ROMBi
is getting behind Mental Health Awareness Week and looking at the benefits that
using ROMBi daily can bring.Mental
Health Awareness Week in the UK was established by the Mental Health Foundation,
which was founded in 1949.The
Mental Health Foundation has been the UK’s leading charity for everyone’s
mental health, with prevention at the heart of what they do. They aim to find
and addre…
Maternal
Mental Health Matters Awareness Week is upon us again. The week-long campaign
is dedicated to talking about mental illness while pregnant or after having a
baby and signposting to appropriate support. This year’s theme is ‘Journeys to
Recovery’.Launched
in 2014, the week is organised and led by MMHA member the Perinatal Mental Health
Partnership UK. Despite
the recent easing of nat…
Positive reinforcement allows individuals
with specific learning difficulties (eg, dyslexia) and disabilities to find the
confidence, and the determination to keep going even when things are tough.Educational Specialist and
Psychoanalyst, Penny Georgiou, has spent over 20 years assisting people to
clarify their ideas and understand how their minds work; facilitating for
individuals in becomin…
World
Autism Awareness Week is being celebrated this year from March 29th
to April 4th.Created
by the National Autistic Society (NAS), World Autism Awareness Week aims to
draw attention to the 700,000 people living with autism in the UK. The
awareness week raises awareness of the condition helping to make the world
friendlier to those who are affected by it.The
impact of the coronavirus eve…
University
Mental Health Day is an annual event that was set up to raise awareness of and improve mental health in higher education. This year it takes place on Thursday 4 March
and universities across the nation are getting involved virtually.There
are over 2.3 million students studying in UK universities; many experiencing
anxiety, stress and, rather than enjoying their new found freedom of…
Research for the Observer by the Parent Ping survey app indicates
that parents of primary school children are struggling with higher levels of
stress and anxiety this lockdown.The research findings are that parents feel that schools
expect them to complete more work with their children than they did in the
first lockdown; almost half say lessons have set times for learning specific
subjects o…
