Alcohol Awareness: Cost-of-living Crisis Driving Up Alcohol Dependence

Even small amounts of alcohol affect our emotions, judgement, memory, speech, and anger levels. Excessive drinking and long-term consumption can kill brain cells. Drinking affects the frontal cortex, which is used for planning, forming ideas, and making decisions, and the hippocampus stores our memories. Once the hippocampus is damaged, you may experience difficulty learning new things and retaining new long-term memories.

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Men’s Health Week:  Physical exercises men of all ages can do to improve their mental health

This Men’s Health Week (12th-18th June), Lee Hawker-Lecesne MBPsS, Clinical Director at The Cabin, is encouraging men to look after their mental health by boosting their physical health. Here he discusses how men can challenge anxiety and depression through lifestyle modifications, improving their overall health and quality of life.

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Habits And Hurdles: Why Do Some Succeed and Some Fail?

Have you ever found yourself in a circle of undesirable events happening and repeating themselves in your life? Do you find that you never finish any projects? Do you find you never succeed in anything you put your hands to? Are you always getting into trouble with people; in business, your workplace or school? Do you find yourself always indebts, overwhelmed with a lot to do and never knowing where to start from? Do you find that your life always seems to be in constant chaos, as if you always have to start over again? If any of these describes you, then it’s time to look at your habits to find which of the things you do is continuing to sabotage your desire for success.

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