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Are there official guidelines to provide "mental first aid" to people attempting suicide?
This is a good question as according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), close to 800,000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds. (WHO, n.d.) Calling the ...
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How does architecture impact cognition and mental health?
Although this paper is not grounded in neurobiology "Up speeds you down. Awe-evoking monumental buildings trigger behavioral and perceived freezing" by Joey et al. should be a good starting point for ...
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How does architecture impact cognition and mental health?
I managed to find some newspaper articles and research that touch this topic, claiming that indeed more traditional architecture has positive influences on health and well-being, although these ...
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What causes fear of vaccines and how can it be alleviated?
You ask a good question and I'm sure you're not the only one in a situation like this. Unfortunately, I don't think that anyone here could provide an exact answer for you, or anyone in a similar ...
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What does science say about feeling appreciated/loved/valued?
A broad question with an even broader scientific literature speaking to it; I'll highlight a few of the major "camps" with key references that you can follow up with if you find them interesting:
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Mental Health Optimisation and the Macro Environment
For a high-level overview, I usually start with Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a peer-reviewed, community-contributed, comprehensive source of high-level information. The user community has already done ...
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What is the effect of Daylight Saving Time on attentiveness and productivity?
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The amount of sleep that people get affects people attentiveness and their productivity to a large extent, as discussed by Rosekind et al. (2015). When switching to DST, many people ...
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Can one depressive episode be enough to prescribe antidepressants?
Suppose someone were to see a psychiatrist, explain their life
problems and such and then their psychiatrist concludes they are
currently in a depressive episode. Their psychiatrist doesn't yet ...
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How to build a support network against suicide in a community I am leading?
While I admire your resolve in providing this much needed support, there are a couple of alarm bells that are ringing in my head regarding potential issues you may come across.
You said that your ...
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When/how are suicide attempts reported?
Based off an answer from the medical lead of my department, a comment above, some CDC data (https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/suicide-data-statistics.html), and a bit of pondering: I more or less have an ...
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Can awareness directly influence activity of our immune system in certain regions?
The short answer is no, you cannot direct immune responses to specific areas, but you can boost or lower immune responses throughout the body via mood and mindfulness.
What you are talking about here ...
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Are there ways to accelerate the recovery from depression via novel pharmacological antidepressants?
Wikipedia maintains a list of potential antidepressants currently under investigation.
Of some note, the US FDA recently approved esketamine for clinical use. After being banned in the 1970s, ...
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What is the role of stress in the process of behaviour change (lifestyle)?
If you suffer stress or anxiety, a chemical warfare gets underway within the body and if not dealt with effectively, everything starts to self-destruct.
Stress and anxiety will activate the Autonomic ...
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What stands behind the desire to want things now?
The evolutionary significance of self-regulation is that humans are more capable of this feat than apes. We can solve problems without visual feedback, by visualization. Apes are good problem solvers, ...
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