psychology… Stoic joy 5 Jan 201929 Dec 2018 Stoicism isn't only an antidote to anger and emotional distress. It's a recipe for genuine joy - the kind of joy and wonder that comes from endless discovery and the…
mental health… Stoicism for mental health 2: What can we control? 30 Apr 201823 May 2018 Today we consider the very first principle of Stoicism as defined by Epictetus in his handbook, The Enchiridion. What can we control and what can't we control? This means understanding…
mental health… Stoicism for mental health 1: Introduction 29 Apr 201816 May 2018 Stoic philosophy isn't the dry, humourless approach to life that many think it is. 'Stoic joy' comes from the ability to manage and control our emotions, the ability to choose…
mental health… Psychosis 1: Hallucinations and society 30 Oct 20176 Nov 2017 This is the first of a mini series on psychosis. Here we introduce psychosis in general before talking about hallucinations (the 1st of the 'big 3' psychotic symptoms) and how…
mental health… Depression part 1 6 Aug 20176 Nov 2017 If anxiety is a call to action that is there to help us solve a problem (how to be safe) depression is the opposite. Depression is a form of physiological…
duty of care… Don’t blame people with mental disorders… 8 Apr 20176 Nov 2017 "Don't blame people with mental disorders for behaving like people with mental disorders" Too often mental health workers expect far more from their service-users than they are currently able to…
mental health… Mental health recovery: A care workers’ guide to the stress and vulnerability model 5 Apr 20176 Nov 2017 If you enjoyed this tutorial please subscribe to my youtube channel. Lots more videos on mental health and social care to come. You can subscribe to the website and Facebook…
mental health… Mental disorders made simple for students and others 3 Apr 20176 Nov 2017 I often get to take student mental health nurses around in my day to day practice. It's part of their training to spend time 'in the field' so to speak…
training Course design 10: Learning styles 20 Aug 20152 May 2016 Different people learn and process information in different ways. One way to think about these differences is to imagine that you were training a group of people who spoke different…
