Wellbeing stories that have come up in the last week.
Better mental health awareness in schools
A campaign for universal access to school-based counselling services was launched by teachers yesterday, at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers annual conference as union leaders warned of the stress of a test-focused curriculum and a one size fits all approach to education.
http://schoolsweek.co.uk/mental-health-counselling-campaign-launches-as-union-warns-of-pupil-stress/
The paper published in BMC Public Health has show that being physically active may offset some of the deleterious consequences of spending large amounts of time not being active including effects on mental health.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/uol-ecs040516.php