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Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...and psychiatrists of the future know as much about its role in good health as they do about anatomy and physiology. The state of our mental health could depend on it. This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage....
East Asian Heritage month: a celebration of Studio Ghibli films
Education & Development

East Asian Heritage month: a celebration of Studio Ghibli films

...course to them it’s just an interesting fact, but I can’t repress tears at the thought of Hiroshima in particular – my grandfather was born in Hiroshima. Sometimes, it’s what is represented as much as what isn’t that shows this. When we showed my mum My Neighbour Totoro, she couldn’t help laughing as she said it was an old-fashioned idea of Japanese...
‘Social Murder’: the realities of ‘Better Regulation’ in Contemporary Britain
Society, Politics & Law

‘Social Murder’: the realities of ‘Better Regulation’ in Contemporary Britain

...course, 2003/4 marks the rolling out of the Better Regulation agenda, while this period is also marked by the 2007 financial crisis which was used, by the Coalition Government from 2010 onwards, to justify austerity – so it is likely that within this data there is evidence of both politics and economics at play. Food safety and food hygiene regulation and enforcement is...
The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England
Health, Sports & Psychology

The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England

...course, individuals do need to be held transparently to account, when they have been willfully or recklessly negligent or involved in mistreatment. However, the report takes a strong stance that safety is best improved and ultimately assured by adopting a broader systems approach to understanding why and how failure or error occur. The basis of the systems approach, as we...
Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period

...courses and qualifications. The early days of pregnancy and new parenthood are often described as joyful, hopeful, and life affirming (Doss & Rhoades, 2017). A new baby can represent so many things, such as love, connection, and even a fresh start. Yet for many parents, this period also brings fear, confusion, and emotional upheaval that they never expected, and often...
Oxygen, blood and the body
Science, Maths & Technology

Oxygen, blood and the body

...course S315 Chemistry: further concepts and applications where this article was adapted from. Explore articles and free courses or study with the OU References Flexman, A.M., Del Vicario, G. and Schwarz, S.K.W. (2007) ‘Dark Green Blood in the Operating Theatre’, The Lancet, vol. 369, p. 1972. Hazes B., Kalk K. H., Hol W. G. J., Magnus K. A., Bonaventura C.,...
W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...courses that look at African American experience, is one way in which the line can be crossed. ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ and ‘The Souls of Black Folk’ I’m looking here at two of the prolific canon of work that Du Bois produced, his study of African American urban life, The Philadelphia Negro, and his Homeric account (i.e. epic and poetic), The Souls of Black...