Improving Your Everyday Life Through Art Therapy, By Caileigh Flannigan
Paint, Sculpt, or Color Your Way to Relaxation… It seems that everyone today has some level of stress in his or her everyday life. Whether it is rooted in work, school, the past, or personal relationships, stress is a huge part of our lives. Stress can have many negative effects on physical and psychological systems. An inability to positively control or manage stress may lead to inappropriate behavior such as alcohol consumption, overeating, or neglecting feelings. It’s important to...
Read MoreGovernment Priorities for Mental Health
Prioritising mental health We want public services to reflect the importance of mental health in their planning, putting it on a par with physical health. So we are: making better access to mental health services and shorter waiting times a priority for NHS England making reducing mental health problems a priority for Public Health England, the new national public health service making mental health part of the new national measure for well-being, so it’s more likely to be taken into account...
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