The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the army has decided to begin using the training provided by positive psychologists to better protect and sustain the mental health of troops in combat situations:
Worried about rising suicide rates and thousands of soldiers with posttraumatic stress disorder, the Army is launching the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program to help 1.1 [...]
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This post is a bit of a conglomeration of ideas, and I haven’t quite worked out how all the pieces fit together in my mind yet, so if it seems a bit disorganized and unfinished just bear with me, I really wanted to get this out there.
I stumbled across this article from a 2001 psychological [...]
There is a new study out that tracks the happiness levels of 52 countries over an average of 17 years.
The interesting thing about this study is that because it covers a substantial number of years and a substantial number of countries, it allows us to understand what factors are influencing happiness levels within these countries.
The [...]
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About a week ago I posed the question ‘To what degree should governments work to raise our happiness?’ which was perhaps poorly worded, I think ‘To what degree should governments encourage happiness?’ might be a better choice.
Now I know government policy (even if it is on happiness) might sound really tedious and I’m [...]
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At least if you live in the UK it does.
“It’s time we admitted that there’s more to life than money, and it’s time we focused not just on GDP, but on GWB – general well-being.”
“Well-being can’t be measured by money or traded in markets. It’s about the beauty of our surroundings, the [...]
