Maternity Matters
Maternity Matters
by
Midwife Andrea Jordan
“
TOUCH
IS THE
FIRST LANGUAGE WE SPEAK”.
These are the famous words of Stephen Gaskin, late husband to one of America’s most well-known midwives Ina May Gaskin, and they sum up humanity’s basic need for communication through physical interaction and touch. The bonding that results is the attachment which develops between both parents
ADOLESCENT HEALTH
ADOLESCENT
HEALTH
by
Nakiah Thomas-Edwards
THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANISATION PRESENTS
SOME KEY FACTS ABOUT
ADOLESCENTS THAT
SPARK COMPARISON WITH
BARBADOS STATISTICS.
According to the WHO over 1.5 million adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years died in 2019, nearly 5000 every day. The report also stated that young adolescents aged 10–14 years have the lowest risk of
SUPPORTING A FAMILY MEMBER WITH PSYCHOSIS
SUPPORTING A FAMILY MEMBER WITH PSYCHOSIS
by
Jomo Phillips MSSW-MFT (Clinical Fellow AAMFT)
Couple & Family Therapist/Clinical Social Worker
Since I have been a clinician, I have had individuals on various occasions call me often in a panic about a family member who has started to exhibit bizarre behaviour. Nothing is scarier than experiencing a family member who appears to hear
THE POWER OF Music
THE POWER OF Music
IT HAS LONG BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN THROUGH VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS THAT SOUND AND MUSIC IMPACT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF HUMANS. ARTS THERAPIST AND MENTAL HEALTH COACH CHERITH PEDERSEN DISCUSSES THE VARIOUS WAYS THIS CAN
OCCUR.
Music keeps us chipping
With all the stir that music has created recently in Barbados, we begin to ask: what is all the fuss about?
HOW MUSIC HELPS YOUR BODY, MIND AND SOUL TO STAY IN KEY
HOW
MU SIC
HELPS YOUR BODY, MIND AND SOUL
TO STAY IN KEY
by
Dr. David Akombo
The practice of using music for healing diseases in humans has been an ongoing phenomena for thousands of years. Music was regarded as a special force over thought, emotion, and physical health in ancient Greece. Earlier studies have observed that in the year 600 BC, Thales was credited with curing
WHY DO WE LAUGH?
WHY DO WE
LAUGH?
by
Nick Nunes
It may have been terrifying when the Joker asked,“Why so serious?” but it’s an honest question that a good portion of the population should ask themselves more often than they do. We live in a very serious world and the growing immediacy of our lives can have serious stress effects on our mental state that can transfer to real physical