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The Clinical Challenges of Fatigue: Living in a Post-Covid World.

Posted by Richard Maddicks

28th April 2023

Written By Olivia Fretwell, Assistant Psychologist. Back in 2020, following the immediate impact of Covid-19, I spoke with Fran Hill, Founder and Director of South Coast Fatigue (SCF) where there was much uncertainty, specifically surrounding long covid and fatigue (https://psychologychartered.co.uk/blog/the-clinical-challenges-of-fatigue/).  More recently I had the opportunity to speak with Liz Toy, SCF’s Business Manager and More…

The Clinical Challenges of Fatigue

Posted by Olivia

2nd December 2020

    Written by Olivia Fretwell. I had the opportunity to speak with Fran Hill who is the Founder and Director of South Coast Fatigue. They are an independent specialist fatigue management service. She provided a very insightful overview of what they offer, who and how they treat clients, as well as how they have More…

Managing Challenging Behaviours with Positive Behaviour Support

Posted by Jasmine

26th February 2020

By Demi Perkins Positive Behaviour Support Positive behaviour support (PBS) is an evidence based approach which successfully reduces challenging behaviour. It aims to determine what, where, when, why and how challenging behaviour occurs. Often people present with challenging behaviour due to their needs not being met and their quality of life being low. PBS argues More…

The Importance of a Good Night’s Sleep

Posted by Lily Hopkins

3rd January 2020

By Oscar Johnson  There’s an irony to writing a blog on the importance of sleep as I sit at the desk after a late night feeling pretty knackered. We’ve all been there. One too many late nights in a row and you start to realise you can’t focus, you get more irritable than usual and More…

Learning disability and challenging behaviour

Posted by Jasmine

8th November 2019

By Demi What is a learning disability? Learning disability is a broad term used to describe individuals with a lower intellectual ability and a significant impairment of social functioning which was onset during early childhood. A learning disability can range in severity and consequently this affects the amount of support a person requires daily. What More…

Challenging Behaviours after Brain Injury

Posted by Jasmine

31st October 2019

Behavioural changes are very common after brain injury; however the changes can present themselves in many different ways. For example, they could be an exaggeration of existing personality traits, it could be a complete ‘out of character’ response, it could be mild, subtle changes or there could be no change at all. Unfortunately, these changes More…

Feeling Fatigued after Brain Injury?

Posted by Lily Hopkins

1st September 2019

By Jasmine Hine Although fatigue is typically associated with feelings of tiredness and a lack of energy, it is defined as a subjective feeling that can include a prolonged lack of motivation and ability to complete normal daily tasks with usual enthusiasm. Fatigue can present itself mentally, physically or as a combination of both: What More…