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The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...psychological challenges of some of these transitions and the impact they can have on the athlete. This course will offer you practical guidance, whether you support athletes as a coach or parent or whether you are an athlete yourself, and draws on a wealth of case study and audio-visual material to bring the athlete’s journey to life. The course is introduced by former...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Methods of studying children: the background
Education & Development

Methods of studying children: the background

...a longitudinal study, and the way it is reported also involves case studies of individual children and their families. Discover methods of studying children The collection of articles, videos, photos and audio exploring child development has been made possible by a partnership between the British Psychological Society and The Open University Child and Youth Studies Group....
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World-Changing Women: Murasaki Shikibu
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Murasaki Shikibu

...remarkable writing. It is considered to be the world's first psychological novel and one of the most distinguished masterpieces of Japanese literature. Aside from the novel, Murasaki Shikibu left a collection of her poetry and a fragmentary diary. She last appears in a record dating from 1013, and her date of death is unknown. Find out more about literature and history...
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Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"

...psychological awakening after being neurologically trapped for decades. It was made into a now rarely seen documentary for Yorkshire Television which was eventually picked up by Hollywood and made into the movie starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro. But it was The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat that became his signature book. It was a series of case studies,...
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After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack
Health, Sports & Psychology

After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack

...psychological support you can give to someone after a traumatic event is simply to be there and act in a kind, caring way towards them. Research repeatedly shows that social support is the single most important factor that protects people from the after effects of trauma. And this social support can be provided by anyone – a partner, family, friends, colleagues or...
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The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...psychology to revolutionise the way we understand children’s language learning. Back in 1977, she challenged Noam Chomsky’s idea that children’s understanding of language grammar is innate. Snow’s research noted that parents tend to speak very differently to their children as opposed to other adults. Parents’ speech is often characterised by much simpler...
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...psychological well-being of sexual minority young people. Given the continuing negative portrayal of sexual minority people, that few countries fully protect the rights of LGB people, and that young people can’t leave difficult social environments in the same way that adults can, it is not surprising that many LGB youth experience mistreatment. This can take the form of...
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How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?

...psychological therapies sorely missing in many resource-poor countries, according to Vikram Patel, psychiatrist and professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the U.K. A clinical trial by Patel and colleagues, also published in the Lancet this month, showed that brief treatment by lay counsellors for severe depression in Goa, India, was beneficial...
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