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Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing

...health and music back in the Victorian era? This article explains more about musical treatments in the asylum. ...Music has a powerful effect on the listener. It is linked to better mental health, and it has been shown to alleviate loneliness, pain, anxiety and depression. For this reason, it is increasingly being prescribed by doctors as a form of medicine. This practice...
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Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators
Society, Politics & Law

Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators

...health in policing. ...Police officer learning, development and wellbeing has been a fundamental strand of research as part of Operation Soteria. Police officers and staff involved in the investigation of rape and sexual violence were interviewed in five forces in England and Wales during 2021–2022. Officers investigating rape cases reported being exposed to trauma and...
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When Edward met Bertha: Mental Health, Colonialism, Race and Patriarchy in Jane Eyre
History & The Arts

When Edward met Bertha: Mental Health, Colonialism, Race and Patriarchy in Jane Eyre

...health. The husband, Edward Fairfax Rochester, is a ‘bad boy’, a younger son sent to the colonies to make his fortune, and marry a woman he barely knows, in order to gain access to her fortune: 30 thousand pounds; which suggests a biblical allusion to the 30 pieces of silver given for Jesus. Brontë guides the reader to feel for ‘poor Edward’, trapped in this...
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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

...health...Ricky Hatton’s death has reignited an all-too-familiar conversation about mental health in sport. Hatton had spoken openly about his long battle with depression, as well as the drug and alcohol addiction that began after his 2007 defeat to Floyd Mayweather. Research shows that how a boxer thinks – their beliefs about success, identity and failure – can...
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Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities

...public parks are an amazing resource for health and wellbeing and that they need to be enjoyed by all, free of direct charge. In doing so, they facilitate equitable socio-economic access to greenspace. Residents of Milton Keynes and the UK are lucky to have many, many greenspaces on their doorsteps. Lots of towns have local nature reserves, community gardens or even...
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What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?

...health issues with your peers? Dr Jonathan Leach and Dr Mathijs Lucassen set out six ways of getting the support you need...‘Sharing experiences helped me to understand what I was going through and how to make sense of it’ (Service user quoted in Leach, 2015) Whilst good relationships with other people can both support good mental health and be a source of help at...
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NHS Citizen
Society, Politics & Law

NHS Citizen

...public a say on healthcare matters and influence NHS England decision-making. […] NHS England has commissioned four organisations to manage the NHS Citizen design process: The Tavistock Institute, Involve, The Democratic Society and Public-i. […] All four organisations are responsible for the delivery, engagement and operation of this website and the other project...
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Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities
Miscellaneous

Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities

...Health Studies in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at The Open University. She has an international reputation for research in the psychosocial field of diabetes. Her research interests have two overlapping strands. The first focuses on the relationship between diabetes and mental health and its impact on the individual and on health service provision. The...
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