"In late February 2020 year, I started my internship in the Centre for Mental Health and Society in collaboration with the Bangor School of Health Sciences as part of the ‘undergraduate internship scheme’. This was a project-based internship where I assisted Professor Peter Huxley and Dr. Sadia Nafees to conduct a systematic review in the use of Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA) in clinical trials and evaluation of mental health service outcomes. During this … [Read more...] about Internship Story by Ada from Bangor University
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Two clinicians of BCUHB receive honorary appointment from Bangor University
I am delighted to announce that two clinicians who are close colleagues of CFMHAS have been given honorary contracts with the University. Dr Alberto Salmoiraghi has been appointed Honorary Senior Lecturer, and Dr Adrian Jones has been appointed Honorary Research Fellow. Dr Salmoiraghi is Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Director of the Mental Health and Learning Disability Directorate of BCUHB. He has a distinguished record as a clinician and medical manager in North Wales. He had the … [Read more...] about Two clinicians of BCUHB receive honorary appointment from Bangor University
Ana Cristina Atanes recently appointed the title of Honorary Research Associate from the School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University
Last April I was awarded a Ph.D., under the supervision of Peter Huxley analysing mindfulness, self-compassion, academic burnout and engagement in health and social care students. The journey however, proved to provide much more than the Ph.D. knowledge itself. As a mature student, mother of teenager triplets and married to a Londoner, I was funded by the Brazilian agency Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological … [Read more...] about Ana Cristina Atanes recently appointed the title of Honorary Research Associate from the School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University
A PhD candidate’s account of her time at The Centre
Early in 2019 Ligia Bugelli Hermano Santos, a PhD candidate at the University of Coimbra in Portugal spent a short internship with the CfMH&S. This is a brief account of her learning experience at the Centre. “I spent a substantial part of the time looking at the work of Caniad and also the NPS project in Wrexham. Caniad is a joint Hafal’s and Cais’ project, commissioned by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and North Wales Area Planning Board. Its mission is to involve people who use … [Read more...] about A PhD candidate’s account of her time at The Centre
