His books cover subjects from friendship and belief, to wellbeing and meaning, and he edits two series from Acumen, The Art of Living and Heretics.
In addition, the majority of studies examining parental wellbeing have focused on mothers, meaning that much less is known about paternal wellbeing following the birth of a very preterm child and how this influences children's outcomes.
This is not about a happy-clappy happiness but things that illuminate an inner life and express an emotional world, encouraging the examined life along the border of mental wellbeing and a sense of meaning.
A speculative thought is that spirituality and experiencing a sense of meaning impact on wellbeing because they serve as facilitators of internal rewards.
The evaluation also found that participation in NCS resulted in more social mixing during the programme, increased wellbeing and reduced anti-social behaviour afterwards, meaning the true returns are likely to be even higher.
Recent research shows that people who feel that their life has meaning experience substantially higher sense of mental health and wellbeing.
The estate is well lit and designed with good sight lines, meaning residents feel safe – a huge factor in their mental wellbeing.
You can quibble with what is in the categories (housing only figures marginally in the wellbeing category, for example) but not with the attempt to address the hunger for meaning.
Despite the toll this was taking on wellbeing, Government spending on children's mental health services has fallen by 6 per cent under the Coalition, meaning teachers were left trying to repair the damage caused by family breakdown, poverty and deprivation, he said.
The majority of previous studies have looked at parental wellbeing close to discharge from hospital, and usually only at one or a small number of time points, meaning that little is known about how parents adjust and cope in the first weeks after the preterm birth.
