Psychological Wellbeing and Personality Mental Health

Mental Health and Wellbeing

On balance: lifestyle, mental health and wellbeing

Given the supremacy of the biomedical model in defining our understanding and treatment of a wide range of physcial and psychological disorders, it is perhaps curious that simultaneously, scientists, clinicians, governments and patients routinely employ the concepts of "lifestyle" and "balance" to try to explain the causes of bodily disease and psychological disorder. Concurrently, the health a...

Probiotics for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Atlantia Food Clinical Trials Ltd has considerable experience in conducting clinical studies exploring the potential health benefits of probiotics, in a variety of health areas including digestive health and cardiovascular health. In this whitepaper we explore a relatively new area in the field of probiotics, namely the use of probiotics to promote mental health and wellbeing. A psychobiotic wa...

Association of Positive Psychological Wellbeing and BMI with Physical and Mental Health among College Students

Anxiety and depression have been documented as top mental health issues that impede college students’ academic performance National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI] [1]; Pedrelli, Nyer, Yeung, Zulauf, and Wilens, [2]. More than 80% of college students have felt overwhelmed by college-related tasks and more than 50% have felt extremely anxious about their academic struggles in the past year. Al...

GPs’ mental wellbeing and psychological resources: a cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND The negative impact of work has been the traditional focus of GP surveys. We know little about GP positive mental health and psychological resources. AIM To profile and contextualise GP positive mental health and personal psychological resources. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional survey of GPs working in Northern Ireland (NI). METHOD A questionnaire comprising the Warwick Edin...