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The mental health pathway for my course is assessed by means of 2 assignments- a literature review, of your own choice but discussed with the tutor to ensure suitability, and an essay about assessment within mental health services, including assessment of risk.
The first gives me a headache- for no other reason than that it is [...]

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Today was day 88 of placement; in 4 more weeks it will be over.  Tomorrow I return to university to begin the second year of my MA.  The combination of both has put me in a reflective mood.
It seems like only yesterday that I was starting the first year of the course, full of hopes [...]

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A carer’s lot

A few weeks ago I went down to my mother’s for 10 days.  She had recently had a mastectomy, and was having some problems with her recovery, and as my father was going abroad for business, I slipped back into my role of  ‘young carer’.  Except that the role didn’t seem to fit as well [...]

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