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Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
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While for some, gambling might be a source of entertainment, for others, it can lead to significant harms.
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Is there someone in your life dealing with anxiety, depression or thoughts of suicide -- but is too ashamed to talk about it? Jeremy Forbes saw this happening around him, and now he's on a mission to teach people how to start a conversation about it. In this deeply personal talk, Forbes shares his approach to helping a group of traditionally silent men in his community open up about their struggles. "We can all be life preservers," he says.
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Philip Brickman was an expert in the psychology of happiness, but he couldn’t make his own pain go away.
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Depression and anxiety in America have become rampant. One in 4 young adults have struggled with suicidal thoughts since the coronavirus hit, CDC says.
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The number of people worldwide who die from suicide is declining but one person still kills themselves every 40 seconds, according to new figures from the World Health Organization, which said countries needed to do more to stop these preventable deaths.
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Beyond the Emergency is a ground-breaking study of male mental health presentations to ambulance services.
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In countries around the world, women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression and to attempt suicide. So why is the male suicide rate still several times higher than female?
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New research shows young men experience four different types of silence following the suicide of a close friend or peer. Dr Chris Bowden discusses his findings and what teachers, schools and others in the school community can do to better support their students.
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Talking about suicide is never easy. But there may come a time in your life when you’re worried about a loved one and need to have a conversation.
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Contrary to the common belief you shouldn't talk about suicide because it plants the idea, asking someone if they plan to harm themselves can help.
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Jazz Thornton wants young people who are struggling to take hope from new movie.
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New Zealand has the developed world's worst teenage suicide rate. One comedian is trying to change that.
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Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain had to put on a show for the world. The rest of us do, too.
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After high-profile deaths by suicide, experts say to watch for suicide warning signs and support loved ones who may be struggling.
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What we say or don't say makes a difference to those struggling with thoughts of ending their own lives or to those reeling from suicide loss, experts say.
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There was a 10% increase in suicides -- nearly 2,000 additional deaths -- in the four months after Robin Williams took his own life in 2014, a new study finds.
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The most decorated Olympian of all time, swimmer Michael Phelps, opened up about his battle with depression and said he contemplated suicide at the height of his career.
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One Marine learned that you can’t outpace your demons or suicidal thoughts. But it doesn’t hurt to try.
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Youth suicide has reached a ten year high, but suicide and self-harm are still taboo topics in schools.
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A growing number of mental-health experts are taking a proactive approach to suicide prevention—and they have a bold goal.
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Suicide and brain injury have long been linked by scientists, but just how many people who have had a brain injury end up committing suicide? A new study has a grim answer: It found - New Zealand Herald
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It’s been a week of bad news when it comes to men’s mental health and wellbeing.
First, the ONS announced the results of a major survey, which found that men are less satisfied than women on average. Then came today’s news that men still accounted for more than three times as many suicides as women in 2014 (the male rate was 16.8 suicides per 100,000 people, versus 5.2 female deaths.)
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Dying by suicide at work - as a Melbourne police officer did on Monday - seems especially shocking. To act on such private, intense anguish in a public space, to be found by colleagues and bosses, seems to send a particular message of pain and, possibly, of blame.