Across the world, we’re seeing unprecedented levels of mental illness at all ages, from children to the very old – with huge costs to families, communities and economies.
In this series we investigate what’s causing this crisis, and report on the latest research to improve people’s mental health at all stages of life.

#Anxiety #Coronavirus #COVID-19 #Depression #Mental illness #Pandemic #Psychology #Stress #Suicide #Wellbeing

Mental health News, Research and Analysis - The Conversation

Browse Mental health news, research and analysis from The Conversation

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At a national level, having strong welfare, accessible health services and progressive attitudes towards mental health are shown to reduce suicide and mental illness. On an individual basis, reaching out to others, having supportive social networks, rethinking our identities and developing financial knowledge may help us all weather current and future crises.

#mentalhealth #depression #Debt #globalfinancialcrisis #Insightsseries #Tacklingthementalhealthcrisis #2007-08financialcrisis #Suiciderisk

Financial crises damage people’s mental health – our global review shows who is worst affected

Our global review of research into the link between financial crises and mental health highlights three key challenges: stigma, stress and social roles

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Alongside Alzheimer’s disease, a lower hippocampal volume has been observed in people with many other conditions – such as Cushing’s disease, depression, PTSD and anxiety.

Certain lifestyle habits can also worsen loss of hippocampus volume. For example, poor diet has been linked to a lower hippocampus volume, as has excess alcohol consumption – even in young people.

On the other hand, physical activity, including yoga, cardio and exercises which build balance and coordination, have all been shown to increase hippocampal volume in older people.

#dementia #Educateme #Brainhealth #Cognitivedecline #Alzheimersdisease #Hippocampus #PTSD #alcohol

Size of brain area linked with cognitive decline – even in people with no other warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease

This study shows at least two different mechanisms lead to cognitive decline – both in healthy people and people with Alzheimer’s.

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Ale z jednym się zgadzam, III wojna światowa już trwa, tylko nie taka jak sobie wyobraża analityk Polityki. Tą III wojną jest kryzys klimatyczny, który, choć ostatnio w przerażający sposób ignorowany i nie jest brany pod uwagę w tego rodzaju analizach, przewróci jeszcze nie raz rozmaite prognozy i dwudziestowieczne analogie.

#Ukraina #Rosja #Polska #NATO #USA #Wszechkryzys

A na wschodzie wciąż wojna trwa - Wolnelewo

Kiedy rok temu pisałem o tym, że Zachód, a zwłaszcza USA dają Ukrainie tylko tyle, żeby mogła jako-tako […]

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Ugandan academic Mahmood Mamdani sees a link between the violence of the coloniser and the slaughter of Jews and Slavs by the Nazis. The racial theories of Houston Stewart Chamberlain and others who claimed the Aryan race was superior meant that Jews and Slavs, who were both regarded as not Aryan, could be placed beyond the pale of civilisation and were thus candidates for the “laws of nature”, not of war.

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Good Jew, Bad Jew: new book explores why the west views brutality against Ukrainians and Palestinians differently

The European bourgeoisie could not forgive Hitler because he applied in Europe colonialist procedures previously reserved for the supposedly inferior Arabs, Indians, and Africans.

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Proste:

Zjawisko zwane przepływem wstecznym zademonstrowali w dość prostym układzie fizycy z Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Dwie nałożone na siebie wiązki światła “skręcone” w kierunku zgodnym z ruchem wskazówek zegara mogą tworzyć w niewielkich obszarach skręcenia przeciwne do ruchu wskazówek zegara.

#światło #fizyka #kwanty

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