Information sheet highlighting key skills developed throughout adolescence as the cortex matures
Information sheet illustrating the escalating emotional changes experienced when the mind interprets good and bad events
Information sheet explaining some facts surrounding the myth of ‘chemical imbalances’ of the mind being involved in the development of mental distress
Information sheet listing different kinds of cognitive bias - how we all interpret events and situations differently based on our unique lives - and how that can then result in mental distress
Information worksheet to illustrate how the mind fuels emotional states through bias and inference, - nobody can make us angry - we make ourselves angry….
Information sheet detailing the cognitive implications of regular cannabis use during teenage years
Information sheet to guide a simple understanding of the complexities of the brain. Highlights the ‘autonomic’; the emotional, and the rational hierarchical structures
Information sheet highlighting the transition from unbiased thinking and clarity of thought to cognitive distortions and consequent struggles with understanding ‘reality as it really is’
Information sheet highlighting the key principles of mindful meditation
Information sheet illustrating the conflicting influences in play between our individual EGO’s, (sense of being), and our unique social strata
Information worksheet to chart our cognitive responses to daily problematic life events, and then to observe and challenge our consequent emotions experienced
Information worksheet to help us list ‘identifications’ - how we see ourselves - husband/wife/father/mother/electrician/ friend, etc - and conditioned assumptions we consequently have around those identifications
Information sheet explaining that it’s not the drug that’s important in drug addictions - but its what your body has to do to adapt to that drug that results in mental illness
Information sheet listing the many physiological consequences of sustained stress and anxiety
Information sheet illustrating potential physiological disease states resulting from sustained anxiety or depression, and typical medications used to treat those conditions - each with their own side effect profile
Information sheet describing the various factors that contribute to mental illness. The current notion of mental illness as being primarily BIOLOGICAL in nature is challenged with the dynamic influences of the BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL model
Information sheet listing the action of common recreational and prescription drugs on the brain
Information sheet listing 5 common neurotransmitters (brain chemicals); what their functions are in the brain, and how various recreational and prescription drugs can affect those functions
Allostatic load is experienced as a daily struggle to find inner peace. It often results in attempts like daily use of recreational drugs, alcohol or prescription
medications, or compulsive ‘addictions’ like gambling to try to restore this feeling.
It comes from an altered physiological
and neurological ‘stress response’ which occurs because of exposure to long
term life stressors. This information leaflet outlines this process.
This leaflet describes the process of how the brain has to sensitise itself to regular use of psychoactive drugs - that’s any recreational or prescription drug that alters how you think or feel - resulting in gradual dependence to be able to feel NORMAL again - ADDICTION!
This five page booklet explains the psychological and physiological basis and mechanisms of action of chronic stress, particularly relating to the action of coronavirus’ on respiratory and immune systems. It suggests 4 disciplines to manage pathogenic vulnerability.
This leaflet is designed to help you manage the effects of acute and chronic stress through controlled breathing exercises. These simple exercises can natural and quickly calm and sedate the body.
The acronym ‘CHIME’ relates to a conceptual framework that targets mental
illnesses arising from exposure to chronic stress (Leamy M. et al, 2011). This leaflet gives advice on putting this model into practice, particularly in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.
An analogy comparing ‘Alice in Wonderland' entering the rabbit hole to the effects of adolescent drug misuse reducing life trajectory from broad opportunities into narrow inevitabilities.
Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years) such as experiencing violence, abuse, or neglect; witnessing violence in the home; and having a family member attempt or die by suicide. Also included are aspects of the child’s environment that can undermine their sense of safety, stability, and bonding such as growing up in a household with substance misuse, mental health problems, or instability due to parental separation or incarceration of a parent, sibling or other member of the household. Traumatic events in childhood can be emotionally painful or distressing and can have effects that persist for years. Factors such as the nature, frequency and seriousness of the traumatic event, prior history of trauma, and available family and community supports can shape a child’s response to trauma.
This section consists of a wide range of free downloadable information giving extensive information regarding ACE’s, from the original research in 1998, to the present day. Numerous ‘infographic’ sheets are included which can be used as posters to promote this knowledge, along with research findings from the USA and the UK. A 5 week educational programme is also included to promote this essential knowledge in a group or 1:1 setting.
This simple infographic illustrates the life trajectory and mechanism by which adverse childhood experiences affect health and wellbeing throughout life.
This is a 28 page booklet produced in 2016 by the Public Health Wales NHS Trust which reports findings on the profound effects of ACE’s on health and wellbeing. The study involved 2000 adult participants.
This simple infographic gives statistically verified comparisons of heightened risk outcomes suffered by people with 4 + ACE’s compared to those with none.
This two page information factsheet lists risk factors for experiencing trauma during childhood development, and resilience factors that can counter those toxic effects.
This is a 46 page document detailing the results of a survey held with 468 prison inmates in Wales in 2018 into the origins and effects of ACE’s. It builds on other historic ACE’s research by expanding on social demographics and risks of criminality.
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This is week one of a five week programme teaching us about the dramatic psychological; physical and behavioural effects of ACE’s on all of us
This is week two of a five week programme teaching us about the dramatic psychological; physical and behavioural effects of ACE’s on all of us
This is week three of a five week programme teaching us about the dramatic psychological; physical and behavioural effects of ACE’s on all of us
This is week four of a five week programme teaching us about the dramatic psychological; physical and behavioural effects of ACE’s on all of us
This is week five of a five week programme teaching us about the dramatic psychological; physical and behavioural effects of ACE’s on all of us
This is an information sheet giving some information about the body that you may not be aware of. The purpose of this is to help us understand that we are NOT the body, but rather that we HAVE a body.
