by Zara Benamor | Jan 2, 2019 | News
Imagine knowing exactly where to find a placement that’s right for you. Trawling the internet for placement providers is a time-consuming task. While the stress of being rejected or not getting a response is quite a knock to your own sense of self. There’s also a...
by Zara Benamor | Dec 1, 2018 | News
Culinary Therapy: You’re Not Just Cooking A Meal! Cooking is alchemy. It’s one of the most fundamental ways that our outer world (what we can see, touch, and taste) communicates with our inner world (our physical body). It makes sense to think of cooking as therapy...
by Zara Benamor | Nov 13, 2018 | News
Homeless Youth With Pets Are Less Depressed Than Those Without 23% of homeless youth have pets, according to research (reference below). The team surveyed 398 homeless youth at two drop-in centres in Los Angeles. While previous studies have shown that pets can be...
by Zara Benamor | Oct 16, 2018 | News
Everyone has mental health! Sport & Physical Activity Benefits Mental Health There is now clear evidence that physical activity reduces the risk of cognitive decline in adults and older adults with a 20–30% risk reduction in developing dementia for adults...
by Zara Benamor | Oct 15, 2018 | News
Combat loneliness with ‘social prescribing’, says Theresa May Article written by Sarah Marsh for The Guardian on October 14th 2018 Doctors will be encouraged to refer patients to art groups, cookery classes and other activities GPs in England will be...
by Zara Benamor | Oct 14, 2018 | News
Research Unit to Bring Evidence to Forefront of Mental Health Policy UCL and King’s College London are leading the establishment of a new policy research unit, the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit, which will bring mental health researchers, clinicians,...
