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Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...mentally’ (Malcolm and Green, 2025, p. 188). The Multiplicity of Burdens Our research identified this increased mental load as being one of several ‘burdens’ borne by Black mothers of autistic children. As detailed in the book, the word ‘burden’ is used advisedly to speak to the consequences of marginalisation and oppression, and the debilitating effects in...
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Article 5 mins
Belfast - healthy city
Society, Politics & Law

Belfast - healthy city

...Health Organisation's Healthy Cities Project. The aim was to get as many institutions as possible to make health central to their planning and to give the diverse communities of Belfast a real say in their future. What were the challenges they faced? What solutions did they evolve? In this album Healthy Cities founder member Ilona Kickbusch and Belfast health promotion...
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Audio 40 mins
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...self-help and treatment. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD803 Evaluating psychology: research and practice. This resource is part of the ‘Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection’ collated by The Open University in Wales. You can find out more and discover other courses, articles and interactives on the collection homepage....
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role

...wellbeing and worker identity. This article explores the impact...Find out more about The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications Psychological contract When we go to work, we have a set of expectations about how and what our employment relationship will be with our employer and colleagues, added to our employment contract. This is what psychologists call...
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Article 10 mins
Have transgender storylines finally gone mainstream?
History & The Arts

Have transgender storylines finally gone mainstream?

...mental health stresses they face and the likelihood of discrimination in access to health care, secure housing and employment, it is important that populist representations create realistic and non-shaming examples of trans lives. In the UK, there is a third sector intervention into the way trans lives are represented in the media. Organisations such as Trans Media Watch...
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Article 5 mins
How can your accent put your life at risk?
Languages

How can your accent put your life at risk?

...health issues such as stomach upsets, high blood pressure, fevers and heart problems. However, he never got to see a doctor and each time was dismissed by the nurse on duty. He described one such incident to his friends shortly before his death: I went to the [healthcare provider] and then [they] told me that, hey you don’t have anything, you are not sick and you’re...
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Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland
History & The Arts

Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland

...mental health institutions, most recently centring on the Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfries, Scotland. My particular focus is on the use of music, with both social and therapeutic functions. Here, I’ve found programmes for annual Valentine’s concerts starting in the late-1840s which both demonstrate some of the repertoire in popular use at the time and illustrate...
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Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series

...wellbeing. Essentially the team explored the way in which the officers who investigate RASSO receive learning, continuing professional development and specialist knowledge input, and the welfare support offered by their forces. The research identified a number of gaps in knowledge for the officers and one of these areas was focused on the need to ensure that a...
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