April is National Stress Awareness Month in the UK so we've curated some of our top content on stress and how to combat it in the FREE resources below.
Tips from our experts for managing stress
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How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
How can we avoid the stress and anxiety associated with the digital age? Dr Gini Harrison and Dr Mathijs Lucassen give us five tips...
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Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
What is it about new technology that is making many of us anxious and stressed? Dr Gini Harrison and Dr Mathijs Lucassen explore the top five stressors:
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Five tips for relaxing during difficult times
Modern life can leave many of us feeling stressed out. Here Dr Mathijs Lucassen offers five tips so that you can relax.
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Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines
Dr Sharon Mallon explores what is meant by self-care before introducing you to some of the top inexpensive and time-effective ways that you can introduce self-care practices into your life.
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Five reasons why you should care about mindfulness
Mindfulness is about focusing on the present moment, whilst at the same time accepting your feelings, thoughts, and body’s sensations. But why does mindfulness matter?
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The benefits of mindfulness and five common myths surrounding it
Mindfulness has grown in popularity in recent years but how exactly can we apply it and what misconceptions surround the practice? This article explores...
The wellbeing benefits of greenspaces and exercise
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The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increased focus on the value of participating in nature. This article explores how outdoor spaces can improve our mental health.
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Green care: contact with nature can improve mental health
Can being outside gardening improve our wellbeing? Discover three factors that account for the positive effects of 'green care'.
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Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment
How workplaces can begin to make use of ideas from green social prescribing to enhance wellbeing.
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Exercise and mental health
Each year thousands of pounds are spent on medications to treat conditions such as anxiety and depression. These medications often have negative side effects. Exercise is an alternative treatment that is low cost and has few side effects. In this free course, Exercise and mental health, we will look at the links between exercise and improved ...
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Depression, mood and exercise
Looking for a few tips on increasing your mood? Dr Jitka Vseteckova explores the relationship between depression and exercise.
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Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities
Natural spaces are beneficial to health and wellbeing and can help people to age well but there are a number of barriers to these in our society. This article explores these inequalities and what's being done to address them.
Coping with studying and exam stress
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How can I cope with exam stress
The exam period brings with it extra challenges - but if you manage your stress, you can make it through. Teena Clouston has some tips, and you may turn your papers over now.
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Top tips for exam revision and preparation
How can you best prepare for an exam? This short animation gives you some top revision tips.
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At a crossroads: navigating work and/or family alongside study
Studying at university can throw different challenges your way. Balancing the demands of studying with your other commitments, family or employment responsibilities, can mean additional pressures. Try our immersive video-based resource where you can further explore the challenges and consider the student and evidence-informed strategies or ...
Burnout and stress at work
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Stress and Burnout in Aviation
People facing life stressors have a higher likelihood of making errors. This combined with fatigue can cause burnout - so how do pilots deal with this?
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The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation
When an intense event threatens a pilot's expectations and sense of safety, a startle reflex happens, otherwise known as the 'Amygdala Hijack'. This article outlines the psychology behind this.
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Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work
Millennials have been dubbed “the burnout generation”, Rajvinder Samra looks at how the prolonged stress of this can be avoided.
Exploring stress from trauma
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Tackling juror trauma and stress
What is the impact of jury duty? How can we tackle the trauma and support jurors?
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Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series
Trauma can affect the way victims of rape or serious sexual offences behave and react, so how should police officers go about investigating these cases? This series of articles explores research looking into these investigations and the need for a trauma-informed approach.
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The First World War: trauma and memory
In this free course, The First World War: trauma and memory, you will study the subject of physical and mental trauma, its treatments and its representation. You will focus not only on the trauma experienced by combatants but also the effects of the First World War on civilian populations.
Free courses on stress, anxiety and burnout
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Understanding depression and anxiety
This free course, Understanding depression and anxiety, explores the causes of these mental health issues, with a particular focus on stress. You will consider some risk and causal factors for some depression and anxiety disorders, and learn about the biology and psychology behind them.
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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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Learning from sport burnout and overtraining
Sport can place high levels of stress on athletes, coaches and others involved. If unable to cope with these stresses they may be vulnerable to developing burnout. This free course, Learning from sport burnout and overtraining, examines burnout in sport from various perspectives including both the coach’s and athlete’s perspective. Drawing on ...
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