Derval O'Rourke: My one-pot chicken stew is an ideal family dinner
'Wellbeing is more than simply how happy you are.'
This week’s column is discussing one of the most common mental health conditions and how we can support ourselves and others. Recipe-wise I’m making a recipe that ticks all the boxes for simplicity and taste, my one-pot chicken stew is a perfect family dinner.
World Mental Health Day took place on October 10. It is now more than 18 months since the start of the global Covid 19 pandemic. Some people in various countries are now returning to some semblance of normality whilst others are far away from any sense of normal life. What all countries do have in common is that the pandemic has had a major impact on mental health, it has been a very difficult period for us all. But there is a positive in all this: last May 2021 at the World Health Assembly governments from around the world acknowledged the need to scale up quality mental health services at all levels.
