4 Self-care tips to boost your mental health

4 Self-care tips to boost your mental health

Do you feel a little underestimated by yourself? Many factors, such as family caregiving responsibilities, work, social commitments, and more, can prevent us from taking care of ourselves. When it comes to taking care of our health and emotional well-being in the midst of these changes, practicing self-care is more important than ever. Here are … Read more

Combating the mental health crisis in India

Combating the mental health crisis in India

Good mental health is essential for holistic well-being from the people. Mental illnesses contribute 18.5 percent of the global burden of disease, including depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and neuropsychiatric disorders. India shares a disproportionate component of this burden with 56 million cases of depression, 43 million anxiety disorders in addition to the world’s highest rate of … Read more

Why startups are excited about FM’s focus on mental health in Budget 2022

Why startups are excited about FM’s focus on mental health in Budget 2022

In Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s shorter budget speech, the minister left room for the announcement of the launch of the National Tele Mental Health Programvalidating a whole spectrum of health that has long been overlooked. According to the minister, 23 telemental health centers will be launched, with the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences … Read more

Study highlights importance of bonding between young mental health patients and nurses

Study highlights importance of bonding between young mental health patients and nurses

The young people, all from child and adolescent mental health services in four UK sites, described how their relationships with nursing staff might influence their progress during treatment. The researchers interviewed the participants extensively and identified six themes that described therapeutic relationships, their development, and maintenance. One theme focused on the feeling that therapeutic relationships … Read more

After Waffle House shooter’s trial, mental health expert says right treatment could have saved lives

After Waffle House shooter’s trial, mental health expert says right treatment could have saved lives

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) — It has been a day since Travis Reinking was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing four people: DeEbony Groves, Akilah DaSilva, Joe Perez, Jr. and Taurean Sanderlin. During the Waffle House murder trial, Reinking’s mental illness was on full display. The American Psychiatric Association says nearly one in … Read more

You’re never too old to seek help with your mental health struggles

You’re never too old to seek help with your mental health struggles

This column is about being human. It’s about you. So this week, I want to start with an email I received from Linda, a reader in her 70s, who wrote to me about mental health in older generations. “Your article made me think of the thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people like me, … Read more

Bonney Lake police want to invest in officers’ mental health. Here’s the plan

Bonney Lake police want to invest in officers’ mental health. Here’s the plan

The Bonney Lake Police Department recently partnered with an independent licensed clinical social worker for mental health training and support services. Angelica Relent [email protected] Officers with the Bonney Lake Police Department have a new mental health resource at hand. The Bonney Lake Police Department entered into a contract agreement on February 1 with a licensed … Read more

ParticipACTION and YMCA offer free workout videos to get Canadians moving – Okanagan | Globalnews.ca

ParticipACTION and YMCA offer free workout videos to get Canadians moving – Okanagan | Globalnews.ca

Working out from home just got easier and more affordable thanks to a partnership between the YMCA and ParticipACTION to power the Canadian experience. mental and physical health in an accessible online platform. “ParticipACTION is something that is really there to help people get moving,” said Kellie Taylor Okanagan YMCA, vice president of Health Fitness … Read more