Take five minutes to google 'How to look after your Mental Health' and you will find endless articles repeating similar bullet point statements suggesting you eat well, get a good night's sleep and get some exercise. These suggestions are all useful, but they are hardly holistic, in fact, they seem rather impersonal.
New research from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the UCL Institute of Education suggests a link between being on a zero hour contract and having poor mental health. Researchers analysed data on more than 7,700 people living in England who were born in 1989-90 and found that twenty-five-year-olds who were on zero hour contracts or unemployed, were at greater risk of reporting systems associated with mental health illnesses.
I first heard of Beans on Toast after a friend recommended I listen to his music after coming back from one of his gigs, where he’d been lucky enough to share a pint with him and as a result, informed me of his fun-loving, down-to-earth attitude. After listening to a couple of his albums and falling in love with his folk-style songs, which often cover topics of politics, love and drugs, I knew I was a fan.
Russian journalists called on the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to investigate rights violations against journalists in Ukraine. Russian journalists called on the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to investigate rights violations against journalists in Ukraine.
John Peel was quite simply, a legend. The BBC‘s longest-serving DJ, previously heading the Pirate Radio Station ‘Radio London’, he broke all the rules of radio and broke brand new genres live on air. Ten years after his death in 2004, dying at the age of 65 from a heart attack whilst of holiday, we at Kettle decided to celebrate the man that changed musical history by discussing his lasting impact on the world as we know it today.
In light of the recent malnutrition health warning, I decided to look at the World's Best Diets and see how we can incorporate aspects of various diets around the world into our own diets here in Britain. Traditional Diets are usually the best, as they use basic locally source ingredients, which are home-cooked without additives or preservatives.
Sheffield Hallam University is one of the largest Universities in the UK with around 34,718 students (2,931 of which are students from overseas,) and 4,421 members of staff. In fact, we have the fourth highest number of enrolments in the UK and 94% of SHU Graduates are in employment within six months of graduation.
Guscoth Health and Disability Consultancy has set up a new Disability Studies Journal called the Considering Disability Journal, which has recently been made accessible to students and graduates. The aim of the journal is to bring students and academics together to 'give academia a face lift,' through contemporary disability thinking.
Endometriosis is the second most common gynaecological condition. It is estimated that around 1.5 – 2 million (1 in 10) women in the UK have endometriosis.* However, despite being a common disease, symptoms are often missed by a Doctors diagnosis. Endometriosis UK is highlighting the delays in diagnosis and calling for shorter diagnosis time, as well as better education about Endometriosis for GPs and nurses in the UK.
A new app has recently been launched by The Samaritans charity which will notify Twitter users if one of their followers on the site appears to be suicidal. The app, named Samaritans Rader, identifies key words and phrases, such as “depressed”, “hate myself”, “help me” and “need someone to talk to”.
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past 12 months, I’m sure you are aware of the numerous cuts made to NHS funding by the current Tory Government this year. In fact, you are likely to know that one of the areas affected most by these cuts is the Mental Health services. Mental Health services have always been underfunded and understaffed, and the situation is only getting worse.
