A new report by Agenda found that young women are being driven to self-harm as a result of poverty, debt and their struggles to pay household bills. The study also found that women aged 16-34 from low income backgrounds are five times more likely to harm themselves than those from the most well-off families. This […]
Hi I’m Kate and I have bipolar, emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I developed PTSD from military service, a past domestic abuse relationship and a traumatic delivery with my daughter. I was diagnosed fairly late in life at 33, before I had been diagnosed with having agitated depression. My GP […]
A new study by the American Psychological Association has confirmed that helping others is good for people’s health and wellbeing. Previous studies have examined a potential link between prosocial behaviour and better physical and mental health. The study involving over 198,000 participants revealed that there is a modest association between prosocial behaviour and wellbeing. The […]