6th November 2017
By Chloe Nunan To mark World Stroke Day 2017, BBC4 released a documentary that follows the life and experience of aphasia patients and looks into the importance of language. ‘Speechless’ looked into the lives of two individuals who were left with aphasia following a stroke, highlighting the mental and physical issues they face on a day-to-day More…
17th August 2017
By Elliot Miller Headway and his Royal Highness Prince Harry have launched a new Brain Injury Identity Card, to help support people with brain injuries. The hidden effects of brain injury can often lead to misunderstandings and difficulties for survivors. Dominic Hurley suffered a brain injury when he fell off a moped while on holiday in More…
3rd August 2017
By Elliot Miller The Department for Education (DfE) recently published figures on permanent and fixed period exclusions from state-funded schools, during the 2015/16 academic year. A total 9,250 permanent and fixed period exclusions were issued for drugs and alcohol in 2015/16, the highest rate since 2010. Overall, exclusions for drug and alcohol related offences have increased over More…
31st July 2017
By Elliot Miller “Dawn of the Living Dead: Drug-users become ‘ZOMBIES’ after smoking super-strong Spice”, reads the Daily Mail. But what is spice and are people actually turning into ‘zombies’? Spice is a mixture of dried herbs and plant material sprayed with synthetic cannabinoids, laboratory-made chemicals which mimic the effects of THC – the psychoactive compound More…
26th July 2017
By Zara Searley This interesting article retrieved from the BBC website, explores the students who are excluded and perhaps reveals the misunderstandings of mental health within the education system. This may be suggested by the fact that almost half of students excluded are reported as having a mental health condition. Whilst students appear to suffer More…
8th June 2017
A pioneering new study has sought to investigate the differences between “normal” controls and terrorists. On psychological tests that measure intelligence, aggression, emotion recognition and moral judgements Colombian paramilitary terrorists were found to differ from controls on one key outcome. The terrorists scored higher on measures of aggression, as you would expect and also showed More…
15th May 2017
We’ve all heard about or seen the studies that claim that having a pet is good for a child; whether it be companionship, social skills or reducing the likelihood of developing allergies or asthma. Until now however, the science as to how exactly having a pet advantages children socially and emotionally has not been widely More…
19th April 2017
Managing the day to day running of a care team is no easy task. Ensuring the client is well supported and able to positively access the world around them in a safe and enjoyable manner, whilst it may sound straightforward is often anything but. At Psychology Chartered we recognise the need to provide team leaders More…
9th February 2017
Personality has long thought to be a fairly stable construct. Sure, people might change slightly over the course of their life due to circumstance, major life events and the natural process of ageing and maturing but all in all people tend to stay the same. A new piece of research in Psychology and Ageing has found More…
31st October 2016
A controversial new plan to set up so called “fix rooms” in Glasgow has hit the headlines today. “Fix Rooms”, which already exist in many parts of Europe, are places where drug addicts can go and inject safely under supervision. The idea is that these rooms take vulnerable people off the streets and gives them More…