Social medicines may promote wellbeing
A recent study conducted at the International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health (ICLS) in the U.K. found that social medicines are extremely beneficial for people's mental and physical health.
A recent study conducted at the International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health (ICLS) in the U.K. found that factors such as having a stable family, low levels of stress during childhood, good relationships, no alcohol exposure during youth, stable employment and an active social life during the elderly years are extremely beneficial for people's mental and physical health.
Social medicine is the term used to describe these societal factors, along with the role they play in a population's overall health.
According to the study, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, having a stable family life and being read to as a child increases kids' school-readiness, which allows them to learn and comprehend the information taught in school, and subsequently benefits them later on in life.
The research also found that an atmosphere where kids are not regularly exposed to advertisements for alcohol and cigarettes may help prepare children to abstain from addictive habits in their adolescent years. The social network of support and friendship that people develop as they grow was also found to play a crucial role in overall health and well-being throughout peoples' lives.
The study will be published in a booklet titled, "When Life Gets Under Your Skin." Mel Bartley, Ph.D., who edited the booklet noted that it is becoming apparent that society has a large effect on well-being and that these effects are apparent throughout peoples' lives.
"Britain is unique and fortunate in having a range of studies on people and society. Well-being is increasingly influenced by society and by experiences that stretch right across the lifecourse of a person - from baby to old age." said Bartley. "This booklet is intended to help make the results of lifecourse research as widely available as possible, informing decisions and improving understanding across a broad range of audiences."
Stress and depression facts
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), notes that stress can sometimes be a good thing because it drives people to meet deadlines and accomplish things, but it is also a risk factor for conditions like heart disease and depression, which patients can buy Paxil to help manage. The source reports that the best way to deal with stress is to solve the problem that causes it, and that many times people should seek counseling in order to find healthy ways to calm down and relieve stress.
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