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Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...psychological and social factors. We noted that 'this approach examines the three interdependent factors, biological, psychological and social, in devising explanations and possible interventions in mental health', and that 'the biopsychosocial model is … an arguably more "integrative, non-reductionist clinical and theoretical" model that "honors the importance of all...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Introducing professional practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing professional practice

...psychological and social factors A Culture of Blame: Changing Climate of Social Work Patrick Eyre, a social worker talks about 'the blame culture' in social work A Culture of Blame: Lack of Trust and a negative image Patrick talks about how the lack of a climate of trust has had a specific impact on child protection A Culture of Blame: The way forward Patrick looks to the...
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Audio 54 mins
The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...psychology research can help people in their everyday lives. In addition to presenting All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 she has written Mind over Money, a book around the psychology of money and how to use it better. In this interview, she discusses the commercial pressures we are under to spend – and keep spending. She explores some common cognitive characteristics many...
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What is polonium - and why is it so dangerous?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is polonium - and why is it so dangerous?

...forensic report of the exhumed remains of ex-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat today suggests polonium poisoning may have been the cause of death – but what is polonium, and why is it so deadly? First, we need to understand the basics of radioactivity. Radioactivity is the (term given to the) emission of certain particles or electromagnetic waves caused by the breakdown...
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Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel
History & The Arts

Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel

...forensic toxicology in that same time period. In an earlier Science of Mysteries post, I paid tribute to another brilliant crime novelist of the time, Dorothy L. Sayers and her well-researched study in arsenic, Strong Poison. But no crime novelist wrote about poison with such knowledge and enthusiasm as Christie, who once said: “Give me a decent bottle of poison and...
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Article 5 mins
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...psychological, social and biological, that shape who we are and what we do, and the family we are born into and grow up in is certainly one of these factors. This course aims to explore the effects that the family has on the amount and nature of physical activity a child participates in. The beliefs and behaviours of the family environment are the key psychosocial factors...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Living with visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with visual Impairment

...psychological aspects of eating and drinking. Seeing things differently Andy, a low vision officer with the RNIB in Wales, has been visually impaired for most of his life. He explains the difficulties he has experienced with new surroundings and how all visually impaired people see things differently. Sighted Guides Andy talks about sighted guides, and techniques they can...
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Audio 27 mins
Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...Psychological Therapies’ (IAPT) programmes including children and young people. While the Department of Health aimed to reduce waiting times in accessing services, more people were being offered the service and as a result, waiting lists significantly increased. This is a particular issue in Wales, where a significant amount of the population reside in rural areas and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs