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Why is scientific research part of emergency response?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is scientific research part of emergency response?

...health emergency, taking a researcher along might be a waste of resource. But Medicins Sans Frontières are finding research is a key part of response. Anita Makri explains why...[Médecins Sans Frontières ebola treament centre in Maghuraka, Sierra Leone, 2014] An MSF treatment centre in Sierra Leonne, during the 2014 ebola crisis You have a mission to help people caught...
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How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...Health and Care Excellence standard guidelines are a good starting point...If we’re looking for silver linings to the pandemic, we might consider the fact that carers have become visible to the rest of the country in a way that they never were before. Through the pandemic, we have all come to recognise and appreciate the enormous value of carers, both paid and unpaid,...
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Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...mental health struggles are related to gender roles and norms, and gender inequalities continue to have a marked impact on people’s lives. Considering the self-help and pop psychology books on gender that do exist and help us to make sense of this, these overwhelmingly present gender as binary and fixed from birth. Differences between men and women are seen as normal...
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The psychological impacts of climate change
Nature & Environment

The psychological impacts of climate change

...mental health crisis. Known as “climate anxiety” or “eco-anxiety”, the medical journal The Lancet has defined it as “anxiety related to the global climate crisis and the threat of environmental disaster”. Its symptoms include depression, insomnia, hopelessness and panic attacks. Climate anxiety has received prominent coverage in major news outlets like the...
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Why are synthetic drugs such a problem for the UK's prisons?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are synthetic drugs such a problem for the UK's prisons?

...health and impact negatively upon behaviour is weighed against the ways in which they ease the pains of confinement for the prisoner. Taking drugs in prison can provide sanctuary and be a means of self-medication and self-help. Drugs can help mask the harsh realities of penal regimes and ease the consequences of being exposed to low levels of mental and physical...
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Danielle Martin
Education & Development

Danielle Martin

...mental health course, with its thought-provoking content on how language used by practitioners can promote inclusivity or create barriers.’ ‘At other times I use OpenLearn to take a “break” from the content of my degree, while keeping myself in “student mode”’, Danielle added, and she’s currently refreshing her Spanish language skills and exploring other...
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Left behind?
Society, Politics & Law

Left behind?

...mental ill health, and even homosexuality. Despite the ten per cent statistic, a recent event reminded me of how left-handedness is still something we struggle to live with. Just look at the latest Apple watch launched in September 2014. After the launch, Apple was inundated with thousands of complaints from left-handed people saying the watch was designed for...
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