Links
Stand Up for Mental Health
Led by counsellor and stand up comic David Granirer, Stand Up For Mental
Health teaches stand-up comedy to people with mental illness as a way of
building confidence and fighting public stigma.
http://www.standupformentalhealth.com
People with mental illness are always being told what they can't do. In Stand Up For Mental Health they get to prove what they CAN do!
We've put up a whole bunch of 3-6 minutes clips of our Stand Up For Mental Health comics on You Tube. We've also included a clip from the VOICE Award winning documentary Cracking Up. Check them out at
http://www.standupformentalhealth.com/videoclips.shtml
So take a break and have a laugh!
The National Accounts of Wellbeing
The New Economics Fundation (http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/) has set out a radical proposal to guide the direction of modern societies and the lives of people who live in them. In contrast to the conventional narrow focus on economic indicators, it calls for governments to directly and regularly measure people’s subjective well-being: their experiences, feelings and perceptions of how their lives are going, as a new way of assessing societal progress.
The results from the most comprehensive international survey of well-being to date have been used to construct the first ever set of national well-being indicators. Interactively explore the data to create, compare and discuss results for specific countries and examine the well-being of population groups within them.
Complete the survey to assess your own levels of well-being and create a personal Well-being Profile.
http://www.nationalaccountsofwellbeing.org
Food & Behaviour Research Project
Diet is important not only for physical health, but also for optimal mental development and functioning. Scientific evidence shows this, but clear and reliable information on this kind of research is not easily available to many people who are interested in its practical applications.
