Positive Mental Wellbeing News Roundup - August

The August installation of our group's Positive Mental Wellbeing News Roundup series! At the end of every month we bring you the latest in mental health news to enjoy. We aim to document the progress being made with psychological research and the efforts of everyone to raise awareness of and improve mental health nationally.

Below we have links to a collection of interesting recent articles. Enjoy our summary of August!

• Frequent laughter found to help people cope more effectively with stress

• A service helping people with mental health problems in Oxfordshire get paid work has been recognised nationally by the NHS for its efforts

• An interesting study of the language used surrounding suicide, examining which terms are more acceptable to use

• Helen Coffey asks experts how we can retain the mental wellbeing benefits of the lockdown slow-down

• Doctors are seeing a rise in people reporting severe mental health difficulties, demonstrating that reliance on support networks is more important than ever

• Young people are building closer family relationships in lockdown

• Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) has a positive impact on dementia patients' wellbeing