Published in the prestigious Lancet Psychiatry journal, the study found that exercise is more beneficial to one’s happiness than wealth, with those who exercise being markedly happier than those who have higher incomes but don’t exercise.
A few months ago, shortly after this website launched, we were one of the very few voices to stand up for Young Fine Gael President, Killian Foley-Walsh, after he and some colleagues were denounced for attending a conference in Washington D.C. held by the Young Americas Foundation. A quick reminder: “The young man in the […]
LGBTQ mental health hasn’t improved since the US Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage.
A harrowing story of attempted suicide posted by well-known Dublin MMA fighter and rapper Rob Steenson went viral and helped to save other young people contemplating suicide. Today, on World Mental Health Day, Steenson told that he had previously posted on social media about his attempt to take his own life when he was 16 […]
New data on the mental health of American college students shows a sombre trend. Rates of depression, anxiety, low flourishing, suicidal thinking and suicidal attempts have all worsened over the years 2007 to 2018, according to research by Jean Twenge and colleagues, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. And it’s not all down to more reporting. […]
A new study from the combined Universities of Warwick, Newcastle and Sheffield has concluded that living within a close proximity to a green space improves your mental wellbeing and happiness. The study was published by the scientific journal ‘Applied Geography’ and is titled; ‘A spatial analysis of proximate greenspace and mental wellbeing in London’ It […]