Posts by: Destress Project

Catch Up On The Conference

Catch Up On The Conference

Poverty, Pathology and Pills – Watch the seminars from our 2019 conference examining the impact of poverty on mental health through the lives and experiences of people in low-income communities. Click here to view videos, slides and abstracts from all of the sessions at our two day conference.

Conversational Analysis – what’s it all about?

Conversational Analysis – what’s it all about?

By Joe Ford, DeStress Project Researcher University of Exeter Looked at purely in terms of duration, a consultation with your GP may seem paltry and insignificant. How much, we may ask, can really be accomplished in a mere nine minutes (the average length in the UK)? Experientially, though, we know that interactions with our GPs …

Parent’s perspectives on child poverty

Parent’s perspectives on child poverty

Co-creating strategies to address child poverty Working with Barnardo's, a Children's Centre and parents from low-income backgrounds, this work provided a forum for parents to voice their experiences, needs and priorities relating to child poverty. This work fed into the Plymouth Child Poverty Action Plan and has played an influential role in the development of ...

It always feels like some kind of Progress, and it makes me feel excited about future possibilities. Especially the possibility of Change.

It always feels like some kind of Progress, and it makes me feel excited about future possibilities. Especially the possibility of Change.

By Martin White It always feels like some kind of Progress, and it makes me feel excited about future possibilities. Especially the possibility of Change. I’m talking of course about when you walk into a room in which professionals and lay people are busy working together, discussing ideas, swapping views, exchanging information about both general …