Dr Sarah Williams - Techniques to improve stress optimisation for better mental health and wellbeing
2024-04-29 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gisbert Kapp - N334, Hybrid event in person and on Zoom, registration required
Experiencing high levels of stress contributes to and exacerbates poor mental health and worse wellbeing. High levels of stress have been associated with increased prevalence of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, posttraumatic stress disorders, substance abuse, disordered eating, and even suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Despite the negative implications of stressful events, not everyone experiencing stress will have a poor outcome. How we view or appraise stress can influence the effect stress has on our mental health and wellbeing. Therefore, establishing interventions that help individuals to appraise and view stress more adaptively may lead to improved coping with stress which should in turn have a positive effect on mental health and wellbeing. This presentation will provide an overview of the different strategies and techniques we have developed and tested over the past few years to help individuals view and appraise stress more adaptively. The presentation will present our latest research and describe our future work.
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