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____ * ____ Condolences to those in the southern states of the USA affected by the natural disaster tragedy. Best wishes to you all during your current struggles. ____ * ____ My latest issue of ENEWS has arrived courtesy of the School Mental Health Project/ Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA. The National [...]

Image via Wikipedia Studying psychology? Or are you interested in learning more about this science? This set of 8 PowerPoint slides with references to introduce you to a brief early history of modern psychology…hmmm, that’s a sentence going places… Early Modern History of Psychology Brief (Charmayne Paul, 2009). Related articles by Zemanta Annaul Psychology Debate~ [...]

Image by woodleywonderworks via Flickr Luck and Control in Gambling Survey This survey aims to investigate luck and control in people who gamble verses those who do not. We would appreciate it if you could take the time to complete the following survey and/or distribute the existence of this site to your friends, family members [...]

Bourne, E. (2005) The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook. Boston: New Harbinger Publications. Cannon, W. B. (1929). Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear and rage. New York: Appleton. Eifert, G. H., & Heffner, M. (2003). The effects of acceptance versus control contexts on avoidance of panic-related symptoms. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 34, 293-312. [...]

Corrigan, P., & Wassel, A. (2006) Understanding and Influencing the Stigma of Mental Illness Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 46(1) Frey, R. J. Ph.D. (2003). Stigma information on healthline. The Gale Group, Inc. Gale,Detroit. Garrison, E. (2006) Anti-stigma literature review: Learning from others about whatworks. Department of County Resources, Multnomah http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dchs/mgmt/antistigmalitrev.pdf Gask [...]

American Psychiatric Association 2000, Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorder (4th Ed), APA, Washington. Australian Health Ministers. (2003). National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008. Canberra, ACT: Australian Government. Australian Medicines Handbook 2007. Elder R., Evans, K., Nizette, D., (2009). Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 2nd edn., Mosby/Elsevier Australia. Health Promotion Glossary, World Health Organisation, retrieved [...]

Image by Anna Gay via Flickr What implications are the gaps in knowledge using a social psychological perspective? Physicians‘ suicide rates have repeatedly been reported to be higher than those of the general population or other academics, but uncertainty remains (Schernhammer & Colditz, 2004). Residents are at a higher risk than the general population for [...]

Adermann, J. & Campbell, M. (2007). Anxiety prevention in indigenous youth. Journal of Student Wellbeing, 1(2), 34-37. Australian Psychological Society (2008).  Guidelines for the provision of psychological      services for, and the conduct of psychological research with, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia.  Melbourne: Author. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2003). Australia’s [...]

Image by Fr Antunes via Flickr I made a visit this morning to the Urban Monk site for his next installment on personal development. I was not disappointed to read What is Your Personality Trying to Tell You? Overcoming Shyness. Not that I consider myself shy, just that the encouragement to be aware of how [...]

Image via Wikipedia Outlines are a great way to plan out your essay/report.  Use your assessment outline and marking criteria to identify the information need to write about. Adjust your word count to suit each section~ below the word count is for a 1500w essay. The Role of the Social/Welfare Worker  within a Multidisciplinary Mental [...]

What implications are the gaps in knowledge about physician suicide rates, using a social psychological perspective Physicians’ suicide rates have repeatedly been reported to be higher than those of the general population or other academics, but uncertainty remains (Schernhammer & Colditz, 2004). Residents are at a higher risk than the general population for the development [...]

Image by . SantiMB . via Flickr This week has been busy as usual. Care plans in community health and wellbeing courses have been popular this past two months. So I thought it best to share a research template provided by an MCU lecturer: Fill in the gaps… Issue/Problem Strategies Expected Outcome Parent’s ability to [...]

keep calm and carry on Originally uploaded by jelene These pieces that follow are from Sight, 1(1), May 13th, 2006~ the student psychology newsletter initiated PSI Tutor as a fierce tutor:mentor and student learning advocate. Be here now… “There may be a long list of things to do, but really there is just one thing [...]