Keeping mental health in tune and achieving New Year goals

Karaoke helps to bring families together and boosts mental health (photo: Shutterstock)

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Look after your mental health

Precious family time while boosting mental health through singing (photo: Shutterstock)

Looking after everyone’s mental health has risen to the top of the care agenda after the toll the past two years has taken on all our lives.

The team from leading online pharmacy www.medino.com, have conducted a survey to look into people’s personal goals for the New Year.

More than 2,300 UK-based adults aged 18 and over took part in the research, which revealed nearly half (48 per cent) of all adults in the UK hope to prioritise mental health and wellbeing in 2022.

In other research, top British music psychologist, Dr Victoria Willamson delved into the reasons why singing can trigger happy hormones and offers ten Top Tips about what parents can do to maximise their children’s chance of achieving a positive physical and mental state with music.

Taking care of children's mental health through singing (photo: Shutterstock)

Parents are being urged to stay in tune with their children’s mental health – by singing karaoke with them.

Boosting a child's mental health through singing (photo: Shutterstock)

TV Music Video App ROXi, which gives free access to stream every music video, album and sing along with more than 140,000 karaoke tracks, saw a 32 per cent uplift in user session time during the first lockdown, between April to June 2020.

For more on Roxi visit https://roxi.tv/ site

Working with the British TV streaming service, backed by Kylie Minoque and Robbie Williams, leading music psychologist Dr Victoria Williamson said: “The isolation of social lockdown, combined with episodes of increased anxiety and reduced mood, provided an environment that left people reaching out for meaningful interactions and reassuring memories.

“An activity like karaoke offers a powerful bonding experience when enjoyed with friends and family, as singing together is one of the simplest and fastest ways to bring a group of people together.”