Humans spend on average 6.5 hours a day online. A large portion of that time is dedicated to information-seeking. How does this activity impact mental health? We assess this over four studies (n = 1,145). We reveal that the valence of informatio
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This often means building healthy, mood-boosting structures into your daily life. Whether you are someone who has experienced mental health issues or you consider yourself to be in good mental health, embedding positive habits can help to strengthen your mental resilience. The NHS’s Every Mind M...
The Department of Health has announced that £25m will be made available to improve maternity facilities for mothers and babies, and an NHS information service for parents is to include videos on how to spot signs of postnatal depression. “ If we can identify women as early as possible then...
This chapter starts by exploring the differences between the broader disability and mental health sectors, including an outline of their historically separate development, as a way of providing the ‘lens’ through which many of the subsequent challenges
Significant numbers of people in England have fallen into a gap between primary care psychological therapies and specialist mental health services. We aim
NHS Foundation Trust, a large south London Mental Health Trust providing secondary and tertiary mental healthcare.Participants and methodsWe developed a gazetteer of online activity terms and annotation guidelines, from 5480 clinical notes (200 adolescents, aged 11-17 years) receiving specialist mental ...
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Bristol, UKSusanna WisniewskiCochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, Oxford UniversitySarah CullumBristol UniversityJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdCohrane Database of Systematic ReviewsArevalo-Rodriguez, I., Smailagic, N., Roqué, I., et al.:...
Physical inactivity and mental health problems are both major public health concerns worldwide. Although several studies have demonstrated the health benefits of regular physical exercise, few epidemiological studies have investigated the nature of the association between different aspects of physical exercise...
Stigma and discrimination towards people with mental health conditions by their communities are common worldwide. This can result in a range of negative outcomes for affected persons, including poor access to health care. However, evidence is still patchy from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs...