http://www.thepeoplesproject.org.nz/about/the-peoples-project What is The People’s Project all about? The People’s Project has been established because so many people in Hamilton are concerned about people who are living on the streets or sleeping rough. We need a community wide response. No single organisation alone has the ability to solve this challengingContinue Reading
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/motivate-me/69888772/Happiness-is-an-illusion-seek-contentment-instead Given the formidable obstacles to chasing after happiness or promoting its sustainability if we are lucky enough to come by it, what options do human beings have? I have not come across any meaningful approach to this question, even from the unswervingly confident proponents of the contemporary school ofContinue Reading
These comics absolutely nail why we still need feminism http://t.co/zY6UAY6c20 pic.twitter.com/VZbUPvOk63 — Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) July 2, 2015 “Feminists get a bad rap as having no sense of humor, and I want to counter that image,” she said in an email to The Huffington Post. Cohen is also the mindContinue Reading
@CCDHB's Dr Paul Quigley talking now on #drugchecking #earlywarning system http://t.co/hBrj6y6t52 pic.twitter.com/9pnZUjv8IC — NZ Drug Foundation (@nzdrug) July 3, 2015Continue Reading
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/69794236/mental-illness-discrimination-common-in-new-zealand The Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) looks at New Zealanders’ attitudes to a range of health topics, including mental illness. In 2014, it asked respondents about their attitudes to people experiencing mental illness, using the scenario of the opening of a community mental health centre in their neighbourhood. TheyContinue Reading
ONE News has learned that at least one of the dozens of peer support workers in communities, clinics and psych wards around the country has killed someone. The peer role requires “lived experience” in mental health, including people sectioned by the court for taking a life – that is, acquittedContinue Reading
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/06/20/8-misconceptions-about-mental-health-and-mental-illness/ Some of the so-called “mentally ill” are just making excuses for their weakness or failure. These people need to stop whining, get up off the couch and go find a job. Anyone who claims mental health conditions are the bogus rationalizations of the chronic underachiever is talking out ofContinue Reading
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/69920289/suicide-toll-reaches-highest-rate-since-records-kept “It seems to have completely bucked the trend,” says Stephen Bell of youth mental health service Youthline. Last year’s figures had been the lowest number by two since the annual coronial figures were first produced for the 2007/2008 year. The figures provided a breakdown of suicides by region andContinue Reading
4 bad habits that sabotage your sleep http://t.co/eQ4FGCjp8A pic.twitter.com/kvb8EqjIDx — Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) July 2, 2015 Scientists at the Sleep Disorders & Research Center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit found that consuming 400 milligrams of caffeine (equal to two to four eight-ounce cups of brewed coffee) six hours beforeContinue Reading
Fascinating new research shows #depression causes ongoing physical changes to part of brain managing emotion & memory http://t.co/ljFZgB4Pe3 — Black Dog Institute (@blackdoginst) July 1, 2015 The researchers found 65% of the depressed study participants had recurrent depression and it was these people who had a smaller hippocampus, which isContinue Reading
