Happy Saturday, sweet readers!
If you’re wondering what’s up with the “Happy Birthday” sign, well, yesterday the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated the anniversary of its launch in 1948 — as well as the annual World Health Day event.
Other topics in this week’s Psychology Around the Net include how climate change affects our mental health, why some people are genetically programmed to be night owls, the tragic loss of Amy Bleuel, and more.
Happy Birthday WHO: “Let’s Talk” about Depression: Yesterday (April 7, 2016) marked the anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO) — which formed in 1948 — and was also the annual World Health Day. This year’s theme? “Depression: Let’s Talk.”
Amy Bleuel, Founder of Project Semicolon, Passes Away at 31: Amy Bleuel, founder of Project Semicolon — the mental health non-profit she founded in 2013, known for its “semicolon tattoo” meant to represent the fact that our stories aren’t over even when we feel like they are — died last week week. Her death has rocked the mental health community, not just because we’ve lost a staunch advocate, but because she died by suicide — one of the very tragedies she fought to prevent. Bleuel’s legacy will live on and, we hope, continue to provide hope to others.
A Family’s and a Nation’s Struggle with Mental Illness: Dr. Damon Tweedy, an author and assistant psychiatry professor at Duke University, weighs in on No One Cares About Crazy People, a new book by Ron Powers about one family’s struggles and successes — his family’s struggles and successes — dealing with schizophrenia.
Climate Change Is Stressing Us Out: A new report from the American Psychological Association explains how climate change — and all related factors such as severe weather, the impact on the supply and quality of food and water, and environmental degradation, to name a few — is negatively affecting our mental health.
Gene Mutation Helps Explain Night Owl Behavior: According to a new study published in Cell, there’s a mutation in the CRY1 gene that tinkers with the human circadian clock (the rhythmic behavior of our sleep/wake cycles) and that those of us with this gene variant tend to experience sleep delays of between 2 and 2 1/2 hours later than those who don’t carry the gene variant.
Is There a Mathematical Formula for Happiness? Mo Gawdat, the Chief Business Officer for Google’s [X] project, sat down with Parade to talk about his method for happiness, how “fun” and “happiness” are not the same things, why arrogance keeps most people from being happy, how technology affects our happiness, and how he uses all this information to cope with the death of his son.
from World of Psychology https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2017/04/08/psychology-around-the-net-april-8-2017/
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