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Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...mental illness. In 1775 Pott reported that chimney sweeps suffered a high incidence of scrotal cancer; in the 1900s coal miners were found to suffer from lung disorders; and, by the 1930s asbestos was known to cause asbestosis, a form of lung cancer. In 1976 in Italy, at a place called Seveso, there was an explosion at a chemical factory manufacturing pesticides. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...mental distress, or those of others close to you. Suggestions of steps you can take to support your own mental health and wellbeing while you study are included. If you need more immediate help and are based in the UK, you can contact: Samaritans – Tel: 116 123 Mind – Tel: 0300 123 3393 SANEline – Tel: 0300 304 7000 (4pm-10pm) your local GP for medical advice by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...our side today," Benfeito said afterward. China's Liu Huixia, who won the gold medal, shared a similar sentiment, saying, "When we were practicing to get used to this venue (the water) was always sky blue... But we're always mentally prepared for unexpected situations." Read at Business Insider: Olympic divers say the mysteriously green pool water had a surprising benefit...
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Article 5 mins
Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles
Health, Sports & Psychology

Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles

...S, Heinz A, Kastrup M, Beezhold J, Sartorius N. Toward a new definition of mental health. World Psychiatry. 2015;14(2):231-233. doi:10.1002/wps.20231. Mae’r adnodd hwn yn rhan o ‘Gasgliad Llesiant ac Iechyd Meddwl’ wedi ei greu gan y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru. Gallwch ddysgu mwy a dod o hyd i gyrsiau, erthyglau a gweithgareddau eraill ar dudalen hafan y casgliad....
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Article 10 mins
Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...mental health. When people are feeling vulnerable, they do revert to their mother tongue, and even people who are intelligent, are very used to speaking their second language, being English, in everyday work life, even to their partners, when they’re ill, there is a recognised situation where people revert to their mother tongue, where they feel more comfortable. When...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...mental health, physical health and personal relationships. Whitty and Buchanan (2012; 2016) argue that victims of online dating romance scams suffer a ‘double hit’, as they suffer the loss of a relationship as well as experiencing financial loss. The survey conducted by Buchanan and Whitty (2014) showed that there are large individual differences in the degree of...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...mental health, Helen King from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, and Julie Johnson a child, adolescent and family psychotherapist. Maybe I could just start by asking you all what you describe as the most radical impact the internet has had on children in the past ten years? HELEN KING The access to social networking is the ability to communicate outside...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...mental health sites – this seeming to be the preferred terminology in health and psychology as it suggests a ‘developmental phase’ of human life. The second seems to be primarily used in relation to ‘teenage parents’ – possibly to emphasise the relative youth of this group...The range of work with young people: ‘Family resemblances’ between practices - As...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs