Four-time Olympic champion Biles pulled out after her opening vault at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, returning with her tracksuit on and playing no further part as the American team saw their decade-long dominance end in her absence. Biles and the US took silver in Tokyo. © Reuters Initial reports suggested …
Read More »‘Taking some personal time’: Naomi Osaka will MISS Wimbledon to continue mental health break – but WILL play at Olympics
Osaka, 23, withdrew from the French Open in May after triggering a row with organizers when she refused to conduct her media duties after matches, citing the toll it took on her mental health. Threatened with fines and potential expulsion, Osaka opted to walk away from the tournament after the …
Read More »A new book reveals how harmful the gospel of affirmation amongst mental health therapists is to children who think they’re trans
The transgender craze shows no sign of loosening its grip on society. The impact on children and adolescents was discussed empathetically by journalist Abigail Shrier in her superb book, ‘Irreversible Damage’. But what support is there for therapists who work with those young people, in particular those professionals who can …
Read More »Naomi Osaka’s refusal to take questions from the press is down to her arrogance, not her mental health issues
Something has gone seriously wrong when Naomi Osaka, one of the world’s leading sportswomen, insists that she will not take questions from the media at the French Open on the grounds that such news conferences have a negative impact on the mental health of tennis players. Osaka has not only …
Read More »Prince Harry’s navel gazing narcissism in ‘The Me You Can’t See’ is no aid to his, or anyone’s, mental health
The Me You Can’t See is a five-part documentary about mental health issues produced by Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry that premiered on May 21 on the streaming service Apple TV. The uneven series features interviews with Oprah and Harry, Lady Gaga, Glenn Close, and a plethora of regular people. …
Read More »The latest mass shootings in the US prove we must have an uncomfortable conversation about mental health – or more of us will die
The human mind can be a very scary place. In the public health sector, it’s hard to think of an area that has a worse stigma than mental illness. My belief, given what I’ve seen statistically and through personal experience, is that Americans have a cultural phobia about taking it …
Read More »If you’re looking to Prince Harry to fix your mental health, not even the Royal Family’s pre-Megxit billions can save you
The man still known as the Duke of Sussex is hurling himself into the dubiously useful field of life-coaching feet-first, taking the job of CIO at Silicon Valley mental health coaching firm Better Up Inc., where he has declared his work will help provide “endless possibilities for personal development, increased …
Read More »Lockdowns were deemed bad for our mental health. Now the psycho-babble industry’s inventing anxiety about a return to normal life
Why am I not surprised that mental health charities are now warning that the experience of coming out of the lockdown “could trigger anxiety for many”? Because for decades and decades the mental health industry has worked overtime to convince us that just about anything in life can make us …
Read More »HALF of Americans question Biden’s physical & mental health, concerned over lack of press conferences – poll
Asked “how confident are you that Joe Biden is physically and mentally up to the job of being president of the United States,” 50 percent of respondents in a Rasmussen poll conducted among 1,000 likely US voters in the first week of March, responded that they were “not confident.” Only …
Read More »Lockdown is a disaster for kids’ mental health, and they need support – but we also cannot pathologize an entire generation
“Children in mental health crisis used to be brought to A&E about twice a week. Since the summer it’s been more like once or twice a day. Some as young as 10 have cut themselves, taken overdoses, or tried to asphyxiate themselves.” These words, from a doctor’s diary published by …
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