- Keep track of your mood and beat the New Year blues31 Dec 2012 | Moodscope
People who measured and tracked their mood last year were much more likely to beat the New Year Blues, and researchers expect the same to be true in 2013. Statistics released by online mood-tracking service Moodscope show that the daily 'happiness scores' of those who began recording them in the first four days of January 2012 started at an average of 34% but had risen to 51% by month-end, while the scores of those who had not used the service rose from 34% to just 38%.
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Find ways to bounce back, Look for what's good - Overcoming Depression with the Science of Happiness 04 Mar 2012 | Miriam Akhtar
Positive psychology is the scientific study of happiness which, in the dozen or so years of its existence, has generated a number of tools that have been scientifically proven to increase positivity, happiness and well-being. Not so well known is that a delightful consequence of these evidence-based techniques is that they also alleviate depression.
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Find ways to bounce back, Look for what's good - 25 Universities Pledge To Promote Mental Wealth In 201213 Jan 2012 | Mental Wealth UK
A mental health campaign launched last October, and supported by Action for Happiness, has led to the creation of student-led advocacy groups at 25 universities. The campaign, led by Mental Wealth UK, was in response to a report highlighting the threats to student wellbeing. The groups will work to promote good mental health and wellbeing on their campuses throughout 2012.
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Find ways to bounce back, Family & friends, Be a Happiness Activist, Education - Restoring Happiness in People with Depression28 Jul 2011 | UC Riverside
Practicing positive activities may serve as an effective, low-cost treatment for people suffering from depression, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Duke University Medical Center.
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Find ways to bounce back, Be comfortable with who you are, Be a Happiness Activist - A positive approach to chronic illness and disability05 Jul 2011 | Antonella Delle Fave
Chronic illnesses and disabilities have a dramatic impact on individuals and their families. But research shows that people can successfully achieve a good quality of life despite these severe constraints. We need a more positive and rounded approach to support their well-being.
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Do things for others, Take care of your body, Find ways to bounce back, Look for what's good, Family & friends, Local community - Crisis? What crisis?20 Jun 2011 | Sarah Dale
In planes we are urged to put our own oxygen masks on first before trying to help others, even our own children, in the event of an emergency. I believe we need to treat our own physical and mental well-being in the same way.
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Take care of your body, Find ways to bounce back - Understanding unhappiness20 May 2011 | Lewis Wolpert
Professor Lewis Wolpert explains how depression is more widespread than many of us realise and why it's so important that we take action to combat the stigma associated with depression and find better ways to help those at risk, particularly young people.
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Find ways to bounce back, Be comfortable with who you are - 'Five-a-day-for-the-mind' to be trialled by NHS16 May 2011 | The Telegraph
A new campaign to make everyone feel more cheerful will be trialled by the NHS. Taking as its template the “five-a-day” campaign to get us eating more fruit and vegetables, Mindapples is a “five-a-day for your mind” programme to benefit mental well-being.
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Keep learning new things, Find ways to bounce back, Look for what's good, Be comfortable with who you are - Five things I have learned23 Apr 2011 | BBC News
Anthony Seldon reveals the five most important things he has learned in his life. As the head of Wellington College, he threw out GCSEs and established his own curriculum - which includes lessons in happiness.
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Do things for others, Live life mindfully, Find ways to bounce back, Look for what's good, Be comfortable with who you are, Family & friends - The pursuit of happiness06 Apr 2011 | The Guardian
How do people "bounce back" after a period of adversity in their lives? It's a question hundreds of women in community centres across London have been grappling with in recent months. In all, 320 women in 20 boroughs volunteered to take part in a series of eight workshops with the alluring title of "DIY Happiness".
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Find ways to bounce back, Local community, Be a Happiness Activist - Wellington College extends 'happiness lessons' to parents20 Sep 2010 | Daily Telegraph
Wellington College, the boarding school that introduced lessons in wellbeing and positive psychology four years ago, is extending happiness classes to parents, too.
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