Loneliness, the Millennial Epidemic
Loneliness, the Millennial Epidemic The British Government has publicly backed the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness, (a commission set up before the MP Jo Cox’s untimely death in 2016), with cross-party support, having both a Conservative and a Labour MP co-chair the commission. This backing will be costly, there is no doubt. As areas for improvement are highlighted across...
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Cognitive Disorders – Modern Symptoms Of A Generation.
Cognitive Disorder –Modern Symptoms of a ‘Generation’. Cognitive disorder Looking back on your childhood, did your parents ever restrict your movements? Could you come and go as a child, play out in the street with your friends, walk or cycle to local parks for hours on end, roam for miles over local fields with your friends and get home...
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Do You Suffer From Biblionus?
Do you have that pile of books sitting in the corner? Do you suffer from book guilt? Book guilt, biblionus – “A psychological state in which a person is constantly burdened by the thought of having piles of unread books that should be read” It’s that time of year when people are exchanging their book tokens they were given...
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Has a History of Smacking Children Been Effective?
Does smacking children help? With France becoming the 52nd country to ban smacking children (December 2017) and other countries considering a similar move, parents are becoming aware that what was historically a quick and easy solution to the bad behaviour of their children is now becoming socially unacceptable. Children have been physically chastised by their parents since the beginning...
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Mental Peacekeeping; The Emotionally Intelligent Soldier.
The emotionally intelligent soldiers. The emotionally intelligent soldiers and mental peacekeeping – It is autumn 1945 and hundreds of thousands of young, war-weary and disillusioned men are making their way back to their home countries at the end of the Second World War, many having fought endlessly for six years. The fatigue is beyond description. The damage to their...
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