Positive psychology
Finland is world's happiest country for seventh year: Study
Finland remained the world's happiest country for a seventh straight year in an annual U.N. sponsored World Happiness Report published on March 20.
And Nordic countries kept their places among the 10 most cheerful, with Denmark, Iceland and Sweden trailing Finland.
Compared to the previous year, Türkiye has climbed eight places in the list and is now ranked 98th.
Six top health benefits of sex
What scientific research supports about the health benefits of sex and what aspects of our lives it can positively affect
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CDC Data: US suicides reached a record high in 2022
Nearly 50,000 people losing their lives to the mental health crisis
Depersonalization | Athens | From November 13
The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation (laskaridisfoundation.org) is hosting an exhibition of photographs by Ioannis Armiriotis aimed at raising awareness about mental health issues. The images illustrate everyday struggles but are also intended to strengthen and encourage the voices of those suffering from mental health disorders. The opening is on November 13 at 6 p.m.
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Mental health services to undergo radical overhaul
In an effort to complete ongoing reforms to mental health services and rectify mistakes made along the way, the Health Ministry is preparing a draft law, which, according to Deputy Minister Dimitris Vartzopoulos, aims "to radically restructure the system of organization and administration of mental health services." Currently almost all psychiatric clinics at large hospitals are overcrowded.
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Animals become healing companions in Mexico hospital
Nine-year-old Alessia Ramos gently pets a hamster at a Mexican hospital where animals ranging from Australian parakeets to a Siberian Husky are being used to provide mental health therapy.
"It helps me to relieve my anxiety, to control my emotions, to relax and be more focused," said Ramos, who has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.
Pandemic and Earthquakes Take Toll on Young Croatians’ Mental Health
Boris Jokic from the Institute for Social Research told a panel discussion at the Journalists' House in Zagreb on Friday that the coronavirus pandemic and the large-scale earthquakes that hit Croatia in 2020 strengthened school pupils' relationships with their family and friends but negatively affected their mental health.
Government of Serbia formed the Council for the Prevention of Peer Violence
The task of the Council for the Prevention of Peer Violence will be, among other things, to ensure the organization of mobile teams for peer violence through protocols between centers for social work and other services, such as educational and health institutions and the police, which will respond urgently when this type of incident occurs.
Boy called the police after the massacre: I'm Kosta Kecmanović, I shot several people
Veselin Mili, head of the Belgrade Police Department, said that the student called the police and said: "I am Kosta Kecmanovi", and reported that he had shot several people.
On this occasion, 8 students died, 7 girls and one boy.
Expert warns of mental toll of social media
Is the addiction caused and fueled by social networks a new "drug"? How has the digital world changed our social and mental lives? Answers to these questions are sought by Dr James Davies, an associate professor of medical anthropology and psychology at the University of Roehampton in London.
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