Christmas is rolling around soon and we all acknowledge that it probably won’t be the same this year. As a result of the pandemic, people have lost their jobs or are not as financially as secure as they once were, and this can cause a lot of stress. We understand that gift-giving is usually expected,… Read more »
Does someone close to you have dementia and you want to buy them a gift but don’t know what? Dementia is a degenerative illness which means changes can occur over time and at the later stages of the illness, the person is no longer the person you once knew. With that being said, EVERYONE deserves… Read more »
As some of you may know, Phoenix Mental Health Services are now an official Cogmed provider. The Cogmed Working Memory Training is an online program designed to improve your working memory, making it easier for you to concentrate and remember things. This program works for all ages in people who wish to become more efficient… Read more »
England has gone into a second lockdown. At the time of writing this post, lockdown hasn’t begun but at the time of publishing this we will be 5 days in, quite a scary thought really. The first lockdown was a complete nightmare for many. Resources were stretched far past their limit and the uncertainty of… Read more »
At the time of posting this it is International Stress Awareness Week, so we thought what better than raise some awareness by writing about it. When you are stressed and you feel a bit down or anxious (or any other feeling for that matter), you don’t realise what effect this has on your physical and… Read more »
There really is not a lot of information available for adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), so we thought we would put together a little information page about what ADHD feels like, some of the help that is available and how you can help yourself. We also have a top-tip guide too, which you… Read more »
We just completed our three-part blog series about Traumatic Brain Injury. We gave you an introduction, told you how it is diagnosed and treated and all about recovery. Throughout, we repeatedly mention the long-term physical, behavioural and cognitive problems that an individual can experience following this type of injury and there is a lot of… Read more »
We have reached the final part of our blog-series about Traumatic Brain Injury. In the previous blog posts, we gave an introduction and discussed diagnosis and treatment. This blog post will be focusing on recovery from a traumatic brain injury. In our last blog post we wrote about some of the advice medical professionals may… Read more »
As promised, this is the second part of our three-part blog series about traumatic brain injury. This blog post will focus on how this type of brain injury is diagnosed and treated within the UK healthcare system. Our final blog post, which we will publish next week will focus on recovery and outpatient services. … Read more »
This is the first part of our three-part series about traumatic brain injury. Today we will be discussing the ‘basics’, including an introduction, the causes, symptoms and common complications experienced as a direct result of this type of brain injury. The second part of the series will be about diagnosing and treating brain injuries… Read more »