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How can today’s police leaders support a workforce routinely exposed to trauma while maintaining professional standards and accountability? In this blog, Anne Eason, Associate Professor in Trauma Informed Learning and Practice and Associate Direct (More)
By Dr Kate Brennan (GP specialist trainee), Dr Isabelle Bray, Prof. Danielle Sinnett, and Dr Yarden Woolf Background The Covid‑19 outbreak disrupted daily life across the world. In the UK, lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 led to the closure of sho (More)
Student Communications wrote: How to rest after exam season 
Getting to the other side of exam and assessment season should feel liberating, right?  You might expect to feel a wave of relief now that it’s all over, but more often than not, you’re left feeling exhausted and a bit flat.    Afte (More)
For many students, summer is something to look forward to; a break from deadlines, lectures and early starts. But for others, it can feel somewhat difficult. Whether you’re staying in Bristol while friends head home, or returning to a family en (More)
Student Communications wrote: Make time for your soul
We talk a lot about mental and physical health. What about spiritual health? Today we’re turning our attention to looking after your soul. Look in Student life can be very busy, with studying, socialising and part-time work. It can be eas (More)
A consistent finding in policing research is that investigators report some of the lowest levels of wellbeing, highest levels of emotional fatigue, and elevated risks of vicarious trauma compared with other policing roles (Police Federation, 202 (More)
Student Communications wrote: How's your sleep hygiene?
No, we don't mean how many times a month you change your bedding (but you should do this regularly) we're talking about your sleeping habits. As outlined by Mind, "there's a close relationship between sleep and mental health" and "that both livi (More)
#CleanEating. The baby food diet. Lemon-infused coffee. Tadpole water. Raw milk.  Chances are that if you know what any of the above means then it’s because you saw someone promoting it on social media as a wellness trend.  It’s comp (More)
Psychological Sciences Research Group wrote: Arts on Prescription: Insights, Evidence and Future Directions
By Nicola Holt. Image above: "Tapestry" from a city-wide arts on referral project in Bristol led by CreativeShift, which was exhibited at Arnolfini gallery Arts on prescription is expanding, with policy recommendations and schemes spreading globa (More)
Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments wrote: Quality of life and access to green-blue-grey infrastructure in Bristol
By Danielle Sinnett, Issy Bray, Harry West and Owain Hanmer A recent study, using Bristol City Council’s Quality of Life data, has found that neighbourhood satisfaction, wellbeing and life satisfaction are all related to how satisfied residents (More)