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Volunteering is good for you, to a new study. A research paper in the BMC Public Health says doing good for others improves your mental health and increases your . Researchers reviewed 40 academic into the effects of volunteerism on our . They found that volunteers had rates of depression, an increased feeling of well-, and a 22 per cent reduction in the chances of in the next seven years. Australians volunteer most, with an estimated 36 per cent of the population a hand.

Researcher Dr Suzanne Richards said her systematic showed that volunteering is linked to improvements in mental health. She said more work was to see if volunteering does this. She said she wasn't sure if biological, cultural and social that create better health and survival also make people want to volunteer in the first . A study from the University of Michigan gave three reasons volunteering helps us. First, it involves activity; second, the social help to reduce our ; and third, it makes us very happy.

 
 

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