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Stuart Sorensen
by Stuart Sorensen
I'm Stuart Sorensen, a British mental health nurse and trainer. Here I'll be sharing my thoughts on a range of topics from mental health and social care to philosophy, evolutionary psychology and current affairs.
Episodes
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Who needs the European convention on human rights?
What is the European convention on human rights? Do we really need it? What’s the big deal anyway? The convention has come under attack in recent years. Opposers see the ECHR and the UK’s Human Rights Act as preventing them from ‘dealing with’ those who are different. For example they think that…
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Episode 9
Latest episode of Stuart Sorensen
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Keynote speech part 3
This is the third part of a lengthy keynote speech I gave to a group of care providers at their conference in Walsall, UK. The remit was to fill 1hr and 45 minutes with a single break which was quite a big ask. Fortunately I'm always most at home interacting with my audiences which was definitely…
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Keynote speech on mental health part 2
This is the second part of a lengthy keynote speech I gave to a group of care providers at their conference in Walsall, UK. The remit was to fill 1hr and 45 minutes with a single break which was quite a big ask. Fortunately I'm always most at home interacting with my audiences which was…
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Keynote speech on mental health part 1
This is the first part of a lengthy keynote speech I gave to a group of care providers at their conference in Walsall, UK. The remit was to fill 1hr and 45 minutes with a single break which was quite a big ask. Fortunately I'm always most at home interacting with my audiences which was definitely…
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Hatred: A burden too great to bear
Hatred isn't just damaging to the target of hatred - it's a real threat to the mental health of the hater as well.
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Environment, anxiety and mental disorder
Stuart Sorensen, mental health nurse and trainer explores the relationship between environment, anxiety and mental disorder in general. View the video version on my Youtube channel here... https://youtu.be/Bw2znzIJKrY
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Stoic rules for mental health
Stoicism is brilliant! We like to think we’re all ‘ever so advanced’ in the 21st century but the ancients weren’t exactly stupid either. Well over 2,000 years ago Stoic philosophers began laying the foundations for good mental health and the principles they established are still in use today.…
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Should psychiatrists diagnose personality disorders?
I've been a qualified mental health nurse since 1995. Throughout the intervening years I've always tried to face the ethical and conceptual challenges of my work head on. That hasn't always been comfortable and from time to time it's seen me at odds with some of my colleagues which is never a…
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White, working class and British (but not racist or nationalist)
Hello and welcome to my podcast. Here you will find a mish mash of things that capture my interest. Sometimes the entries here will be ripped from my youtube channel and sometimes they wll be created specifically for this project. In this first episode I hope to let you know a little about me, my...
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