The Ongoing Issue of Sole Trader Independent Support Worker Provider Travel Charges.

1. The Background. The term “provider travel” covers invoiced (“claimed”) charges by the provider to the participant which cover the per-km non-labour (vehicle) and hourly time costs incurred during travel (“travel costs”), other than transport costs incurred during service provision (“activity-based transport”). The relevant service items, their codes, and conditions for this are specified in… Read More

Musical Evocation.

I first heard this Drones song in darker days and I always found it too jarringly close to home to enjoy despite its poetic merit. Later, Missy Higgins made it hauntingly beautiful with the pathos of it that she distilled and in her voice I was able to find refuge. Now those days are fading… Read More

Here’s A Simple Trick For Anyone Who Finds Eye Contact Too Intense

Learning to pass.

Mindfulness can change your brain | The Science of Psychotherapy

Mindfulness can change your brain David Kavanagh By this stage you’ve probably heard about mindfulness meditation. You may have even considered it and decided it sounded like something wishy-washy … Source: Mindfulness can change your brain | The Science of Psychotherapy

Recovery, do you speak it?

The language we use: -Represents the meanings we have constructed from experience -Prompts attitudes, expectations and actions -Should always reflect ‘unconditional positive regard’ for people. We may be unaware of how the words we use reflect our attitudes and the impact they have upon those around us. The words we choose reflect our attitudes –… Read More

Revisiting the Rationale and Evidence for Peer Support | Psychiatric Times

No one would deny a person in recovery from cancer, or a person living with diabetes, the opportunity to contribute to the shaping and delivery of cancer or diabetes care. Persons in recovery from mental illnesses have insider knowledge of what it takes to have a life well lived with mental illness. In fact, two… Read More

Comprehensive Nutritional and Dietary Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder—A Randomized, Controlled 12-Month Trial

The positive results of this study suggest that a comprehensive nutritional and dietary intervention is effective at improving nutritional status, non-verbal IQ, autism symptoms, and other symptoms in most individuals with ASD. Parents reported that the vitamin/mineral supplements, essential fatty acids, and HGCSF (gluten/casein/soy-free) diet were the most beneficial. via Comprehensive Nutritional and Dietary Intervention… Read More

Systematic review and meta-analysis of Mental Health First Aid training: Effects on knowledge, stigma, and helping behaviour.

Abstract Objective To provide an up-to-date assessment of the effectiveness of the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training program on improving mental health knowledge, stigma and helping behaviour. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods A systematic search of electronic databases was conducted in October 2017 to identify randomised controlled trials or controlled trials of the… Read More

Nutrient Power by William J Walsh, PhD

When I was freed from the terrible symptoms of my own prolonged mental illness, I was ravenous to find out exactly why. Why was it that what I had thought of as ‘mere’ vitamins and minerals had been so effective in relieving my anguish? Also, why was it that in my middle age after decades… Read More

New study reveals why some people are more creative than others

The answer has long eluded scientists. agsandrew/Shutterstock.com Roger Beaty, Harvard University Creativity is often defined as the ability to come up with new and useful ideas. Like intelligence, it can be considered a trait that everyone – not just creative “geniuses” like Picasso and Steve Jobs – possesses in some capacity. It’s not just your… Read More