mental health
How are you? To help control the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) across the country, all Australians have been asked to practise social distancing. In some cases people are required to, or may choose to, self-isolate. ...
Walnuts. Quite coincidental that they look exactly how our brain does. Did you know that adding walnuts to your diet could help protect against age-related cognitive decline? Walnuts contain polyphenols and omega-3 fatty acids, which ...
The term mental health describes emotional, cognitive, and social well-being. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. There are more than 200 types of psychological disorders, which ...
Sometimes we hear the bad news that affects us personally and sometimes we hear the bad news that affects communities, countries, the whole world! So how do we stay sane after bad news? It can ...
What happened to me? Did life just grind me down, was I over-worked, stopped living for the moment and simply existing. Did I lose my passion, drive and have no connection to whom I ...
A few years ago, we had to wait until the we watch the evening news to find out what’s happening in the world. Most reports are even delayed by a week ore more. Even way ...
“Compassion fatigue is a preoccupation with absorbing trauma and emotional stresses of others, and this creates a secondary traumatic stress in the helper”. (Reference http://transitionalsupport.com.au/transitional-phase/compassion-fatigue-trauma/) Compassion fatigue also referred to as secondary traumatic stress (STS) ...
Bullying in the workplace. It’s one of the most common stressors among employees but often not talked about as much. It’s either they’re too afraid to speak up, or fear of losing their jobs. Most ...
Positivity can transform the healthcare workplace, according to a professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Nina Flanagan, clinical professor of nursing and program coordinator of the Adult-Gerontological Nursing Program at Binghamton University’s ...
Retirement. It’s everyone’s dream of not having to work and being able to relax and enjoy life. However, this can have its own problems such as boredom, social isolation, and lack of purpose since working ...
Pakistan has one of the lowest patient-to-doctor ratios in mental health in the world. There are less than 400 trained psychiatrists nation-wide, which is approximately one psychiatrist per half-million people. Mental health services are also ...
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