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Wellness at 果冻影院
Employee support from Care First
To support mental health and wellbeing of 果冻影院 community, we are working with our Employee Assistance Partner, Care First, who offer a range of telephone and online services.
Occasionally, you might experience a time when nothing seems to go your way,听be it at work or at home.听Here's where Care First can offer support. Whether you need information or have questions regarding issues such as stress, pregnancy, debt, landlords, neighbours or nutrition, Care First can provide the answers.
Online, you will find articles, information and news that are kept up-to-date by a team of Care First professionals.听 If you can't find the answer to your question within the online area, or you need further information you can contact Care First free of charge and talk to one of their Information Specialists or Counsellors.
Support available from听果冻影院 Student Support and Wellbeing听听
- Same-day appointments听with our DMHW (Disability, Mental Health听and听Wellbeing) team听- to book听an听appointment听with an adviser,听please鈥�submit an enquiry through听ask果冻影院听and a member of our team will be in听touch, or听call听+44 (0)20 7679 0100.听听
- Counselling with SPCS听(Student Psychological and Counselling Services).鈥齌o access counselling, students need to听complete an online registration form, which can be found on the 'Accessing counselling' page here.听
- 听(login required) - a free听online resource听of self-paced psychoeducational and CBT programmes for mental health, wellbeing and听chronic health issues, available to all 果冻影院 students.听Find out more about SilverCloud here.
Anxiety and worry听
Anxiety is a normal response to situations that we perceive as threatening to us. We all experience it now and again听and in some situations,听anxiety can be helpful, such as when we need to perform well, or cope with an emergency.听For example, it鈥檚 completely expected听to feel anxious if you had to take an exam or go to hospital for surgery.听Anxiety can begin to have a negative impact on one鈥檚 life should it develop further. Some people will be diagnosed with anxiety-related mental health conditions such as Generalised Anxiety Disorder, where specific treatment and support is available.
Here are some common ways that anxiety can manifest:听
Heart pounding, racing, skipping a beat听 Headaches; feeling dizzy or lightheaded听 Chest tightness or pain听 Overeating听or loss of appetite听 Feeling restless, fidgety or shaky听
果冻影院 Student Support and Wellbeing are here to support you.听We encourage you to听access our services听so that you can get the right help and make positive steps to听manage听your anxiety.听听
Explore the online self-help library听for further reading material about anxiety.听
Discover online programmes and app resources听to help manage your anxiety.听
Closely linked to stress,听you may be听constantly on the go听and feel like you have little time to look after yourself.听You may听avoid听social situations听or use smoking and drinking to cope with them.听Your flat mates and peers may notice you鈥檙e being irritable or snappy with them.听You may see an increase in compulsive behaviours such as听persistent鈥痮vereating, skin picking,听washing听or checking鈥痶hings.听
