40 minutes of functional imagery training reduced anxiety and motivated students with high anxiety achieve their goals. Here's the evidence: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The Reason model of accidents, sometimes also known as the Swiss cheese model.

Professor James Reason passed away a few days ago. The Reason model - often known as the Swiss cheese model - of accidents revolutionised aviation safety and risk management practices, as it did for many other fields. Vale.

Healthy Start: How small behavioural changes help manage stress Instant Genius · Episode

I was recently a guest on Instant Genius podcast where we talked about ways to manage stress.
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Thank you to Instant Genius for an engaging discussion!
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Nobody could help me with my psychosis. Then I was sent to jail for holding up a shop with a toy gun I didn’t remember committing my crime but I knew I had fallen through the cracks of the system. Could prison really be my salvation? Sixteen months ago, I somehow found myself standing bewildered in the dock of a magistrates court, at my own bail hearing…

Nobody could help me with my psychosis. Then I was sent to jail for holding up a shop with a toy gun

That’s pretty cool

Agreed. Conference papers definitely. Editing a manuscript for ‘free’, fine. But if editing ends up with rewriting sections then you could potentially justify being an author and that’s where I think the inequity increases

In our trial of functional imagery training for weight loss, 4h of FIT led to over 6kg weight loss at 1y with no diet advice. Participants reported better mental health too. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This is interesting but I’m wary of a buddying system as it is a way that native English speakers with many papers get even more. Akin to junior researchers having to put someone senior (usually male) on a grant application to prove track record

A question for policy makers and healthcare commissioners: given obesity and depression are closely linked, why do we treat them separately? Why don’t we start with person-centred approach to discover strengths and build motivation for self care?

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Thanks for following. Blue Sky newbie so good to see some friendly faces out there