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Articles on Mental well-being
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Feeling part of something larger than yourself may make it easier to cope with stress and uncertainty.
Winter shifts people indoors and inward. While this may reduce incidental social contact, connection can be maintained through deliberate routines and low-threshold forms of engagement.
South Africans report greater inner peace, hope, forgiveness, and engagement with faith than the global norm.
Our need for closure runs deep. Without it, old memories intrude like uninvited guests, resurfacing with regret, anger or confusion, even years later.
Heading back to school can be a stressful time for kids and adults. Here are five evidence-based books that can help you cope with anxiety and stress.
The yardstick of progress is broken. It’s time to stop using wealth alone to measure how Africa is doing.
It’s not just about having money problems − it’s how you feel about those problems that matters most for your mental health.
Mindfulness has several different aspects. Knowing your mindfulness profile could be an important next step for more effectively improving your well-being and mental health.
Positive psychology focuses on science-based ideas about how to increase your happiness and live a satisfying life. Studies are following how school-based interventions affect students.
Nature-based crafts and skills may just be the key to addressing the developing crises of unsustainability and mental health on campus.
Mental health isn’t just about illness, it is also about wellness. Universities are well positioned to offer accessible, evidence-based wellness education to the general public.
Numerous studies indicate exercise as an effective treatment for people with existing depression and other mental illnesses, and exercising in nature can further improve mental well-being.
While employee resilience seems appealing — especially in the current uncertain and unpredictable time we are living in — overusing it can actually jeopardize an organization’s effectiveness.
One component that may be missing from weight monitoring during pregnancy is the psychological and emotional impact of these changes.
Denmark, despite its cold and gloomy winters, is full of people who consistently rank among the happiest in the world.
Unaffordability is only one type of housing vulnerability that has taken its toll on British Columbians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A sociologist took a critical look at the cherished career advice to ‘follow your passion.’ What she found is that this advice often brings unintended consequences.
Just when things seemed to be getting back to COVID normal, a new variant has us worried all over again. But we can be kind to our brains and boost well-being in uncertain times.
Research from Meta and some scientists shows no harm from social media, but other research and whistleblower testimony show otherwise. Seemingly contradictory, both can be right.
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Chancellor's Professor, Psychology, Carleton University
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Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Public Policy, Simon Fraser University
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Director, Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health and Professor of Rural Health Research, University of Newcastle
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Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Studies, University of Hull
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Adjunct Lecturer, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor, Psychology, Simon Fraser University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Institute of Neurology, UCL
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Associate Professor, School of Management, ESSCA School of Management
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
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Lecturer, Psychology, James Cook University
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Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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