The ones I could think of off the top of my head are: * Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) - asks how much XYZ (diagnosis, problem, etc.) affects different areas of a person's life. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11983645 * Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) - as it says on the t...

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Hi nightowl,

I'll PM you the article in a minute (: Have a nice evening!

Mark

Hi Amina (and miriam & Victoriomantic),

I've found all articles - that is interesting reading, indeed! Will PM the links to all of you in a minute.

Have a nice evening (:

Mark

I am exempt from having to pay council-tax as the course counts as full-time education; my university (Salomons, Canterbury Christ Church University) gave me an exemption certificate. It was quite basic, just had the course start and end dates, my details, etc. Didn't experience any issues there :) ...

https://www.futurelearn.com/ https://www.coursera.org These two gold mines might also be worth looking at. Lots of interesting courses, mostly free, statistics, mental health, but also other things that could be of interested and might be stimulating in one way or another. I do agree with Esuma, try...

Hi pip28, I just tried to access the survey but the actual link has ellipses in the URL so I imagine it did not paste correctly?

https://surreyfahs.eu.qualtrics.com/%E2 ... mqqzUnO5F3
> You don't have permission to access /…/fo…/SV_djv0JmqqzUnO5F3 on this server.

I guess if there's a lot of small-group work you get to know your cohort really well, so things may not seem quite so daunting after a while anyway! On the subject of "getting into small groups" I'd be interested to know what your experience of the teaching at Salomons has been? Is it an even mix o...

Hi Psyduck, I am at Salomons. In terms of the small-group discussions/presentations, I would say most teaching sessions involve more small-group than large group work. By the end of a course, you will probably roll your eyes when you hear "get into small groups", haha. There will be some presentatio...

Hi bluegoat, sorry about the slow response there. Do you still need these? I am going to send you a PM with all the articles; I hope it's not too late

There's a former MH nurse in my cohort, and I have learnt a lot from her, I think there are a lot of skills and knowledge that you will be able to draw on! (: Also, I did my undergrad at City and took a module in Counselling Psychology (which I really enjoyed). The lecturer seemed quite in favour of...

lingua_franca wrote:Get a cat.

(I say this because I just got one myself today, and right now they seem like the ideal ingredient for every occasion. )

I like your thinking. (:

Aha okay, awesome. So sorry about the slow response there, but glad to hear you got it in the end. (:

Hi Golightly, I don't think it's a naive question and I'm actually really curious to hear other people's experiences -- mine have varied in different work places. Some trusts are really keen on following NICE guidelines to the T, others are a bit more relaxed about it, and yet others don't seem to c...

Hi Boon,

Has ell sent this to you yet, or are you still looking for the article? (:

Mark