Mad World: April 2009 Archives

Stress, sleeping in and rewiring the brain

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 30, 2009 2:50 PM | 1 Comment

If you are feeling stressed, then have a lie-in and your brain will be rewired and everything will be ok. Actually I just made that up... but maybe it could be true in a kind of way.

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Watch Ed Balls skipping!

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 30, 2009 11:01 AM | No Comments

This is a very entertaining video - which I discovered via the Political Betting site.

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Autism, communication devices, zen and psychoanalysis

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 28, 2009 11:28 AM | No Comments

Washington Post covers some new gadgets which aim to help children with autism communicate.

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Susan Doyle, junk food and living abroad

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 27, 2009 2:29 PM | 4 Comments

I've never watched Britain's Got Talent, nor will I. But I can't help but notice the fuss that is being made in the media about one of the contestants - Susan Boyle.

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Mindfulness based cognitive therapy shows promising results

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 27, 2009 2:07 PM | No Comments

A small scale Oxford University study has shown some promising results for the use of mindfulness based cognitive therapy in treating people with depression.

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Have you got the biggest brain in social care?

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 24, 2009 2:37 PM | No Comments

We are starting a regular quiz on Community Care, giving you a chance to display your extensive social care knowledge.

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Social workers talk about the importance of their job

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 24, 2009 2:21 PM | 2 Comments

You may know that Community Care is running a campaign to improve the coverage of social work issues in the media.

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Budget: first social care impressions

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 22, 2009 2:33 PM | No Comments

My first impressions of the budget are relatively positive (that horrendous deficit aside).

Tax on the super rich is to increase to 50%, while there appears to be more money available to people on low incomes and those affected by recession.

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Almost one in ten young people addicted to video games

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 22, 2009 2:08 PM | No Comments

This is the finding of a new piece of US research.

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Reading council recruiting social workers from abroad

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 21, 2009 12:19 PM | No Comments

Reading Council is the latest local authority to recruit social workers from abroad in an attempt to fill its vacancies in children's services.

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Mental health stigma and treatment

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 21, 2009 12:05 PM | 2 Comments

I usually like the New York Times but I'm not sure about a recent opinion piece on mental health stigma.

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Kimberley, young mums and listening

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 20, 2009 1:46 PM | No Comments

Channel 4 will screen a documentary on Thursday - Kimberley: Young Mum Ten Years On, detailing the young mum's efforts to raise her child and her interactions with social services. Looks like it could be an interesting watch.

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Bad environments suppress children's IQs

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 17, 2009 3:36 PM | No Comments

This seems to be the central message of some new research reported in the New York Times.

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Interview on mindfulness

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 16, 2009 3:24 PM | No Comments

I've mentioned it before but mindfulness appears to be an area of growing interest in terms of mental health.

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Schizophrenia and brain training

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 16, 2009 2:59 PM | No Comments

An article in New Scientist suggests brain training software may be able to help people with schizophrenia cope with some of the cognitive problems caused by the condition.

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Yogatherapy, recruiting social workers and depression

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 15, 2009 1:58 PM | No Comments

Is it possible to combine psychotherapy and yoga? Yes it is, at least in the US anyway. According to Time, yoga-therapy is growing in popularity.

A Phoenix Rising yoga therapist puts clients in assisted yoga postures and does a kind of "verbal exploration" of the present moment. The yoga therapist acts as a witness to clients' exploration, with empathy and positive regard for their experience.

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Chocolate - for men only

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on April 14, 2009 12:39 PM | No Comments

I've just come back from Japan - where I spotted these excellent Pocky "men's chocolates", which I just had to bring back for my workmates.

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April 2009 Archives

Stress, sleeping in and rewiring the brain

Watch Ed Balls skipping!

Autism, communication devices, zen and psychoanalysis

Susan Doyle, junk food and living abroad

Mindfulness based cognitive therapy shows promising results

Have you got the biggest brain in social care?

Social workers talk about the importance of their job

Budget: first social care impressions

Almost one in ten young people addicted to video games

Reading council recruiting social workers from abroad

Mental health stigma and treatment

Kimberley, young mums and listening

Bad environments suppress children's IQs

Interview on mindfulness

Schizophrenia and brain training

Yogatherapy, recruiting social workers and depression

Chocolate - for men only

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