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… Psychosis 3: Delusional case studies 6 Nov 2017 Sometimes the easiest way to make sense of a topic is to put it into story format. https://youtu.be/327FwSTrZnY Jamie and Janice don't really exist but their experiences are typical of…
mental health… Self-harm 2: It’s all in the chemistry 17 Sep 20176 Nov 2017 TRIGGER WARNING In part 1 we asked the question 'what would you do to make it stop?' For some people, when they feel so completely overwhelmed, self-harm, self-injury is the…
mental health… Depression part 2: The psychology of depression 9 Aug 20176 Nov 2017 The cognitive or psychological symptoms of depression (what we think about) are just as important as the physiological ones. Some people believe that psychological symptoms are more important but this…
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…
mental health… Understanding and working with anxiety in health and social care 11 Apr 20176 Nov 2017 If you like this video please share it. And subscribe to my Youtube channel too - there's much more to come. https://youtu.be/8u7eYftyxb8 In this video I discuss the evolutionary roots…
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… The social care recovery model 17 Oct 201617 Oct 2016 I'm a great believer in process. That doesn't mean pigeon-holing the people we work with. It means having a process, a system that's clear enough to keep us on track…
