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What is post-traumatic growth?

Post-traumatic Growth (PTG) is a theory that suggests people can experience positive personal growth following adversity and psychological challenges. Psychologist Dr. Richard Tedeschi, who originally posited the theory, states that …

How might COVID-19 affect people with severe mental illness?

Post traumatic stress We heard there from Dr Stubley about what can make the current situation particularly challenging for people who have already had traumatic experiences. We heard about situations …

Psychological first aid in organisations

Dr. Stubley outlined psychological first aid for organisations, considered how we can target those needing support, and explored the possible impact of redeployment and role changes. Psychological first aid involves …

Welcome and introduction

Maudsley Learning at South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust are both leading centres of mental health expertise, research and education. …

Seeking additional support

As you are aware, we’ve covered some emotive and difficult content in this course. We’ve been encouraging you to ‘check in’ with yourselves and be aware of how these may …

Seeking additional support

As you are aware, we’ve covered some emotive and difficult content in this course. We’ve been encouraging you to ‘check in’ with yourselves and be aware of how these may …

Seeking additional support

As you are aware, we’ve covered some emotive and difficult content in this course. We’ve been encouraging you to ‘check in’ with yourselves and be aware of how these may …

Meeting the Needs of an Organisation

The right strategic approach to meeting the needs of an organisation begins with trying to understand the needs of a workforce, consider a strategic and proportionate approach, and deliver this …

Coping as a health service during COVID-19

Mary covered many key considerations in how health services, and other systems, can meet the psychological needs from COVID-19. We have discussed some of these throughout the course, such as …

Coping as a workplace team during COVID-19

Robyn helpfully breaks down how workplace teams can be supported into three key principles, with practical examples. Noticing – developing an awareness that teams are adjusting to many things, including …

Coping as a team of key workers during COVID-19

Professor Greenberg nicely summarised the key point at the end of his video – we want to create supportive workplaces and teams, where colleagues and peers care about and talk …

Coping as a vulnerable group during COVID-19

We established in Week 1 that certain groups of people may face additional disadvantage and psychological impact during COVID-19, such as people over 70, or ‘older adults’. Susan shared with …

Social identities and coping during COVID-19

Professor Hatch recaps some of the challenges faced by members of black and ethnic minority communities during COVID-19. The key point is that this pandemic is exacerbating the challenges people …

Coping as a family during COVID-19

We can see that Kevin is still facing some of the challenges we covered in Week 1. However, there are positive steps emerging in how he interacts with his family …

Coping with work during COVID-19

This week Susan is clearly still adapting to life and work during COVID-19 with ups and downs. However, there is a lot that she talks about which has improved. We’ll …

Course: COVID-19: Psychological Impact, Wellbeing and Mental Health

COVID-19: Psychological Impact, Wellbeing and Mental Health