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The Best Free Mental Health Resources

When we feel sick, we go to the doctor. This is a common practice that no one questions. However, when it comes to mental health, there is still a lot of stigma involved. Not only can it be hard to ask for help due to social expectations, it can also be expensive and not covered by basic health insurance. Fortunately, there are various NGOs and individuals stepping up to create safe, affordable and easy-to-access resources that can make a difference.
How to take care of your mental health during the pandemic

How to Take Care of Your Mental Health During Pandemic

Daily life has changed significantly since our movements are restricted to support the efforts of slowing down the spread of the virus. All of us live the form of reality which hopefully will not last forever and will not be considered under the term normality. The life of an ordinary man has slowed down and the only secure place is home. 
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Marking the World Mental Health Day 2020

Each year the 10th of October is pinned down in the calendar for marking the World Mental Health Day. This occasion is observed annually with the aim of raising awareness on mental health-related topics, mobilizing actors in the support of mental health, as well as bringing it into the public sphere by striving to end the stigmatization surrounding it today. We will highlight the contribution of the Mental Health Foundation, which has been the United Kingdom’s leading charity for people’s mental health, since 1949. Dr. David Crepaz-Keay, Head of Applied Learning at the Foundation, in this exclusive interview for Youth Time, elaborates on the nature of their work and speaks about the 2020 theme Greater Investment in Mental Health.
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Music Therapy – Exploring the Link between Mental Health and Music

You’ve probably heard about people who say that music is their getaway. We all tend to get a little bit more cheerful when listening to good music and playing our favorite songs. But the link between serotonin and music goes even deeper, as recent data shows that musical instruments can be your way to Zen.
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Is the World staring At a Mental Health Crisis? A Perspective From a Mental...

Covid-related mental health issues are a possible burden for everyone. In India, the second most populated country in the world, there are an estimated 130 million people dealing with mental health challenges. In this article we will take a deeper look at how Indians are dealing with this situation. Specifics about mental health in India make this case even more interesting when you come to realize that the number of calls to a toll-free mental health line in just one month has been over 50, 000.
Lack of Resources for New Zealand Universities to Cope with Mental Health Support

Lack of Resources for New Zealand Universities to Cope with Mental Health Support

In this week’s news we speak about cancelation of evening lectures in Hong Kong, lack of resources to cope with mental health support in New Zealand and UK universities’ deal to buy energy from wind farms.
British Universities Told to Improve Their Students Mental Health Support

British Universities Told to Improve Their Students Mental Health Support

We’ve highlighted below some of the most recent developments and occurrences in youth-related news and events. In this week's Friday news we speak about government’s appeal to universities for better mental health support, a fight against extremism in Indonesia that will include creation of their own intelligence body and acknowledgement of funding increase by universities from New Zealand.

Mental Health: What Effects Can the Internet Have?

Mental Health: What Effects Can the Internet Have?

Today, the Internet is the foundation of every communication, learning process, or business. Every other inhabitant of the planet is an active internet user. Since its appearance in the second half of the twentieth century, this virtuous medium has brought many positive – but also many negative – effects. Do you feel nervous when there is no Internet available so you cannot access Instagram or send an email or watch a favorite movie or series? If you have an affirmative answer to this question, believe it or not you have some of the symptoms of Internet addiction.

Students Are Suffering Mental Health Problems Because Of University Debts

Students Are Suffering Mental Health Problems Because Of University Debts

We’ve highlighted below some of the most recent developments and occurrences in youth-related news and events.

8 Apps to Improve Mental Health

8 Apps to Improve Mental Health

Everyone should take some time to disconnect from the electronics, but sometimes technology can be a great tool. More and more researchers become interested in the use of apps when it comes to mental health. BrasilPost made a list of the tools below, designed to improve your emotional well being.

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Remote Public Health Internship at UNICEF

Current graduates studying public health are invited to join UNICEF on a remote internship. The programme will be held from 2 January to 30 June 2021. Interns will provide operational and technical assistance across several health programs. The deadline is on 9 December 2020.
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Health Benefits of Living by the Ocean

Many people dream of living by the ocean. Enjoying the beautiful views of the ocean and spectacular sunsets are only part of the appeal. There is scientific evidence that living near bodies of water in general has health benefits.
One Young World Virtual Healthcare Scholarship

One Young World Virtual Healthcare Scholarship

Nurses, midwives, community health workers, and other healthcare professionals are invited to apply for the Johnson & Johnson virtual mentoring programme on a scholarship. Participants will benefit from individual coaching and buddy team support. The programme will take place in March – August 2021. The deadline is on 27 November 2020.
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How The Healthy Teen Project are Combatting Eating Disorders in the USA

Eating disorders among young people possess an obstacle not only for themselves, but for their families as well. While, among professionals, there is a general agreement that there is no single cause for eating disorders. We spoke to Katie Bell, ANP/PMHNP, Co-Founder of the Healthy Teen Project, in an exclusive interview with Youth Time, to find out how they address physical, emotional, and nutritional health when supporting people with this illness.
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Free Online Courses for Nursing Students and Healthcare Providers

According to the World Economic Forum report on the jobs of tomorrow, care professions are among seven clusters of future professions that show the biggest growth in numbers of opportunities in 2020-2022. There is a clear demand for nurses around the globe. Thus, we've compiled the list of free online courses being offered in medicare that nursing professionals can educate themselves in for added competencies.
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Health Matters – the Platform for a Better Healthcare in Pakistan

In this exclusive interview with Youth Time, Anmol Zehra, a medical school graduate from Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan, shares her own venture, named ‘Health Matters’, which she initiated to create digital health solutions to meet the medical needs of health consumers in rural and urban societies. ‘Health Matters’ is a digital platform that connects efficient, underutilized doctors with patients with limited resources and unmet needs.
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Environmental Volunteering: Seven Funded Opportunities

If you are a naturalist with a green thumb or a love for animals, conservation volunteering will allow you to put your strengths to creating an immediate impact on Mother Nature. It will enable you to experience working and living in remote areas and viewing untouched wildlife – a chance you wouldn’t otherwise have. In this article we will talk about conservation volunteering as well as cover some of the scholarships that support such endeavors.
Making Ageing Healthier and Younger - An Interview with Professor Luigi Fontana

Making Ageing Healthier and Younger – An Interview with Professor Luigi Fontana

Professor Luigi Fontana is a world-renowned physician scientist whose efforts towards making ageing healthier and successful have come to be recognized by professionals across the globe. Affiliated to the University of Sydney as Professor of Medicine and Leonard P Ullmann Chair in Translational Metabolic Health. He is also a Clinical Academic in the Department of Endocrinology at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. This week, we have the opportunity of an interview with him.

Is Music Therapy about Health or Wellness?

The advanced state of the pharmaceutical industry has led to the fact that we can find drugs on the market today that can eliminate most disorders. Precisely because we are accustomed to eliminating all our discomforts by swallowing tablets, in recent years the number of drug addicts has grown enormously. In order to prevent this scenario, alternative methods of treatment are increasingly popular, of which music therapy is particularly important.

Centerpointe Holosync Meditation as a Means to a Healthier and Happier Life

Centerpointe Holosync Meditation as a Means to a Healthier and Happier Life

Meditation, according to its wider definition, can be considered a technique that relaxes the body and calms the thoughts to make the practitioner feel more comfortable, pleasant, and relaxed. In its narrower definition, meditation is a spiritual discipline that through the acquired skill of controlling the mind and body allows a deeper and closer contact with the practitioner’s mental state and his soul. It is a program by which the body and soul are aligned, connected, and merged with the goal of achieving a sense of freedom, joy, satisfaction, self-confidence, and happiness.

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