mean by mental health and how we can look after it. For more information, a behind the scenes video, and to download the free, accompanying teacher toolkit: https://www.annafreud.org/resources/schools-and-colleges/we-all-have-mental-health-animation-and-teacher-toolkit/ Anna Freud… Read More »
“To better understand the ramifications of the global pandemic on the hearts and minds of humans everywhere,” Doctor Mike speaks with Dr. Ali Mattu and Dr. Tarun Dua in this 21-minute video for both healthcare professionals and the general public. “COVID-19’s impact on the globe can’t be understated and, while the vaccine has dramatically reduced… Read More »
New docu-series featuring honest discussions about mental and emotional health, including trauma, abuse, and depression, plus where and how we go from here… No one needs to heal alone. By caring for each other, communities shape a powerful route to sustainable recovery. The road to recovery is not a straight line. Challenges are inevitable; hope… Read More »
Backline, a new mental health foundation and a collective effort of the music industry, has been formed to raise awareness and provide easy access to mental health resources for performers and professionals in the music industry. The project will begin as a “referral-based system, where [mental health] professionals will assess visitors’ needs and lead them… Read More »
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. It provides advice and support to more than 500,000 people and campaigns to improve services, raise awareness, and promote understanding. Mind’s “Mental Health Awareness at Work” is a 50-minute interactive course designed to help employers to raise awareness of mental health in the workplace.… Read More »
“Exercise keeps us physically fit, but what about our Emotional Fitness?” Fika is an app designed in the UK to help students be emotionally fit by developing skills for resilience, coping, active listening, and healthy relationships. Fika is inspired by Scandinavian culture and draws on scientific evidence from Sports Psychology, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), Positive… Read More »
The ECoWeB Project aims to develop and disseminate a mobile application (App) to provide engaging and personalized tools and psychological skills to promote emotional wellbeing and prevent mental health problems in adolescents and young adults. The app and corresponding tasks are designed to help monitor emotions, learn what can influence emotional responses, and develop new… Read More »
World Mental Health Day seeks to raise awareness of mental health illnesses while educating the population and mobilizing efforts to support mental health. Mental health, which includes a person’s emotional, psychological and social well-being, has become increasingly important in recent decades as an estimated 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression. In 1992, the World… Read More »
“Schools that are highly engaged in whole-school emotional and social health promotion are likely to be more effective in providing for the psychosocial and educational needs of their whole student community.” A paper has been published that describes the development of a survey designed for use in research and in educational practice that measures the… Read More »
Would you rather be rich (financially) or healthy and happy? Rev. Dr. Launa Virgo has written a two-part article at Examiner.com, “Does wealth equal happiness? How joy in life affects your health.” In Part One, Virgo shares the results of a Gallup world poll conducted in 140 countries that found “wealth was not a determining… Read More »