Mental Health
Enhancing Mental Health: Explore ways to broaden your understanding of mental health and find solutions to lead a happier, healthier, and less-stressful life. Discover how mental health is inextricably linked to physical health and well-being.
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Breaking Bad (Habits): The Path from Thoughts to Actions
Health promotion is a burgeoning industry backed by governments, the World Health Organization, researchers, even entrepreneurs looking to make a buck. According to the World Health Organization’s website, “health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health.” Governmental health promotion efforts extend to people of all ages…
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Is Your Smartphone Making You Sick?
Stress, Anxiety and Smartphone Use In previous posts, I reviewed research on the use of devices and apps developed for smartphones that can enhance and improve mental health. We tend to see smartphones as a positive technological advancement, and many users cannot imagine life without one. But, is it possible for a device to have…
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Unlocking the Path from Happiness to Health: A Positive Psych Intervention
Within the branch of positive psychology, happiness studies may be one of the hottest topics. After all, who doesn’t want to be happy? Several decades of happiness research, including books, articles, and websites devoted to the topic, have uncovered its unique qualities. Certainly, happiness can easily be connected to overall psychological well-being. But, what about…
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Averting Depression Through Participation in Team Sports
Numerous prior studies of exercise and mental health have found that consistent exercise can reduce depression and improve feelings of physical and psychological well-being. Studies have shown that both aerobic and resistance exercise can produce this effect and, in some cases, reduce or eliminate the need for pharmacologic interventions. These benefits have been found to…
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Hopeful Horizons: Nurturing Academic Achievement in Adolescents
When you hear stories about a person or group of people who accomplish something unbelievable, against impossible odds, what do you think is the common thread in these stories? Perseverance? Determination? Grit? How about hope? Is hope an essential characteristic for everyone who embarks on a challenging journey? Can hope be cultivated, and can it…
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Elevating Child and Adolescent Mental Well-Being Through Movement
Connections between exercise and healthy psychological functioning are abundant in research on adults and the elderly. As a lifestyle choice, people who choose to exercise can’t go wrong! There is accumulating evidence that exercise can be equally beneficial for adolescents with mental disorders such as depression. What about the role of exercise in promoting overall…