# Mental Health & Wellbeing
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## [How should Steve Arnott tackle his painkiller addiction? A health psychologist’s perspective](https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/health/patient-care/line_of_duty_and_painkillers/ "Read more about How should Steve Arnott tackle his painkiller addiction? A health psychologist’s perspective")
Dr Harbinder Sandhu, a health psychologist and expert on pain management from Warwick Medical School, looks at how DI Arnott from the hit series Line of Duty could tackle his problem and begin the regain control of his symptoms.
Fri 30 Apr 2021, 10:05
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## [How to make Christmas 2020 really different](https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/arts/history/make_christmas_different/ "Read more about How to make Christmas 2020 really different")
From watching a little-known festive film, to trying a Victorian parlour game or even spotting a once in a lifetime astronomic occurrence, academics at the University of Warwick have compiled a few ideas to help you enjoy something different – deliberately – this Christmas.
Thu 17 Dec 2020, 08:12
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## [COVID Christmas: how to negotiate Christmas 2020 so that we all feel better](https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/health/mental-health-wellbeing/covid_christmas/ "Read more about COVID Christmas: how to negotiate Christmas 2020 so that we all feel better")
The news that many of the pandemic restrictions we have been learning to live with in the UK over the last nine months will be lifted for five days over Christmas will delight some, but it may not be good news for everyone, explains Professor Sarah Stewart Brown, expert in public health and wellbeing from Warwick Medical School.
Wed 02 Dec 2020, 15:28
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## [Put feelings first to avoid tensions at home -advice for children and parents](https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/health/mental-health-wellbeing/family_feelings_lockdown/ "Read more about Put feelings first to avoid tensions at home -advice for children and parents")
It’s not surprising that some families find that tensions grow in close quarters. Families are having to find ways of living together that they are entirely unused to, when many of their usual ways of coping have been taken away says Professor Sarah Stewart-Brown from Warwick Medical School.
Fri 15 May 2020, 12:59
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## [Five ways mindfulness could help you and your family during lockdown](https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/health/mental-health-wellbeing/mindfulness_in_lockdown/ "Read more about Five ways mindfulness could help you and your family during lockdown")
Mindfulness is often described as a state of being where our awareness is focused on the present-moment flow of experience without commentary, analysis or judgement. In this state the mind has less chance to wander and worry about other things, explains Dean Howes from Warwick's Centre for Lifelong Learning.
Thu 07 May 2020, 15:20
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## [VE Day: Remembering the soldiers who continued fighting after the war](https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/society/sociology/ve-day-personal_reflection/ "Read more about VE Day: Remembering the soldiers who continued fighting after the war")
On the 75 anniversary of VE Day, Dr Alexander Smith, associate professor of sociology at the University of Warwick, shares a personal story of a heroic grandfather who served in Bomber Command, but who fought a lifelong battle with addiction after the war ended.
Thu 07 May 2020, 15:18
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## [Young person - big responsibility: Young Carers and Covid-19](https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/society/education/young_carers_covid19/ "Read more about Young person - big responsibility: Young Carers and Covid-19")
While Covid-19 and the current lockdown has major implications for all families, it poses particular challenges for young carers and their families, explains Dr Michael Wyness from the University of Warwick’s Centre for Education Studies.
Thu 23 Apr 2020, 15:28
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## [Air quality and wellbeing during Covid-19 lockdown](https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/science/life-sciences/air_quality_and_lockdown "Read more about Air quality and wellbeing during Covid-19 lockdown")
Lockdown is showing us that our lifestyles, in the main our reliance on motorised methods of transportation, have an insidious and detrimental impact on our environment and ultimately our health. Rob Lillywhite, from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick reviews the impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on the environment.
Thu 23 Apr 2020, 12:01
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## [Those who laugh are in control: finding humour in lockdown](https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/society/linguistics/humour_in_lockdown/ "Read more about Those who laugh are in control: finding humour in lockdown")
Dr Stephanie Schnurr, from the Centre for Applied Linguistics explains why humour is a powerful tool that can help us feel less worried, less alone, and more in control.
Wed 15 Apr 2020, 11:33
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## [The joy of seeds](https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/science/life-sciences/joy_of_seeds "Read more about The joy of seeds")
It is amazing that whole allotments and greenhouses full of vegetables and flowers can come from just a couple of handfuls of small, dry fragments. Dr Charlotte Allender, from Warwick’s [Crop Centre](https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/wcc/), explains the importance, diversity and quite incredible resilience of seeds.
Wed 08 Apr 2020, 13:50
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## [How our relationship with ourselves will be key in the coming weeks](https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/health/mental-health-wellbeing/mental_health_at_home/ "Read more about How our relationship with ourselves will be key in the coming weeks")
Dr Harbinder Sandhu, Associate Professor in the Clinical Trials Unit at Warwick Medical School and clinical psychologist, explains some of the feelings we may all experience in the coming weeks and shares some tips for looking after our own wellbeing.
Mon 30 Mar 2020, 16:53
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