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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...Health, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and others have attempted to tackle these public perceptions and pejorative press reporting through campaigns that aim to give the facts about the risks presented by the mentally ill. Key findings in this report should be used in this way. For example, the killing of strangers by people with mental illness is rare; most stranger...
Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...public in improving their health and wellbeing. Technology is being used to integrate services, provide joined-up care and reduce duplication. Digital innovation is also about trying to provide choice and control for the individual and to empower them to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. That said, it is necessary use evidence to justify its benefits...
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...public forum. And there is this idea that women's health is unspeakable and kind of hidden and shameful still. There's still aspects, Although we're much more open in many ways, there are still particular aspects of women's bodies that we don't talk about. And I think the problem that I have is then that doctors have so much power over us, that they have the specialist...
Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health

...health? This album examines the ways in which social, environmental, economic and political factors shape and constrain our understandings and experiences of mental health and distress. It explores the wide range of diverse and frequently competing perspectives that characterise the world of mental health and looks at the impact of these perspectives on mental health...
Early childhood health promotion
Education & Development

Early childhood health promotion

...health promotion...This presentation shared the findings from research based on the Child Health Promotion: A Toolkit for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Practitioners. The Toolkit includes a 5 Step Programme as a model to guide practitioners in identifying and implementing a health promotion activity. The research foregrounds the valuable role that ECEC can...
Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

Health, safety and risk assessment are of paramount importance both in the laboratory and the field. This free course, Health and safety in the laboratory and field, will help make you more aware of the hazards and risks involved wherever you undertake your research, as well as giving you an overview of the legal requirements attached to this work. The course discusses...
Introduction to mental health science
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to mental health science

...health...This suite of three courses focuses first on anxiety (Exploring anxiety), then depression (Exploring depression), and finally explores the relationship between these conditions (Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression). They will help you to consider some of the key issues around diagnosis, causes and interventions for anxiety and depression...
Creative Arts, Health and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creative Arts, Health and Wellbeing

...health and wellbeing? This collection explores how the arts can help with a healthy society. ...How does our engagement with the arts affect our wellbeing? From reading, writing and music to painting, drawing and dance, the arts can have a profound impact on our mental and physical health, how we interact with society, and how we think. The arts can also be a useful way...