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Understanding Vicarious Trauma: Recognising the Signs and Protecting Your Wellbeing

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Many professionals dedicate their careers to helping others through difficult and often traumatic experiences. While this work can be incredibly meaningful, it can also take an emotional toll.  There is a profound difference between experiencing a traumatic event firsthand and listening to someone else recount theirs. Your brain and your nervous system do not always recognise this.  […]

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Challenging Cognitive Distortions for Better Mental Health

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We do not experience the world exactly as it is; our experience is through our thoughts. Most of the time, that helps us make quick sense of what is occurring. However, when we are stressed, anxious, or feeling low, our thinking can start to be distorted.  These patterns are called cognitive distortions,ways of thinking can make situations

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How to Prepare for Examinations While Staying Healthy

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The examination period is one of the hardest times of the academic year. Deadlines pile up, revision intensifies, and the pressure to perform can feel overwhelming. Examinations are demanding, but they do not have to come at the expense of your well-being. With the right approach, you can stay productive, maintain balance, and perform at your best. 

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Rising Mental Health Issues Among Youth: Key Findings

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The Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: interim report was published on 31st March 2026.  For many of us, it had no surprises.  Common mental health conditions and psychological distress have increased over the past two decades, particularly among younger people, from around 15–16% in the early 1990s to around 23% by the mid-2020s.  In the early 2010s

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Cost-Effectiveness of Alzheimer’s Drugs: NICE’s New Threshold Explained

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The 2 medications, lecanemab and donanemab will be reassessed for NHS use following successful appeals from their manufacturers.   Last year, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) concluded that lecanemab and donanemab should not be funded by the NHS for patients with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. NICE had determined that the treatments were not a cost-effective use of limited healthcare

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Understanding Mothering Sunday: History and Significance

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Today is Mothering Sunday in England.  The fourth Sunday of Lent, Mother’s Day, in the 16th century in England, people went back to their “mother” church, the church where they were baptised or where they were raised.   Families may have been dispersed, working away and return to their parents, where they grew up. Gifts of wildflowers and Simnel cake would have

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Empowering Women’s Health on International Women’s Day

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It is International Women’s Day (IWD) today. International Women’s Day (IWD) has been around since 1911. Many of the issues still impacting women’s advancement remain the same and unchallenged. IWD belongs to all who care about gender equality.   UNwomen has labelled 2026 IWD as “Rights. Justice. Action.” It has highlighted that women only have 64% the legal rights of men. Women face more

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Coping with Anxiety in Uncertain Times

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The world grapples with ongoing challenges such as political instability, economic fluctuations, and health crises and mental health has become a concern.  A rise in anxiety and stress levels across various demographics, prompting questions on how to cope in these uncertain times.   The effects of the pandemic to geopolitical tensions, can create uncertainty. Many people may feel overwhelmed by news filled with distressing information,

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Social Media’s Impact on Teen Mental Health

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In the digital age, social media platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and Twitter are integral to the lives of teenagers. While these platforms offer opportunities for connection, creativity, and self-expression, they also pose significant risks to mental health, contributing to rising levels of anxiety and depression among adolescents. The lockdowns with the pandemic fundamentally changed how young

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