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Science and the Psychics - Quiz
Test your knowledge on psychic powers
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Exploring anxiety
This free advanced level course, Exploring anxiety, serves as an introduction to masters level study in neurosciences and mental health. Focusing on anxiety, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions. You will also learn how to evaluate news items, and to go behind the headlines and begin to explore some of the ...
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Let’s not talk about dying: Five reasons why people avoid planning for their end-of-life care
Most people haven't heard of advance care plans or may avoid planning for end-of-life care. Dr Erica Borgstrom tells us why...
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A reader's guide to Cold Comfort Farm
Something nasty in the woodshed, but there's something wonderful in Gibbon's novel.
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Cultural differences in mental health?
The OU's Jonathan Leach asks: Are mental health problems the same across the globe?
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Caring for adults
This course will help you to develop a better understanding of some of the key issues that relate to being a carer, whether in a paid or unpaid role.
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The science behind why we drink alcohol
Alcohol: why do we drink it? Dr Claire Rostron, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Life Health and Chemical Sciences at The Open University, investigates.
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What is biomedicine?
How did 'scientific medicine' come to be the dominant method of health studies in the western world?
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Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society
Do women have a need for feminism in a Britain where they can enjoy porn while men help out with childcare? It might be too soon to assume the arguments have been settled, warns Stephanie Taylor.
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Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome
The ‘Hippocratic’ four humours, Roman hygiene, the first hospitals and home remedies.This article explores ancient medicine describes practices in Greek and Roman medicine.
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The Psychology of Decision Making
Did you know that your thinking is inherently biased? There could be some surprises in the psychology of decision making.
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A brief history of sex education
Michael Reiss looks at sex education, and how it has changed from the second world war to the modern day