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E236 - How Can We Better Define “Mental Health”?

This week on the show, we talk about what the term “mental health” really means and its impact on Human Factors. We also check in with the community about what keeps us excited and motivated about Human Factors and User Experience, how to store research, and our opinions on sign up vs. sign in.

0:00 Intro
1:35 How Can We Better Define “Mental Health”?
34:30 Support us on Patreon
37:50 It Came From...
54:30 One More Thing!
57:46 Outro

Episode Link: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/236

Recorded live on February 24th, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby.

| Get help with mental health:
https://www.mentalhealth.gov/node/18

| News:
Researchers call for greater clarity over what constitutes ‘a mental health problem’
https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/researchers-call-for-greater-clarity-over-what-constitutes-a-mental-health-problem/
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| It Came From:
Established professionals - What has gotten you excited about UX and your job in the last quarter? | HitherAndYawn | /r/userexperience
Long term archive of research outputs? | fox_91 | /r/userexperience
Why is sign-up ultra prominent nowadays but sign-in gets buried? | AdequateElderberry | /r/userexperience

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