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Toronto, Ontario (Newsfile Corp. - March 9, 2021) - As part of its focus on improving health outcomes by providing access to best-in-class services delivered through one of Canada s most comprehensive digital health ecosystems, the Green Shield Canada (GSC) group of companies is pleased to announce its acquisition of Inkblot Technologies (Inkblot), Canada s fastest growing virtual mental health platform.
Increasing digital access to mental health in the COVID-19 era Building on our previous, successful digital health investments and partnerships, the acquisition of Inkblot fits with our strategic objective of increasing access for our clients to leading health services, and to mental health solutions in particular - something that has never been more important given the impact COVID-19 has had on mental health, said Zahid Salman, president and CEO of GSC.
According to NBC News, Google s human resources (HR) department encouraged them to take mental health leave, even when their complaints were unrelated to such concerns.
Happiness of Centenarians a Severely Neglected Area of Research
A systematic review by researchers at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney has highlighted the need for clearer definitions of ‘happiness’, ‘life satisfaction’ and ‘positive affect’ in centenarians. This is the first systematic review to summarise the literature on the subjective wellbeing of this unique age group.
The review, published in Aging & Mental Health, identified 18 studies that followed patients from several weeks to 18 years and looked at subjective wellbeing, comprising a cognitive component and an affective component.
The cognitive component is represented as ‘life satisfaction’ and the affective or mood component defined in relation to a person’s immediate emotional state.