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Interview with a Veteran Part 3

Interview with a Veteran Part 3

Posted on 12 November 2017 by Kali Barawi

For the final instalment of this series John Skipper, a military veteran who served in the Falklands, Northern Ireland and Bosnia, discusses the time he spent as part of the […]

Interview with a Veteran Part 2

Interview with a Veteran Part 2

Posted on 11 November 2017 by Kali Barawi

Military veteran John Skipper has become a passionate public spokesperson and champion of PTSD research after completing the 3MDR trial with my team at Cardiff University. In part one of […]

Interview with a Veteran

Interview with a Veteran

Posted on 10 November 2017 by Kali Barawi

Around 4% of British military veterans are living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Psychological therapy with a focus on the traumatic event is the treatment of choice for PTSD and […]

Mental health nursing in Palestine

Mental health nursing in Palestine

Posted on 30 October 2017 by Dr Mohammad Marie

Mohammad Marie  -  mental health nurse academic at An-Najah University Mental health services vary from country to another. This variation depends on many factors, including those related to culture, politics, […]

Improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people

Improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people

Posted on 17 October 2017 by Dr Rhiannon Evans

Dr Rhiannon Evans, Senior Lecturer, DECIPHer, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University Michelle Hughes, Specialist CAMHS Nurse, Cwm Taf University Health B The mental health and wellbeing of children and […]

Mental Health research – the future beckons

Mental Health research – the future beckons

Posted on 16 October 2017 by Professor Jeremy Hall

Mental ill health – a national emergency Mental ill health is a national crisis. Every year one in four people in the UK suffer from a mental health problem, with […]

Breaking down barriers in the workplace

Breaking down barriers in the workplace

Posted on 10 October 2017 by Alison Tobin

The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day is mental health in the workplace. A recent report by MIND found that 32% of men attributed work as the cause […]

Emancipating ourselves from emotional repression at work

Emancipating ourselves from emotional repression at work

Posted on 9 October 2017 by Professor Dirk Lindebaum

How to use reappraisals, and express anger (constructively) instead of 'managing' it - by Dirk Lindebaum. This article first appeared on the LSE Business Review Are your emotions always yours? […]

Why mindfulness matters in medical education

Why mindfulness matters in medical education

Posted on 18 July 2017 by Dr Craig Hassed

This post is based on a paper that appears in the second issue of The British Student Doctor Journal, an imprint of Cardiff University Press. There are many challenges associated […]

What price student mental health?

What price student mental health?

Posted on 9 May 2017 by Ben Hannigan

In Wales prescription medicines are free. In England the situation is different, with each prescribed item now costing £8.60. Exemptions can be claimed, including by people aged 60 or over, […]