The mental health benefits of biodiversity can be experienced by everyone – not just those who live in green, rural areas.
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Mental health plays a significant role in productivity but is often overlooked. To maintain its promising economic growth, Indonesia must put its people’s well-being into the calculation.
An overreliance on medication as the first-line treatment for depression can lead some people to be labeled with treatment-resistant depression when there are other viable alternatives for relief.
Resilience can be built in a variety of ways.
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In urbanising communities in sub-Saharan Africa, women cooking primarily with charcoal and wood had approximately 50% higher odds of likely depression than those cooking with gas.
Social media does have some redeeming features – and its utility will depend on how you use it. But for many of us, the reward no longer outweighs the harms.
Primary and secondary school students who ate five servings of fruit or veg daily had better mental wellbeing.
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If we look after children’s well-being, not only will their learning benefit but also the skills they gain to help them manage life’s challenges will endure beyond the pandemic.
Spending time in nature is an essential resource for mental wellbeing, but lockdown increased existing inequalities in the way our green spaces are used - and who is able to benefit from them.
Substantial savings could be made by improving everyone’s mental wellbeing.
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