How do we lead effectively through the COVID-19 pandemic?
Now more than ever, there ’s a need for effective leadership to guide healthcare teams and societies across the world through the COVID-19 pandemic. But how do you define good leadership and how can this be measured? In this podcast, leadership expert Professor Alexander Haslam discusses the surprising psychology of what m akes a truly great leader, the importance of a group identity, and how to lead a team at a time of crisis. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - May 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts

How do we lead effectively through the COVID-19 pandemic?
In this podcast, leadership expert Professor Alexander Haslam discusses the surprising psychology of what makes a truly great leader, the importance of a group identity, and how to lead a team at a time of crisis. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - May 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Source Type: podcasts

Wellbeing – coping with Covid fatigue
We are more than six weeks into the lockdown and if you were to gauge the mood of the nation, it would be one of fatigue. It started as an all-hands-on-deck emergency situation, but it now transpires that the current work situation for healthcare professionals is not going to change any time soon. This is a marathon rather than a sprint. So how can we better look after ourselves to cope with this new realisation? In this podcast we speak to Dr Caroline Walker, an NHS-based psychiatrist and therapist. Wait til the end for Caroline's simple technique she uses to help when feeling overwhelmed . Read Caroline and Clare Ger...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Wellbeing – coping with Covid fatigue
We are more than six weeks into the lockdown and if you were to gauge the mood of the nation, it would be one of fatigue. It started as an all-hands-on-deck emergency situation, but it now transpires that the current work situation for healthcare professionals is not going to change any time soon. This is a marathon rather than a sprint. So how can we better look after ourselves to cope with this new realisation? In this podcast we speak to Dr Caroline Walker, an NHS-based psychiatrist and therapist. Wait til the end for Caroline's simple technique she uses to help when feeling overwhelmed. Read Caroline and Clare Gera...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Coping with Covid with Monica Schoch-Spana and Jud Brewer
In this week ’s episode, we discuss bystander guilt, convergence, brain hacks and “how you can sneeze on someone’s brain from anywhere in the world”. How can GPs cope with the myriad worries around treating patients during the current pandemic, both on the frontline and in general practice? How do we rec ognise and break unhelpful anxious behaviour habits and stop fixating on the news? Our guests:
 Monica Schoch-Spana is a medical anthropologist and a Senior Scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health. She specialises in crisis and risk communication, community resilience to disaster, publi c engagement in...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 6, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Coping with Covid with Monica Schoch-Spana and Jud Brewer
In this week’s episode, we discuss bystander guilt, convergence, brain hacks and “how you can sneeze on someone’s brain from anywhere in the world”. How can GPs cope with the myriad worries around treating patients during the current pandemic, both on the frontline and in general practice? How do we recognise and break unhelpful anxious behaviour habits and stop fixating on the news? Our guests:
 Monica Schoch-Spana is a medical anthropologist and a Senior Scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health. She specialises in crisis and risk communication, community resilience to disaster, public engagement in po...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 6, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Dualistic model of Passion, Perseverance, Purpose and Persona
Some of you may be already familiar with the Dualistic Model of Passion as advocated by Robert Vallerand et al. To recap, passion is of two types: harmonious and obsessive. Both of them have different antecedents (autonomous vs controlled integration) and different consequents ( well-being vs [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast) (Source: The Mouse Trap)
Source: The Mouse Trap - May 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: positive psychology DMP grit passion SDT Source Type: podcasts

Dualistic model of Passion, Perseverance, Purpose and Persona
Some of you may be already familiar with the Dualistic Model of Passion as advocated by Robert Vallerand et al. To recap, passion is of two types: harmonious and obsessive. Both of them have different antecedents (autonomous vs controlled integration) and different consequents ( well-being vs Mal-adaptive). I wont go deep into what an obsessive or harmonious passion is; suffice it to say that in harmonious passion you can be passionate about more than one activity, the activity is not all consuming; while in obsessive passion the activity has control over you than vice versa and you feel pressured to spend time in the a...
Source: The Mouse Trap - May 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: positive psychology DMP grit passion SDT Source Type: podcasts

Dualistic model of Passion, Perseverance, Purpose and Persona
Some of you may be already familiar with the Dualistic Model of Passion as advocated by Robert Vallerand et al. To recap, passion is of two types: harmonious and obsessive. Both of them have different antecedents (autonomous vs controlled integration) and different consequents ( well-being vs Mal-adaptive). I wont go deep into what an obsessive […] (Source: The Mouse Trap)
Source: The Mouse Trap - May 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: positive psychology DMP grit passion SDT Source Type: podcasts

COVID-19: Isolation and loneliness – is there a'social cure'?
Isolation and loneliness are part of the mental health fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine – but what are the most effective responses to this? Is there a ' social cure ' ? In this podcast, Professor Catherine Haslam discusses her research into the many health benefits of social integration, as detailed in her latest book ' The New Psychology of Health ' , and outlines how clinicians can support their patients in this important area. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - May 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts

COVID-19: Isolation and loneliness – is there a 'social cure'?
Isolation and loneliness are part of the mental health fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine – but what are the most effective responses to this? Is there a 'social cure'? In this podcast, Catherine Haslam discusses her research into the many health benefits of social integration, as detailed in her latest book 'The New Psychology of Health', and outlines how clinicians can support their patients in this important area. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - May 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Source Type: podcasts

Surviving the trauma: post-traumatic stress disorder in relation to COVID-19
Surviving the trauma of COVID-19: what does the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its treatment tell us about how to cope with the current pandemic? In this podcast, Professor Jonathan Bisson talks to Dr Raj Persaud about PTSD and the notion of ‘trauma’ in the context of COVID-19, including the diagnostic criteria for PTSD and evidence-based effective pharmacological and psychological approaches for its treatment and management. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - April 16, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Surviving the trauma: post-traumatic stress disorder in relation to COVID-19
In this podcast, Professor Jonathan Bisson talks to Dr Raj Persaud about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the notion of ‘trauma’ in the context of COVID-19, including the diagnostic criteria for PTSD and evidence-based effective pharmacological and psychological approaches for its treatment and management. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - April 16, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Source Type: podcasts

Transcend: Standing on the shoulders of Maslow
This post is a book review of‘Transcend: The new science of self-actualization‘ by Scott Barry Kaufman. He, and his publishers, were kind enough to send an advance copy and I think the review is just in time, as the book is formally published, and the virtual book tour gets kick-started. I [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast) (Source: The Mouse Trap)
Source: The Mouse Trap - April 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: Book review positive psychology Maslow Maslow's hierarchy of needs Self-actualization Source Type: podcasts