Health and Wellbeing in Education
Why schools and Universities need to teach more about Health: 1. Everyone suffers from health conditions, and our wellbeing affects every day of our lives, yet we barely learn about it 2. Most of us do not know enough about health to properly manage our behaviour for better health 3. Most of us are not ready to deal with health emergencies of our own or people around us 4. Most of us are afraid or embarrassed of sharing medical or psychological concerns, or even to search them online because of fear of being tracked. That leads to a dangerous ignorance and lack of capacity to detect early, prevent or properly treat many medical conditions 5. Mental health is extremely relevant and we are not taught about human psychology, how to manage stress, anxiety and human emotions. It is not (only) about mental illnesses or disorders, is about helping individuals to manage mind related issues that affect every human being to have better lives and societies...