The Mindapples blog has been our outlet for our thoughts, inspirations and company announcements since 2008. It’s actually how Mindapples started, just blogging about mental health and wellbeing, and inviting people to share what they do that’s good for their minds.
Now we use it in two ways: for occasional announcements and updates about what we’re doing, and to post articles about psychology and health research that could help people get to know their minds better. Browse the recent posts below, and get in touch if you find something interesting that you think we should be reading.
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Mental health sick days
Council workers’ diet and fitness has less of a role in the number of sick days they take than mental health and relationships, according to a new report. Research carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) at four north English councils found eating properly and exercising were not a significant factor between low and high absence levels. […]
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Mental Health Action Week
We all know what it’s like to feel frightened. But for 1 in 7 people in the UK, persistent feelings of overwhelming fear and anxiety are debilitating. Many people are ruled by their anxiety, unable to do the simple, everyday things that most of us take for granted – like going to work. A charity […]
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World Health Day
“The World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated World Health Day on Tuesday. The theme this year is Save Lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies. Those who face the added challenges and stresses of mental illness can be even more affected by emergencies than others. Focusing on making the health care system safe during emergencies can go […]
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Understanding men’s mental health
“Men’s mental health is a particularly salient issue in these troubled times. Worldwide, more than one million people kill themselves each year. In the UK, men are four times more likely than women to kill themselves and there have been over 6,500 male suicides in the past six years. Incidence data from the last century […]
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Diary of a mental health service user
A mental health service user who volunteers at an NHS trust: Monday I edit a newsletter for the NHS trust for one of the local acute mental health wards and have an editorial meeting with the ward manager. The next issue focuses on Mental Health Action week (12-18 April) and we both want the emphasis […]
Continue reading → Erase your fears daily
Imagine we all adopted a daily routine of erasing our fears! This “giant, public and honest” expression made me think about what it means to feel worried and fearful. We are not aware of the way in which we think. Perhaps, we don’t realise when we worry too much. Two people can experience the same […]
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Spring fever
At this time of year, there’s a little bit less depression, fewer nasty winter viruses, and of course lighter evenings and the promise of warmer weather…watch the video.
Continue reading → How does work affect your mental health?
Alain de Botton’s new book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, is out today, which has got me thinking about work again. Mental health in the workplace, and particularly its relationship to our sense of self and personal happiness, has been of great interest to me ever since I suffered stress-related illness a few years […]
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Simple lessons change teens attitude
Teaching school children about common mental health problems can reduce prejudice and negative attitudes towards mental illness, according to a new study published in the April issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry. A group of researchers, led by Dr Paul Naylor of the University of Sheffield, found that teenagers who received just six lessons […]
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