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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...
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...
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...
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...
Can your friend be your therapist?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can your friend be your therapist?

...Psychological Treatment), and the informal support provided by friends and relations. The Collins Dictionary definition of ‘therapy’ is typical of many: ‘the treatment of physical, mental, or social disorders or disease’. More specifically the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) explains that: 'Counselling and psychotherapy are umbrella...
What makes near-future Sci-Fi especially scary?
History & The Arts

What makes near-future Sci-Fi especially scary?

...psychologically. The second series was particularly concerned with the rights associated with being able to think and feel – and the right to a fair trial. Odi, an outdated NHS caregiving Syth who features in both seasons, chooses a form of suicide (returning to his original setting and rejecting consciousness) as he can’t deal with his new reality. Transcript The...
Concussion, identity loss, depression: boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring, it’s mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Concussion, identity loss, depression: boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring, it’s mental health

...psychological complications, such as concussion, post-concussion syndrome (when the symptoms of a concussion don’t fade after the usual recovery period but linger for months or even longer), depression, anxiety, cognitive decline and movement disorders, and in some tragic cases even death in the ring. Repetitive TBI is associated with chronic traumatic encephalopathy...
Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?
History & The Arts

Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?

...psychological and speculative. For example, anthropologists imagined themselves as ancient philosophers theorising about phenomena such as dreams and death. Religion, according to these anthropologists, emerged from rational self-inquiry and introspection about these and other types of empirical phenomena. Over time, these enquiries and the theories they spawned revealed...