Happy April Fool’s, sweet readers!
Oh, how I love this day. I love jokes, pranks, tricks — everything designed to make me laugh (as long as it doesn’t hurt others, of course). Not only does it amuse me, but it’s also good for my mental health. Yes, I know, many of you know the drill, but for those of you who don’t, check out the NCBI’s Therapeutic Benefits of Laughter in Mental Health: A Theoretical Review (the abstract is easy reading, I promise).
Now, let’s get on with it, shall we?
This week we have new about the royal’s latest mental health awareness work, the kinds of toxic people who will suck the happiness from you, why bullies and victims are obsessed with weight loss, and more.
Changing Minds: The Young Royals’ Video Campaign to Tackle Mental Health Stigma: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have taken strong stances on mental health awareness across the globe lately, and their campaign’s — Heads Together — latest development is a series of 10 videos showing people talk to each other about their own mental health issues. From broadcasters and journalists to models and new moms, check out how these folks explain to their friends and family members their struggles with depression, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and more.
Albin Lee Meldau’s Unsettling Take On Mental Illness And Addiction: Albin Lee Meldau, a Swedish singer-songwriter, has released the music video for his new song “Lou Lou,” which NPR describes as “an uncomfortably intimate look at the moment paramedics arrive to save a woman who’s suffering a drug overdose. Nobody moves. Everything has stopped. It feels particularly helpless and hopeless.”
8 Types of Toxic People Who Will Rob You of Your Happiness: From gossip mongers to emotional vampires, these people can do serious damage to your happiness — even in small doses.
What Is the Public Entitled to Know About a President’s Mental Health? The Hill’s contributor Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman — Chair of Psychiatry at Columbia University, Chief Psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian Hospital, and former president of the American Psychological Association — weighs in on the still-hot topic of whether the public is entitled to knowledge of a president’s mental health in this opinion piece.
Bullies and Their Victims Obsessed with Weight-Loss: According to new research from the University of Warwick, school bullies and their victims are “more obsessed with weight-loss than anyone else.” The study’s results show high percentages of bullies being preoccupied with being stronger and and more attractive than others, while those who are bullied suffer low self-esteem and body image issues giving them a desire to change their bodies.
These 11 Steve Jobs Quotes Will Motivate You to Change the World: Lacking inspiration? It happens to the best of us — it even happened to the late Apple founder, if you can believe it. However, in addition to Apple, Inc. and every technological convenience it provides us (except me — Team Android, baby), Jobs left behind a wealth of information to help inspire and motivate you and keep your passion alive.
from World of Psychology https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2017/04/01/psychology-around-the-net-april-1-2017/
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