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The benefits of mindfulness and five common myths surrounding it
Health, Sports & Psychology

The benefits of mindfulness and five common myths surrounding it

...mental health practitioners in these services, including those in multidisciplinary teams, is to support people to understand their experiences. Practitioners also strive to help service users work out what might be keeping them ‘feeling stuck’, and to support them to adopt strategies which help improve their day-to-day lives and allow them to reach their longer-term...
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"I was so depressed yesterday..." - or were you?
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"I was so depressed yesterday..." - or were you?

...mental health to add drama to your conversation can have unintended consequences, warns Zsofia Demjen...I was recently chatting to a Vice.com editor who asked why it feels wrong when people use mental health terms in a casual, perhaps exaggerated way: ‘I totally had a panic attack yesterday!’ ‘He’s gone schizo on us’ ‘She’s so bi-polar!’ Is this offensive...
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Emotion management for translators
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Emotion management for translators

...health and wellbeing. In particular, the development of effective emotion management and coping skills were identified as important areas where training was required. Two courses were developed to meet these requirements: Emotional intelligence for translators is an introductory 2-hour short course aimed at translators at various stages of their careers who are interested...
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Why getting active with children is good for parents too
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why getting active with children is good for parents too

...wellbeing, increasing engagement in learning – the benefits of getting children involved in physical activity are wide ranging and well documented. But a recent project in Wales suggests that there are also positive physical and wellbeing outcomes for parents who get involved with their children’s activities. ...Active babies and active toddlers The project looked at...
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Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?
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Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?

...mental health problems being classed as medical disorders and those who feel that there is a role for psychiatric diagnosis, but fear that too many human conditions are coming to be seen as illnesses rather than as problems in life. The first edition of the DSM, published in 1952, listed just over 100 mental disorders. By the fourth edition that list had almost tripled...
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What is Locus of Control?
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What is Locus of Control?

...mental health, i.e. “It’s my fault as I didn’t try hard enough”. This is particularly relevant to situations where people have little actual control over events and are unable to frame being out of control as being due to external circumstances. [Over the Shoulder shot of a Pilot in a Cockpit] Locus of control at work There is a lot of research on how locus of...
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World Bipolar Day
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World Bipolar Day

...Health and Wellbeing qualifications. Around 2% of people - or 1 in 50 people - have bipolar, which was formerly known as manic depression. It is a severe mental illness characterised by extreme mood swings and changes in energy levels. Someone with bipolar can have long or short periods of stability, but can then move into a deep depression or into a high, when they might...
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Black History Month 2021 talks
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Black History Month 2021 talks

...mental health: Black staff at the OU's perspective Higher education has increased its student and staff populations, and this means there is more strain on pastoral service and resources at universities, as they endeavour to meet the needs of their students. It is possible to assert that perhaps universities are open to diversities when it comes to increasing student...
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