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Oxford strengthens global mindfulness research with £1 million gift

Department of Psychiatry News

Our support aims to advance global mental health by promoting evidence-based mindfulness approaches that empower individuals to prioritise wellbeing and live healthier, more resilient lives." Search NIHR OXFORD HEALTH BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE NEWS Please follow the link below to read the news on the NIHR BRC website.

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The Poetics and Politics of Our Mental Health Metaphors: An Interview with Laurence Kirmayer

Mad in America

His research ranges from Indigenous youth resilience and narrative medicine to the diagnostic metaphorssuch as chemical imbalance or traumathat reshape identity and possibility. We have coping systems, so these events dont necessarily destroy us every time.

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Arrested Development: Britney Spears Memoir Is a Survivors Tale of Generational Trauma, Psychiatric Abuse, and Resilience Miranda Spencer shares her thoughts on Britneys memoir entitled The Woman in Me. He didnt want to live the rest of his life bedridden and no longer able to enjoy the life that he once had and loved so much.