Wellbeing

Health & Medicine
Opinion
How to avoid bankrupting your ‘hope budget’
From doomscrolling to relentless negative headlines, the 21st century is mentally tough. But hope isn’t just a feeling. It’s a resource. And like any resource, it needs budgeting

Education
Three reasons why teachers should learn to meditate and it’s not (just) about wellbeing
Meditation can help teachers build a greater sense of presence, purpose and compassion, but it won't address the structural causes of stress and burnout in the workforce

Health & Medicine
We need a new approach to suicide prevention
Many complex causes may drive someone to consider suicide. Addressing these causes at a policy level will save lives

Health & Medicine
This is how healthcare should be
Person-Centred Value-Based Health Care shifts the focus from treating a condition to treating a person, by focusing on their values, goals and preferences

Health & Medicine
The young people getting nature on prescription
The early results of a new trial on ‘nature prescribing’ show promise for helping young people with mild mental illness

Health & Medicine
People with experience of mental health conditions should be paid to help others
The expertise of people with lived experience of mental health conditions should be employed to help turbocharge system-wide reform

Health & Medicine
Our duty of care to those who care
With looming workforce shortages, a new study finds a comprehensive approach to ensuring the wellbeing of cancer healthcare workers is essential

Health & Medicine
Book extract
Knowing when to seek help for mental health
When challenges arise we may feel confused, but there are five signs to help us understand when to seek mental health support

Education
Boosting student wellbeing through their environment
New research calls for co-creating the built and natural environments of universities to support student wellbeing

Arts & Culture
The arts can help us recover from disasters - creatively
‘Creative recovery’ arts projects improve mental health and wellbeing, but better planning and resourcing is needed to support artists and communities