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#MentalHealth #MentalIllness
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/opinion/attention-economy-education.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BE0.rQ8B.x89GxaNs_LtW&smid=url-share #psychology #digitalisierung #digital #attentioneconomy #mentalhealth #learning
This cartoon illustrates the real problem with our #NHS #mentalhealth services, the physical ones too.
We expect our health service to be the "support of last resort" for the devastating effects that modern society has on all of us. We can't save the NHS and make it all it can be without fundamental changes in our sick and broken society.
It can start by paying nurses and other workers what we're worth.
#EnoughisEnough
#TimeForChange
#NHSStrike
The relationship between mental illness and guns, and risk mitigation, is complicated.
Specifically, there is no clear and uniform consensus on who should determine when to restrict access to firearms – should it be a psychiatrist, an independent forensic psychiatrist, a committee of psychiatrists or a judge?
https://theconversation.com/mass-shootings-often-put-a-spotlight-on-mental-illness-but-figuring-out-which-conditions-should-keep-someone-from-having-a-gun-is-no-easy-task-216814
#mentalhealth #guncontrol
Mass shootings often put a spotlight on mental illness, but figuring out which conditions should keep someone from having a gun is no easy task
Red flag laws are an important step in the right direction, but much more work is needed to determine the role of mental health in the lead-up to and aftermath of mass shootings.The Conversation
The benefits of friendship go far beyond having someone to spend time with – it can also protect you from physical and #mentalhealth problems.
Also – friendships are so powerful that the social pain of rejection activates the same neural pathways that physical pain does.
Read more of what researchers know about the power of #friendship:
Friendship research is getting an update – and that's key for dealing with the loneliness epidemic
Psychology researchers have focused on the idea that people form friendships with those who are similar, familiar and nearby. But how do individual people pick those who will become their friends?The Conversation
No, I don't have a fitbit. I go for long walks because it's nice to get away from the screen, now and then.
#exercise #MentalHealth #BreakTime
We’ll be live shortly on Reddit with Emily Hemendinger, LCSW, and researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
She’s doing an AMA about the positive and negative consequences of social media use on #mentalhealth.
Join us with your questions!
https://www.reddit.com/r/mentalhealth/comments/17sclw5/i_study_how_increased_social_media_and_video/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
