Mental Health & Wellbeing

28th October 2020

Psyomics secures £1.5m funding to transform mental health diagnosis in the UK

Psyomics Ltd, a UK-based healthtech and University of Cambridge spin-out, has closed a £1.5 million funding round from existing and new investors to bring its mental […]
4th September 2020

Doctors are human too

“I remember once actually sitting under the desk, hugging my knees to my chest, I was so anxious.” – GP (page 4; Riley et al., 2018) […]
3rd September 2020

Give surgeons ‘Emotional Intelligence’ training to halt burnout epidemic

Surgeons should be given regular ‘emotional intelligence’ training as an ‘explicit’ part of their professional development – to combat epidemic levels of burnout in the profession. […]
1st September 2020

Searches for stress balls increase 800% over A-Level results period

This year has certainly been a tough one for people across the world. However, it was made much more stressful for the UK this month. Not […]
27th July 2020

The Sea – Filey (My New Friend)

What follows is an essay from someone in lockdown with little in the way of company.  However, a short walk from his home, he found great […]
29th June 2020

Bright scientific minds assembled to help meditation reach the masses

Medito Foundation has gathered some of the world’s bright minds from various backgrounds of science, mindfulness and public health to form its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). […]
29th June 2020

COVID-19 and mental health: how to overcome stress and stay productive

Thanks to Evgeniya Naumova, vice president of global sales network at Kaspersky for sharing the following with Lifestyle Health Hub… Viruses… Viruses affect not only the […]
19th June 2020

Digital mental health therapy has significant long-term benefits

Digital mental health interventions have significant long-term impact on anxiety and depression recovery, suggests new research World’s largest “real-world” study published at time of increased anxiety […]
9th June 2020

Lifting lockdown will not end loneliness

Lifting lockdown will not end loneliness: two-in-five Brits felt lonely before COVID-19 42% of Brits who have felt lonely during the pandemic have actually felt less […]