MSc Psychology Blog

“Hardest Question to answer: Describe yourself”

Hi, I’m Hannah and I’m 23 years old. I am a current MSc student studying Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Strathclyde. A strong interest in Pediatric Clinical Psychology and hoping to secure a career in a hospital or rehabilitation after higher education. My interests lie in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), trauma and mood disorders.

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental condition where individuals swing from one extreme mood state to another. It is a condition of extremes with some individuals having a ‘normal’ mood state in between whilst others have none. It is also very common for individuals to not recognise they are in a…

Chronic pain

What is Chronic Pain? “Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage” Chronic pain, also known as persistent pain, is pain which lasts longer than 12 weeks despite treatment or medication. This type of pain can be following an injury or an operation or can arise without any history of this.…

Help Seeking Intentions in International Students – Scales

Previous research found that stigma, psychological distress, mental health literacy and acculturation (psychological adaption and orientation) were all factors which affect the help seeking behaviour of international students. These studies were mainly carried out in Austrlia and the USA (Cheng et al., 2018; Clough et al., 2019; Khawaja & Stallman, 2011; Russell, Thomson & Rosenthal,…

Factors Affecting Help Seeking

When students move countries for higher education, they are faced with numerous stressors and changes in their lives. These changes could have an impact on their intentions and attitudes towards seeking help for their mental health. Some include acculturation (psychological adaption and orientation), psychological distress/mental health state, mental health literacy and stigma. Acculturation Acculturation is…

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