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Are selfies a terrible thing?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are selfies a terrible thing?

...mental health is spreading. There is concern that there may be a link between an apparent recent rise in mental health concerns in millennials and taking, editing and posting selfies online. [The Conversation] As a relatively recent phenomenon, most of us are still trying to get our heads around the potential impact of “selfie culture”. So when people aren’t...
The navigation apps that help the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

The navigation apps that help the visually impaired

...mental health difficulties. Smart tech could help visually impaired people do things sighted people take for granted, like walking from place to place or taking public transport. This would make socialising and finding work much easier. Transcript The smartphone revolution The early interest in using technology to help those with disabilities can be traced back decades....
Five tips for relaxing during difficult times
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips for relaxing during difficult times

...mental health services, here are five tips that I believe will help in terms of relaxing. 1: Remember it is different strokes for different folks… [A zero to ten gauge registering at ten - isolated on a white background] Firstly, there is no one relaxation technique that will work effectively for everyone. That is why facilitated relaxation sessions often begin with a...
Everybody's looking for love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everybody's looking for love

...Mental Capacity Act 2005 to some people with learning disabilities, especially those with severe learning disabilities. The act states that the capacity to consent to sexual relationships must be assumed unless proven otherwise and an unwise decision does not necessarily imply a lack of capacity. Research that reviewed cases on the capacity to consent to sexual activity...
A matter of life and death: inequalities in healthcare for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
Health, Sports & Psychology

A matter of life and death: inequalities in healthcare for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

...mental health, diabetes, hypertension and inherited haemoglobinopathies (sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia). Common themes emerged from the various reports: Black people are not listened to Black people are not believed Black people are not respected. This results in racial inequalities that are observed and in the higher death rate of Black and minority ethnic people...
Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...mental wellbeing is maximised and in which choices and behaviours that benefit future health are understood. A Wales of Cohesive Communities Attractive, safe, viable and well-connected. A Wales of Vibrant Culture and Thriving Welsh Language A society that promotes and protects culture, heritage, and the Welsh language, and which encourages people to participate in the...
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...mental and the physical – and interceding between one soul and another. For Aristotle, the imagination – or phantasia – was a kind of bridge between sensation and thought, supplying the images or ‘phantasms’ without which thought could not occur. Descartes argued that the imagination was not an essential part of the mind, since it dealt with images in the brain...
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...mental health and fertility...This free course, Exploring issues in women's health, will introduce social model approaches to health and wellbeing, which take as their starting point not the scientific context of the body, but the social context in which women live. The focus is on women and the impact of social and cultural factors on women's health. The course touches...