Articles by David Bonham-Carter
Diet - Mental Health and Mood Swings
By David Bonham-Carter
The Mental Health Foundation published a report in 2006 into links between mental ill health and diet, called Feeding Minds. The report was informed by a review of research relating to nutrition and mental health as well as a national opinion poll (NOP) survey of over 2000 adults....
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How to Get A Good Night's Sleep
By David Bonham-Carter
The occasional missed night's sleep may make you feel tired the next day, but it won't harm your health. However, if you frequently miss sleep this can lead to:
* Prolonged bouts of tiredness
* Difficulties in concentrating and lack of productivity in daily tasks
* Irritability or anxiety
* Feelings of depression and/or frustration
* Poor judgement
The amount of sleep needed varies for different individuals, but on average adults need around 7-8 hours of sleep per night...
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An Introduction to Anxiety Disorders
By David Bonham-Carter
Everyone experiences nervousness or worries at some time in stressful situations. For some people, anxiety can take on a different dimension, including outright fear and panic, or a disabling daily condition, which is affecting your capacity to live the life you want to...
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By David Bonham-Carter
Being in a relationship which doesn't feel as if it is working can be a painful experience and usually doesn't help your self esteem. If you are not careful you can end up spending most of your time, worrying about:
* What should I do
* Whose fault is it
* What if I get the decision wrong?
These thoughts can be paralysing and given images in the media, in film, in novels and in music of what romance supposedly should be like, if a relationship doesn't conform to those ideals in some aspect then people often agonise about whether to stay in it. At the same time you may feel guilty...
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Multitasking and Stress Problems
By David Bonham-Carter
Multitasking is a topic which has been much in the news recently. In layperson's terms it involves trying to do more than one thing at the same time. The phrase originally comes from the world of computers, where engineers could devise systems flexible enough to perform several tasks at once. But we are not computers and research suggests that when we try to do two or more things at once, this can create problems...
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