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In an era before clinical trials, medical writers drew on the stories of explorers as evidence about the health effects of different foods and drinks.
Almost 10% of people have reported experiencing ‘languishing’ during the pandemic.
Remorse and sorrow from a bad choice can haunt you for years, even decades. But there are evidence-based ways to move past regret.
Two profoundly disruptive events combined to make life even more challenging for UK farmers, and now their mental health is suffering. Here’s what can be done.
Emotional Freedom Techniques, known as tapping, are an approach to stress relief that more than 100 randomised clinical trials have shown is effective.
Hostile partners can experience jumps in stress and blood pressure after an argument. But there are ways to cool conflicts, even during a pandemic holiday season.
A growing body of research points to the body’s natural cannabinoid system as the primary driver behind the runner’s high – and the mental health boost and stress relief following exercise.
Parenting means internal competition between three evolved responses: the threat, drive and soothing system. The threat light is on often, but it can be dampened by tapping into the soothing system.
Ultra-processed foods high in sugar, fat and empty carbs are bad for the mind as well as the body. Lack of micronutrients affects brain function and influences mood and mental health symptoms.
Supermarket employees, still laboring in crisis mode, continue to report significant rises in physical and mental health problems.
Humour can be key to coping with pandemic-related stress.
How to use TV and other tools to help dogs who suffer from anxiety or spend a lot of time at home alone.
The anti-vax movement is no longer fuelled purely by fears about vaccines and harmful side-effects – there are other forces at play.
Our study shows that for most young people, worrying about climate change appears to be constructive and not associated with general mental health difficulties.
Eco-anxiety is an understandable response to the many crises the world faces. Here are four ways to help you cope.
Why is it so hard to disengage from daily case numbers? What should you do if, like a car crash, you can’t look away?
Research shows how heat can have negative effects on emotional states, mental health conditions and aggressive behaviours.
Parents can support their children through the coming weeks of year 12 exams by using four strategies.
Attention control theory holds that heightened anxiety impairs the efficiency of mental processes. For instance, stressing about something can make us lose focus on the task at hand.
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