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Is Bed Rotting Bad for You?
Burnout is steadily rising worldwide—and people are coping in very different ways. Some deal with their stress and exhaustion by binge-watching Netflix shows, hitting the gym, meditating, or crafting. As for others? They try bed rotting. … Resting
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Can Money Buy Happiness? 5 Tips to Turn Bucks Into Bliss
Can money buy happiness? It’s an age-old question with which many — including philosophers, economists and psychologists — have wrestled. … “This notion that money cannot buy happiness is just, like, patently false,” social psychologist Elizabeth
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Social Prescribing: Why Purpose Is Good for Your Health
In a bid to improve health and wellbeing, social prescriptions can cover everything from volunteering and art classes to support with household bills. But do they really work? … Perhaps counterintuitively, prescribing “service” is proving
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Moving in Childhood Contributes to Depression
In recent decades, mental health providers began screening for “adverse childhood experiences” — generally defined as abuse, neglect, violence, family dissolution and poverty — as risk factors for later disorders. … Shigehiro Oishi, a professor
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Teens Feel Less Emotional Support Than Their Parents Think They Do, New Report Shows
As a youth mental health crisis persists in the US, a new report highlights a significant gap between the level of support that teenagers feel and the amount that parents think their children have. Only
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Teens’ Mental Health May Improve When They Help Others
In college my oldest son volunteered as a Big Brother and taught computer science at local elementary and middle schools. After graduating, he said his time with those young students was one of the most
