Today, Tuesday 10th October is #WorldMentalHealthDay,
The theme of #WorldMentalHealthDay is Mental health in the workplace. According to the World Health Organisation, hundreds of millions of people globally are living with depression and/or anxiety disorder.
According to The Independent, anxiety and depression in UK workers is up a third in four years, informed by research done by the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
There are lots of research projects happening to help develop understanding of how our brains work, what affects our mental health and how we can stay physically as well as mentally healthy. The Wellcome Trust highlights 6 projects they fund to enhance mental health.
You can see the research happening here at Birkbeck, in the Psychological Sciences around brain and cognitive development, cognitive modelling, perception, attention and emotion and child, family and health psychology.
So do remember to take of your health and that, here at Birkbeck, the counselling and wellbeing team in Student Services are here to help. The bibliotherapy resources listed can be found in the Library so please do take a look and make use of them as and when you need to, as well as the other services available.
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