The Power of Resilience and Determination

The Power of Resilience and Determination

To mark ‘Never Give Up Day’ our sub-editors have come together to discuss the importance of being resilient and determined to succeed at university. – Student Minds Blog Editorial Team ⭐ What makes resilience so important? ⭐ by Madeleine  Setbacks can leave us feeling deflated and unmotivated. It can take time to feel back to normal, and it…

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75 Psychodynamic Therapy Questions to Ask Clients in Therapy Sessions

75 Psychodynamic Therapy Questions to Ask Clients in Therapy Sessions

Psychodynamic therapy was originally rooted in the understanding that unconscious thoughts, desires, and memories affect our behaviors. Over time, this approach has begun to focus on helping clients work through lingering conflicts to reduce their impact on personality characteristics and behaviors. Freud’s original concepts have been influenced by the work of Carl Jung, Alfred Adler,…

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Client Challenge

Client Challenge

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Assessed to death | Sectioned

Assessed to death | Sectioned

27 Jan Your periodic reminder that a mental health assessment is neither neutral nor is it help. Whilst carrying out an assessment may count as “contact” or “activity” for the purposes of a service’s records, it is not help. If you yank my sprained ankle back & forth to determine whether it is sprained, that…

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Double Sequential (or Simultaneous?) Defibrillation for Refractory VF

Double Sequential (or Simultaneous?) Defibrillation for Refractory VF

The presence of sudden cardiac death is estimated to occur 300,000 to 350,000 annually with over 90% of such deaths as a results of ventricular fibrillation (VF). ACLS guidelines dictate that after addressing reversible causes or factors leading to the arrhythmia (hypoxia, electrolyte disturbances, mechanical factors, volume depletion), defibrillation should be performed with 360 J…

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Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction for Women’s Health: Metabolic and Reproductive Benefits

Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction for Women’s Health: Metabolic and Reproductive Benefits

Sarah Rice BSc.(Hons) MCOptom (UK), MHP, NNP In general, women are under-represented in medical research, so this month it was encouraging to see several studies aimed at exploring women’s reproductive health with a focus on metabolic interventions. Overweight and obesity are associated with hormonal imbalances, menstrual symptoms, and other disorders like abnormal uterine bleeding and…

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