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Monthly Archives - September 2020

Image reads: taking care of your mental health. Decision fatigue: what is it? how do we cope?

Decision fatigue: what is it and how do we cope?

Our last issue of the Ascent highlighted the exhaustion we are feeling as we move through the various stages of crisis fatigue.But there’s other things that are making us tired: decision fatigue. All of the tiny decisions that we have to make at the moment might be really taking a toll.This edition of the Ascent examines the concept of decision fatigue and why trying to figure out whether to have a muffin or a croissant with our skinny latte might [...]

Dr Tessa Maguire has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Christopher Webster Early Career Award for her efforts in forensic mental health nursing practice and research

Dr Tessa Maguire wins 2020 Christopher Webster Early Career Award

A deserving recipient, Dr Tessa Maguire has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Christopher Webster Early Career Award for her efforts in forensic mental health nursing practice and research.The Christopher Webster Early Career Award is a great honour, recognising Dr Christopher Webster and his contributions to violence risk assessment. Each year, one deserving forensic mental health professional is awarded the honour for their contributions to the field, recognising excellence early in their career.“I feel absolutely honoured to win such an award,” said Tessa, a Senior [...]

Image reads: the Ascent, taking care of your mental health. This focuses on the mental health impacts of wearing masks during COVID-19.

Connecting and Communicating From Behind the Mask

This year has been a crash course in learning how to connect in new and creative ways.First, it was connecting via virtual means when touch and physical proximity was reduced during COVID-19. Now, over the past few weeks we have had to learn how to form connections whilst half of our face is covered by a mask. Then add to that, for healthcare workers, the introduction of protective eye wear. We need to do this for the safety of ourselves [...]