Welcome to my blog and website about HEALTH COMPETENCY, i.e. the knowledge and skills you need to attain good health.This means not only avoiding getting ill, but also obtaining wellness in the sense of high energy level, good tone both physically and mentally, high quality of life and stress-resistant performance. I will share valuable information and useful health advice based on scientific findings and news in health research and rehabilitation. I promise to supply reliable advice and practical tips on health issues and psychosocial work environment.
Below in the blog, I publish newsletters and short articles commenting on new, interesting research results in wellness and preventive medicine. Above all, I want to highlight mental wellness and mental strength training, which are neglected areas of knowledge with lots of misconceptions and myths that need to be dispelled. I also work actively as an occupational physician and am particularly interested in how to develop the organisational and psychosocial work environment. I not only assist workplaces with problems, but also (and preferably!) work proactively on the basis of the question: -What happens in a really good workplace? Or maybe the question is better put like this: “What must happen to become and remain a good place to work?” Under the other tabs on this website you will find in-depth texts, articles and extracts from my books, as well as some video clips from my lectures. I hope you find something you can use! Feel free to contact me with any questions. I always try to answer them, although sometimes I get a lot of them and then it can take some time for me to get back to you. And, please, subscribe to the newsletters! It helps me to get sponsors and grants for my research and to do all the free work with this website.
Clas Malmstrom MD, cert. physician and psychotherapist, occupational physician specialist in psychophysiological behavioural medicine and rehabilitation
At least not if you use the common meaning of the term rest. Most people mean ‘getting out of work’ or ‘relief from effort’ when they say they need to rest. But if it’s real recovery you’re after, it’s not enough to ‘take time off’. Nor is it enough to lie down and close your … Fortsätt läsa Recovery is not the same as resting
Many people vaguely remember reading somewhere, or being told by someone who read somewhere or watched a TV documentary, that alcohol in small amounts can be good for the heart and blood vessels. Maybe even two glasses a day, especially if they are red wine…? Or maybe it wasn’t every day…? – No, and not … Fortsätt läsa A glass per day is good for you, right…?
Sorry, one should not express oneself so categorically about something so complicated, so let me immediately moderate the statement: Mental fatigue is not always due to overwork. Certainly, it can sometimes be the case that overexertion is behind a fatigue reaction, but 8-9 times out of 10 we find the cause at the other end … Fortsätt läsa Psychological exhaustion (‘burnout’) is not due to overwork
About the difference between preventing disease and promoting good health. In the presentation of this website, I write that the key concept is HEALTH COMPETENCE, i.e. the ability to stay healthy not only in the sense of avoiding illness/injury but also to feel good and maintain good health and a high quality of life. Health … Fortsätt läsa Are you healthy? Or just not yet sick?
About emotional controle in learning and study skills A good example of how Kahnemann’s theses work in practice (see previous post) is study technique, and learning in general. When you are sitting with a book, a lecture or web course or the like and really want to try to learn something (and remember it), it … Fortsätt läsa That which feels best is not always the most effective way to do things
In memory of Daniel Kahneman — died on 27 March, 2025, aged 90. Daniel Kahneman, economist and psychologist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for his pioneering research on human judgement and decision-making. In a popularised form, he explained his findings in the book “Thinking, Fast and slow” which I highly recommend … Fortsätt läsa An important aspect of mental strength
