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999 words, 6-minute read Imagine your phone buzzes—a game notification says your friend unlocked a rare item in a time-limited event. How does it make you feel? Are you excited to unlock it yourself, or do you feel pressured? However Continue reading Fear of Missing Out in Game: Why Some Players Feel More Stress Than Fun
Imagine being dropped into a virtual arena. Your mission? To hunt down a fast-moving target with a teammate without being able to talk to each other. You’ve got one minute. Go. That’s the challenge I gave participants in my project, Continue reading Tracking Prey and Navigating Space: What Virtual Hunting Can Teach Us About Cooperative Human Navigation
Navigating Adolescence in the Wake of Crisis: Understanding Depression Prevalence Among Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic We’ve all had our lives changed significantly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of us are pretty resilient. — but for children and adolescents, Continue reading Navigating Adolescence in the Wake of Crisis: Understanding Depression Prevalence Among Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Something is indeed cooking… The Trauma-Informed Approach (TIA), which emerged in the 1990s (Bloom, 2013) has gained traction over the past 20 years, with staff training being a key intervention used in efforts to implement it in the UK (Purtle, Continue reading Something’s cooking: Trauma-Informed Approach Implementation through Staff Trainings
Ever noticed how a bad back can make even the sunniest of days feel cloudy? Ever wondered why your favourite footballer is out for longer for the same injury that someone else had? If you’ve answered yes, tread forward into Continue reading Into the Mindfield: Treading Across Mental Health in Physical Healthcare
“It’s like putting together a puzzle without all the pieces”. “I try to grasp with one sense, information intended for another.” Extracts from the essay “Seeing at the Speed of Sound” by Rachel Kolb Despite adjustments in healthcare, like newborn Continue reading Mind the Gap: Understanding the Different Developmental Trajectories of Spoken Language in Deaf and Hearing Children
<999 words, 5-minute read> Unlike how psychotic disorders are depicted in the media, there is not just hearing voices and paranoia. The stories patients tell are often fundamentally different. To treat this complex disorder, we need to listen to their Continue reading Taking the ‘Psycho’ out of Psychosis – Towards a Better Understanding of Co-occurring Hallucinations and Delusions
Universities have responded to the pressing issue of graduate employability by introducing career services. Despite the wealth of resources at their fingertips, a concerning trend persists: student engagement with career services is low. Why is that? Let’s uncover this together. Continue reading Understanding Cultural Influences: Exploring Factors Contributing to Low Student Engagement in Career Services
(991 words, 5-minute read) “I do not want to work with the crazy guy.” “I can‘t deal with you when you are this way, or are anxious and angry.” “She’s crazy and probably dangerous, she should not be hired.” ——examples Continue reading “I Just Don’t Get Them”: How Intergroup Bias Can Lead to Discrimination
Are you tired of waiting months for a fleeting window with your doctor, only to find you’re left with a laundry list of unanswered concerns? If you’re nodding along, you’re not alone. This frustration is all too common for those Continue reading Beyond Diagnosis: The Journey of Self-Monitoring in Parkinson’s