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How testosterone affects risk taking behaviour
Science, Maths & Technology

How testosterone affects risk taking behaviour

...mental health. This module covers addiction as one of its topics with a focus on the role of dopamine in producing risk taking behaviour. The module also covers other aspects of mental health including mood disorders like depression and anxiety, as well as dementias. SDK228 is part of our degree in Health Sciences (Q71) and our degree in Natural Sciences (Q64), as ......
Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?

...health and wellbeing of people using or needing registered nurses’ services. It too keeps a register, sets standards of education and training and ensures they are met, and investigates allegations made about registered nurses and midwives. Few people would argue that such regulation is unnecessary, while some might argue that it is so self-evidently desirable that...
Abortion stigma and the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Abortion stigma and the workplace

...health). Abortions are extremely common: some 73 million take place worldwide annually (Bearak et al., 2020) and, in 2021, there were 214,256 abortions in England and Wales (Office of Health Improvement and Disparities, 2023). Except for the work done by Fiona Bloomer and colleagues (2017, 2023), in the Northern Irish context, little is known about abortion in UK...
Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief

...mental health if you don't have the support you need. We've also put together this video series on our YouTube channel, exploring different ways of breaking bad news and the impact of how the news is delivered has upon the person hearing it. How do you tell someone that they're dying? And how will they respond to the news? Did you know death, dying and bereavement has...
Life after sport: giving back
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after sport: giving back

...Mental health disorders in elite athletes and models of service provision. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 38, pp. 61−71. Vitali, F. and De Brandt, K. (2019). Enhancing athletes' employability before and after sport retirement: The role of competencies. In 15th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology (pp. 130-130). University of Muenster. Wylleman, P. (2019)....
Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability
Education & Development

Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability

...health and spiritual wellbeing, finance and economics, land tenure and community governance. The outer layer of the flower has the following 12 principles: Observe & Interact, Catch & Store Energy, Obtain a Yield, Apply Self-Regulation & Accept Feedback, Use & Value Renewable Resources, Produce Zero Waste, Design from Patterns to Details, Integrate Rather than Segregate,...
Life after the Olympics: retirement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after the Olympics: retirement

...mental health challenges he has experienced in his life and in sharing these he has helped to overcome the stigma of athletes experiencing mental health conditions such as depression. Having learnt important lessons from his first retirement Phelps felt that he had ‘unfinished business’. His response to his imminent second retirement has been very positive: “‘I...
Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood
Society, Politics & Law

Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood

...mental health from the lack of knowledge and understanding of when and how they will leave the centre, either released in the community or removed from the UK. And although the government changed the name of “immigration detention centres” to “removal centres” in 2002 – suggesting detainees have imminent departures – the 222 befriended women in 2016-17 were...