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Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...history of offending, child-rearing practices and family poverty. However, which risk factors were considered to be the most important or how they interacted with each other were not discussed in the findings from this study...Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency: 2.4 Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential theory - Using the findings from the Cambridge...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...family history of atopic disorders. (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2020) Algorithm A is a flowchart that outlines clinical assessment. (See section 1.1.1.) 2. What are ‘objective tests’? Discussion These are ‘tests carried out to help determine whether a person has asthma, the results of which are not based on the person’s symptoms, for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...family histories, and their individual psychological experiences. For individuals these elements are theirs alone, driving their wishes, feelings and choices directly. Therefore, making assumptions and generalised predictions about people without carefully considering and consulting with them in advance can be notoriously error-prone, and can lead to conclusions that...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...family history); her consequent identification with vulnerable communities; the root of the principle of climate justice in her experience of colonial injustice. Discussion In this video, Ayisha Siddiqa explains her personal reason for becoming a climate activist: I became involved in climate work, not because I wanted to protect the environment, which I think is an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...family history research can be worth mentioning, even though it has no obvious relevance to the job. It gives your CV an interesting feature and makes it memorable. Additional skills The diversity of individual careers sometimes makes extra sections desirable: you can make up your own sub-headings. Include details you think a prospective employer really ought to know: if...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...family history, physical illness or biological factors. It is not entirely clear why some people are more ‘resilient’ to developing mental illness than others after, for example, witnessing a traumatic event, being a victim of a crime, or longer-term exposure to traumatic experiences, such as military conflict, natural disasters or abuse. Not everyone exposed to a...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...family history of atopic and auto-immune disease, and exposure to mercury) (Wakefield 2001b). (This list of possible cofactors in the aetiology of autism – familiar from our account of unorthodox biomedical approaches to autism – reflects Dr Wakefield's growing reliance on parent activists and anti-immunisation campaigners.) In a response to a Danish epidemiological...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...family history of mood disorders, early onset depression, and long duration of depressive episodes. Comorbidity with anxiety disorders, personality disorders, substance dependence or abuse, poor social integration and negative social interaction are factors commonly associated with depression (Bschor et al., 2014). But what does it actually feel like to experience...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs