Mental health

Nature is helping to offer respite to a nation in trauma

In the face of climate change and man-made conflict, Faygle Train of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel explains how the organisation provides a space where all communities unite to reconnect with wildlife

By Jane Prinsley

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A suicide letter by a Nova festival survivor was revealed to be fake on Wednesday, eliciting criticism from the Nova community. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

October 7

Nova survivors ‘horrified’ by fake viral suicide letter

By Eliana Jordan

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Jami creates resources to address Jewish community’s ‘deep psychological challenge’ since October 7

By Elia Lévy

2 min read

RE'IM, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 17: Atara, from London, hugs a friend and reacts while visiting a memorial for the first time since the Oct 7th attack on December 17, 2023 in Re'im, Israel. The memorial displayed photos of people killed or kidnapped during the Hamas attack on the Super Nova festival on October 7th. Many roads around the Gaza Envelope have reopened, which has allowed for more visitors, survivors, and residents to come back to the area and witness the results of Oct. 7. During the November ceasefire, hundreds of locals and tourists volunteered on fields around the kibbutzes that were most affected by the Hamas attack, however, since the ceasefire ended most volunteers, including Atara, have found themselves volunteering around the country, but not in the south. It has been more than two months since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas that prompted Israel's retaliatory air and ground campaign in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

October 7

Meet the brain expert making October 7 survivors smile again

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Rabbi Shalom Hammer is raising awareness of suicide prevention through his organisation Gila's Way after his daughter Gila took her own life (Photo: Rabbi Shalom Hammer)

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Gila’s way to help prevent suicide in young people

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Parents need to put firmer boundaries in place when it comes to their teenagers' mobile phone use (Photo: Getty Images)

JTeen

No phones at bedtime, says teenage mental health expert

By Rosa Doherty

3 min read

Nova Festival

Widely reported 50 Nova suicides story ‘not correct’ says Israeli psychologist

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

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This Pesach, one in four people at your Seder will be struggling with their mental health

Jewish Care, which has merged with Jami, is appealing to the community to support its vital services

2 min read

April 17, 2024 13:44

This Pesach, we need to think of those struggling with their mental health (Photo: Blake Ezra)

Former Labour MP Luciana Berger opens up about the tragic deaths of four of her close friends to suicide

Berger told guests at JAMH dinner:‘I’ve lost four people to suicide’ and mental health ‘stigma and discrimination’ is still a problem

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

April 15, 2024 16:16

Luciana Berger (left) is interviewed by Dr Sandi Mann, chair of JAMH (Photo: Jonny Wineberg)

The Jami CEO who took mental health care out of day centres and onto the high street

Laurie Rackind is leaving after 18 years at the charity

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

January 18, 2024 11:55

Laurie Rackind, the outgoing CEO of Jami (Photo: Jami)

Counselling mag scraps article about Jewish trauma

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy stood by its decision despite the writer’s accusations of ‘censorship’

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

January 3, 2024 12:34

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Religious people are happier and more optimistic than atheists, UK survey finds

Spirituality is beneficial to mental health, says the new Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

November 20, 2023 14:30

Religious people are happier and more optimistic than atheists, UK survey finds

Jewish Care announces merger with mental health charity Jami

The integration will maintain the Jami brand and will ensure services are secured for the future

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

November 2, 2023 16:10

Directors of Jewish Care, by Blake Ezra Photography

Why Britain's strictly Orthodox Jews are embracing psychotherapy

Secular colleges training therapists are now welcoming increasing numbers from the Orthodox community as taboos over counselling subside

By Gaby Koppel

6 min read

November 2, 2023 15:27

Why Britain's strictly Orthodox Jews are embracing psychotherapy

Obituary: Irma Brenman Pick

Kleinian psychoanalyst who drew on her patients’ early childhood experiences

By Gloria Tessler

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November 2, 2023 13:58

How to cope mentally with Hamas terrorist attack news

Jami recommends 'staying connected' with one another, continuing to exercise and to maintaining other forms of self-care

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

October 19, 2023 14:55

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Mental health

Nature is helping to offer respite to a nation in trauma

Nova survivors ‘horrified’ by fake viral suicide letter

Jami creates resources to address Jewish community’s ‘deep psychological challenge’ since October 7

Meet the brain expert making October 7 survivors smile again

Gila’s way to help prevent suicide in young people

No phones at bedtime, says teenage mental health expert

Widely reported 50 Nova suicides story ‘not correct’ says Israeli psychologist

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