mental illness news

The World Happiness Summit (WOHASU) is gearing up to hold its first-ever World Wellbeing Policy Forum in London on 18 March 2024. Founded by Karen ... More

The world’s first certification for fitness professionals to support mental wellbeing will be launched early next year. Created by the John W Brick Mental Health ... More

An Independent Commission for Healthier Working Lives, supported by the Health Foundation, is being established to investigate the issue of declining health in the UK ... More

Sheri Morgan Muskin has been appointed general manager of wellness destination Miraval Austin in Texas, US. In this new role, Morgan Musk brings more than ... More

Destination wellness resort and spa brand Miraval Resorts has partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – a non-profit, grassroots US organisation providing ... More

Leisure management company 3d Leisure is introducing two new services across its corporate division, in response to the continued uncertainties relating to the ongoing COVID-19 ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has named mental wellness as a new US$121bn (€101.6bn, £91.8bn) segment of the global wellness economy, based on consumer spending ... More

A significant proportion of leisure facilities in England have not reopened since lockdown measures were eased, according to data from industry body, Community Leisure UK ... More

A university study has helped a sporting charity secure funding to extend a successful mental health programme for men. Edge Hill University's sport and mental ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI), a nonprofit research and educational resource for the wellness industry, has launched a new white paper series with an aim ... More

Millions of people with long-term health conditions will be targeted via a £1.3m investment project launched by Sport England to encourage them to become more ... More

Sport England has partnered with a group of health charities from The Richmond Group to create a series of projects that could improve the health ... More

A leisure trust has ensured that all its senior managers are qualified "mental health first aiders", as part of a proactive approach to supporting staff ... More

The link between a sound body and a sound mind has been demonstrated by scientists in a groundbreaking new study on the impact of exercise. ... More

Activities such as cycling and running can improve memory function and help maintain a healthy brain as we get older, according to an international study. ... More

As little as one hour per week of exercise can offer “significant protection” against depression, an Australian research team has found. The study revealed that ... More

Yayoi Kusama – the Japanese artist famed for her use of repetitive patterns and bold colours – has announced the opening of her own art ... More

Norway tops the global happiness rankings, moving up from 4th place in 2016, followed closely by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland, according to new rankings from ... More

The NHS should prescribe sporting activities, such as football, to people with mental health conditions rather than “just handing out anti-depressants”, according to Andy Burnham. ... More

A temporary attraction installed for Halloween at Knott’s Berry Farm has been shut down after complaints from mental health advocates. The virtual reality attraction – ... More

Nuffield Health has today (30 September) acquired cognitive behavioural therapy business CBT Services, enabling the not-for-profit healthcare organisation to add an emotional wellbeing provision to ... More

The organisation behind Team GB’s sport science and medicine programme will plough more of its resource into maintaining the mental health of elite athletes. In ... More

Peninsula Hot Springs in Australia has become the first Corporate Friend of Mental Health Australia, supporting the peak body in its mission to create the ... More

Every UK secondary school should appoint a ‘head of wellbeing’ tasked with improving the physical and mental health of students and teachers, according to Nuffield ... More

A new £2m programme using sport to improve the lives of people with mental health problems will be launched in England next year (2015). The ... More