7 pages articles on the loose theme of wellbeing at work, on topics such as promoting mental health in the workplace, appreciating diversity among workers (including those with mental health issues or autism) etc. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s (CWP) Wirral Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is collaborating with schools from across the region to deliver the Peer Educator project, which trains young people to deliver mental health education to fellow students.
The Health Foundation has now commissioned Wirral CAMHS to co-design an online toolkit, which will be used as a national blueprint to enable schools in other areas to set up their own Peer Educator projects. The toolkit launch will take place at Wallasey Town Hall on World Mental Health Day (10 October), with professionals from CWP demonstrating the success of a three-year pilot project.
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Depression often goes hand in hand with a diabetes diagnosis, but mental health support is sorely lacking. More than six out of ten people with diabetes sometimes or often feel down due to the long-term condition, according to Diabetes UK. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP (legacy account) - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
“We found that older participants experienced beneficial effects of green space whilst walking between busy built urban environments and urban green space environments. Indeed, this work is the first to be published in a series of papers understanding the impact of green and urban spaces on brain activity in older adults.
In contrast to the extensive amount of information available about their physical health, scientific knowledge about the mental well-being of professional footballers is scarce. In addition, the potential relation of musculoskeletal injuries with the mental well-being of professional footballers has not been studied yet.
Objective To explore the mental well-being (distress, anxiety depression, sleep disturbance, adverse alcohol use) of professional footballers over twelve months and to assess its relation with musculoskeletal injuries. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
The increasing rate of all-cause dementia worldwide and the lack of effective pharmaceutical treatments emphasise the value of lifestyle approaches as prevention strategies. Emerging evidence suggests sedentary behaviour is associated with impaired cognitive function. A better understanding of this association would significantly add to our knowledge of how to best promote healthy cognitive ageing. Thus, we conducted a systematic review ascertaining the contribution of sedentary behaviour towards associated changes in cognitive function over the adult lifespan. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
The threat of major incidents has increased anxiety among young people and emergency care health professionals. In this blog, we discuss the impact of major incidents on mental health and outline how health professionals can make sure they are prepared.
The author of the study suggests Facebook use may induce feelings of envy and dissatisfaction because users compare themselves with others when scrolling through posts and photos – a practice known as "lurking", described in one paper as "scrolling through endless photos of Sandra's new Gucci handbag".
This sounds reasonable, but in an unblinded study people were aware of what they were being asked to do.
This means it's possible that their expectations of a benefit from not using Facebook might have translated into how they reported their satisfaction.
Facebook certainly isn't all bad: it allows you to connect with far-flung friends and family over the festive period. But it's no substitute for actual face-to-face interaction.
The study's main limitation is that this can't prove cause and effect, or tell the direction of the relationship. People who volunteer may have better health scores because those who feel healthy, active and in a good state of wellbeing are more likely to go out and volunteer to help others than those who feel in poor health. It's not necessarily the case that the reverse is true; that volunteering has caused the good health state.
It could be that the association works both ways – better wellbeing probably makes you more inclined to help others, and helping others probably boosts your sense of wellbeing.
In 2010, we interviewed 16 UK centenarians about their lives and later published a paper on the socio-emotional aspects of positive ageing. We were struck by their ability to ‘move on’ from difficult situations which we recognized conceptually as ‘resilience’. In the effort to understand aspects of resilience as portrayed in their stories, we re-examined their data.
The US Preventive Services Task Force has recommended that all adults aged 18 years and older be screened for depression, including pregnant and postpartum women. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
The task force said that depression was the leading cause of disability among adults in high income countries and imposed a substantial burden of disease, affecting individuals, their families, and society as a whole.
Self-harm and suicide increase in times of economic recession, but little is known about why people self-harm when in financial difficulty, and in what circumstances self-harm occurs. This study aimed to understand events and experiences leading to the episode of self-harm and to identify opportunities for prevention or mitigation of distress. Open Access Article
Journal Scan. Older people who have fewer teeth have an increased risk of developing dementia, new study results suggest. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
South Staffordshire Network for Mental Health has developed a Toolbox that has helped a number of people to build their own plan dealing with emotions and preventing mental illness.
What is Toolbox?
Toolbox is a self-empowering, emotional wellbeing signposting service whose aims are to encourage better self-awareness and help identify emotional support networks. For more information about toolbox visit https://ssnmentalhealth.co.uk/toolbox/
The C&I Wellbeing team have been providing mental health awareness training, as well as practical advice and toolkits to help managers proactively enhance their own mental wellbeing, as well as that of other staff. C&I psychologists recently held a workshop for the cast and production team of the National Theatre’s production of ‘Nine Night’. They have also provided a range of one to two hour talks on topics including ‘Coping with Anxiety’, ‘Alcohol & Substance Misuse’, ‘Improving Sleep’, and ‘Grief and Bereavement’.