Category: Health

From volunteering for an organisation to a simple phone call, NHS Choices offers ideas on how to help lonely or socially isolated elderly people in your community. Evidence suggests that giving your time in this way could be as valuable to you as the person you support. It’s likely to boost your self-esteem and sense…

In 1984, psychiatrist Norman Rosenthal coined the term Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Now 30 years later, BBC looks at the differences between SAD and the winter blues. Winter blues often involves a lack of sleep while SAD means people are permanently tired and spend longer in bed, she says. Jarvis estimates between 3% and 5%…

In the lead up to Alcohol Awareness Week, charity Alcohol Concern has published some useful information and resources to help those who are concerned about alcohol intake. Their theme for this year is, ‘Facing our alcohol problem: Taking back our health and high streets.’ Local authorities and other organisations, from pharmacies to treatment service providers,…

Can happiness be measured? The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire attempts to do just that. Developed by Michael Argyle and Peter Hills of Oxford Brookes University, and originally published in the Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, it’s one several measures of “subjective wellbeing” (aka happiness) constructed by scientific research psychologists. It may be helpful in charting…

Every year The British Association of Anger Management helps people ‘Keep Cool Over Yule’ by offering some useful strategies as part of its National Anger Awareness Month, taking place from 1st to 31st December 2014. This year, they want to encourage people to do a Stress Survey, aiming to feel the mood of the nation…