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Wellbeing for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wellbeing for Work

...mental health and sense of wellbeing. People during disasters may face a loss of their identity by losing the work they have been doing before the disaster or significant changes in the way they work e.g., digitally and remotely. COVID-19 was not expected in the way it unfolded, and people were psychologically and physically unprepared for this and had no control over the...
Can computers be therapists?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...mental health problems is not a new thing, in the past mediums such as cassette tapes and VHS/video have been used as means to deliver help for psychological issues. In fact, the first attempts at computerised therapy occurred almost 50 years ago, starting with ELIZA in the 1960’s. ELIZA aimed to simulate a therapeutic conversation using a script based on Rogerian...
Coping with Depression
Society, Politics & Law

Coping with Depression

...mental disorders’ in Britain that people seek counselling for. This collection of videos looks at what can happen when people are overwhelmed by such profound feelings of sadness that they can’t carry on with their everyday lives. Fry, along with Trisha Goddard and engineer Jim Brown, share their personal struggles and experiences with diagnosis and drug use, giving...
Schizophrenia: Beyond science
Health, Sports & Psychology

Schizophrenia: Beyond science

...mental health services and legislation in society as a whole. To some extent this may be down to the unusual and sometimes dramatic thoughts, experiences and behaviour associated with the condition. It may also be the result of the often over-played (in the media) fear that schizophrenia is associated with the risk of violence. Psychiatry has tended to view the contents...
Working for health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working for health

...mental healthcare A member of the All Wales User/Survivor Network challenges the medical model used by many health professionals to treat people with mental health issues. The Findhorn Community Members of the Findhorn community in Scotland talk about their holistic approach to health and healthcare. Quality of health Homeless people share personal views on what the...
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Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...mentally is a common metaphor for understanding it. An image may be of some geometrical shape, or of a graph or diagram, or it may be some set of symbols or some procedure.’ (Open University, 1988, p. 10) This course uses the word visualisation synonymously with mental imagery. It happens as we articulate our thoughts and as we understand what we are doing. Each of the...
One question can change everything
Health, Sports & Psychology

One question can change everything

UNICEF has teamed up with spoken word artist @clickfortaz, in support of adolescents living with a mental health condition. ...Transcript.
Libraries NI learning hub
OpenLearn Ireland

Libraries NI learning hub

This OpenLearn hub, prepared in collaboration with Libraries NI, features a collection of free online resources designed to support mental health, wellbeing and learning and development.