While working on cargo and cruise ships, navigation officer Captain Dan Thompson fell into a depression made worse by isolation as he didn’t have anyone to talk about it for more than three years. Thompson confessed that the situation worsened over time because senior officers didn’t ask him about his mental health and weren’t able […]
London (CNN)Concern over children’s use of social media and its effect on their mental health has increased markedly in recent years, and now official action on the issue is also stepping up. In the UK, government ministers are considering imposing new rules on social media companies, while a trial introducing mindfulness exercises will be extended […]
Instagram app on a smartphone. Instagram is the most detrimental social media platform to young people’s mental health, according to new research out of the U.K. Researchers from the Royal Society for Public Health in conjunction with the Young Health Movement published the report entitled #StatusOfMind, which looks at the positive and negative effects of social […]
Instagram is the most detrimental social media platform to young people’s mental health, according to new research out of the U.K. Researchers from the Royal Society for Public Health in conjunction with the Young Health Movement published the report entitled #StatusOfMind, which looks at the positive and negative effects of social media on young people’s health […]