Every May you’ll see various organizations, groups and individuals taking the opportunity to raise mental health awareness. It’s a topic that now has far more research, understanding and knowledge attached to it, in the process helping people recognize and get help for related issues. The stigma around mental health issues is thankfully being reduced each … Read more
Leaving their mark. As season 2 of The Wilds kicked off, fans got to see the main characters battle issues outside of the island – starting with their own mental health. Following Nora’s (Helena Howard) presumed death, Leah (Sarah Pidgeonand Rachel (Reign Edwards) formed an unlikely friendship that allowed them to work on their inner … Read more
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press Published Saturday, May 7, 2022 10:10 AM EDT Wellness webinars. Corporate mental health officers. Redesigned benefits. Extra long weekends. Twenty-six months into a pandemic grueling, with many Canadians facing the added challenge of navigating a return to the office, companies are embracing a range of approaches to help workers coping … Read more
An overhaul of what Boris Johnson described as “antiquated” mental health laws will make it harder to detain people with learning disabilities and autistic people in hospital. The reforms – which will be part of the Queen’s speech next week and are the first big changes to the Mental Health Act in four decades – … Read more
The Duchess of Cambridge has spoken about the difficulties pregnant women and new mothers face with their mental health – but has since been criticized for not publicly supporting Meghan Markle when she revealed similar struggles. In a tweet, Kate Middleton announced on Friday (May 6) that she is the new royal patron of the … Read more
It was during a recent family trip to Dorset that Alison Miller first realized her daughter was severely ill. The family was having lunch at a gastro pub by the coast and the 13-year-old excused herself and hadn’t returned a while later. Miller, 4 from south east London, slipped into the women’s toilet to look … Read more
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Lounge Wellness roundup! Every Saturday, we bring you our pick of the wellness stories we have published over the past week, lest you’ve missed any of them. This week we unpack three important wellness concepts for you: vanity sizing, mutually toxic relationships and games in therapy. From … Read more
Seattle Children’s is partnering with Umoja Biopharma to test a new CAR T cell immunotherapy in patients with sarcoma, a form of bone cancer. (Seattle Children’s Photo) Here’s a rundown of the top life sciences and health news across the Pacific Northwest this week. Adaptive earnings, Lyme disease test: Two months after streamlining its operations … Read more