From little acorns..: environmental action as a source of well-being for schoolchildren

From little acorns to tall oaks: from boranes through organoboranes.

From Little Acorns – The mental health service user movement

In the summer of 1985, service user activists from the United Kingdom met activists from other countries at the Mind/World Federation of Mental Health Congress in Brighton, a coming together that underlined the potential for collective campaigning in this country. That autumn’s Annual Mind Conference in Kensington Town Hall was the first national mental health event at which service users made ...

Well-Being in Graduate Medical Education: A Call for Action.

Job burnout is highly prevalent in graduate medical trainees. Numerous demands and stressors drive the development of burnout in this population, leading to significant and potentially tragic consequences, not only for trainees but also for the patients and communities they serve. The literature on interventions to reduce resident burnout is limited but suggests that both individual- and system...

On physician well being-you'll get by with a little help from your friends.

This study identifies positive and negative factors associated with physician well being. We collected two sets of data from physicians at a university-based Department of Medicine in Western Canada. First, we conducted exploratory, in-depth interviews with 54 physicians to identify factors associated with their well being. Participants explained that certain aspects of their work are demanding...

Urban Agriculture as a Productive Green Infrastructure for Environmental and Social Well-Being

Urban agricultural (UA) systems appear in many forms, from community farms and rooftop gardens to edible landscaping and urban orchards. They can be productive features of cities, providing important environmental and social services that benefit and support urban communities. These benefits include the provision of high levels of biodiversity and ecosystem services that contribute to urban nat...