Smartphones and children, mental health labels and climate anxiety

Smartphones and children, mental health label...

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Navigating the Pacific without technology

How well can you remember the details of your childhood? Sometimes, the memories are there, but a little hazy. But what if you could trick your brain into thinking you looked like your younger self again? Would that help you recall more childhood memories? A new study has trie ...

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Asylum hotels and mental health

More than 32,000 asylum seekers are being housed in hotels in the UK, the latest figures show.

There's been intense political debate in recent weeks focused on the cost – both financially for the government and for local communities.

But what about the cost to the ...

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EP295 Can banning phones in school help solve the youth mental health crisis? (with Dr. Jean Twenge)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

There has been a significant increase in mental health issues among young people in America since 2012, including anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide attempts, and suicide. Contrary to popular belief, these trends started before the pandemic, with rates of major depression ...

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Audio long read: Do smartphones and social media really harm teens’ mental health?
Nature Podcast

Research shows that, over the past two decades, rates of mental illness have been increasing in adolescents in many countries. While some scientists point to soaring use of smartphones and social media as a key driver for this trend, others say the evidence does not show a large ...  عرض المزيد

Rethinking mental health
People Fixing the World

In the US, police officers spend about a fifth of their time responding to mental health crises. This is something they are often not trained for, and figures also show that people with untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter.We go ...  عرض المزيد

Life in lockdown- episode 12: Heather, student mental health and influencing public policy
Let's Talk by the University of Edinburgh

Heather McAdam, a third year undergraduate intercalating with Global Health, and soon to return to the Medical School, is also the Student Association Rep for the Medical School and founder of the mental health support community, WellMed. Heather spoke in the previous Let’s Ta ...

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