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Meet Keziah, Founder of The Black Narrative
Meet Keziah, Founder of The Black Narrative
Eliciting blackness is to subjugate one to a plethora of pain and pressure. Physical, mental. The old adage: “you have to work twice as…
Rodney
Nov 17, 2018
Meet Carlton, Actor and Writer
Meet Carlton, Actor and Writer
Lingering in your mind, lurking the corners of your being, is a form of depression you desperately seek to be rid of. Creeping in every…
Rodney
Nov 15, 2018
Meet Toby, Founder of Chance Gallery
Meet Toby, Founder of Chance Gallery
When suffering from depression, going to bed can be the highlight of your day. Unless you were already in bed all day and the next step is…
Rodney
Nov 13, 2018
Meet Tobi, Founder of Black Ticket Project
Meet Tobi, Founder of Black Ticket Project
With the blazing sun scorching our melanin skin, serene summers never seemed so bliss. As I was making my way to meet Tobi, I couldn’t…
Rodney
Nov 6, 2018
Meet Ama, Co-Founder of Rice at Home (RAH)
Meet Ama, Co-Founder of Rice at Home (RAH)
Lost at the intersection of the plethora of paths determining her future, Ama has been trying to figure out what to do with her life since…
Rodney
Oct 29, 2018
Meet Eden, Founder of Squat Studios
Meet Eden, Founder of Squat Studios
I’ve always wondered why words make the world go around. Is it the person behind the words, or were words invented to keep us wondering…
Rodney
Oct 29, 2018
How Amazon Echo or Google Home Can Help With Your Mental Health
How Amazon Echo or Google Home Can Help With Your Mental Health
The rise of voice assistants, though yet to take the world by storm, has raised important questions around the future of technology. Gary…
Rodney
Feb 21, 2018
Series I: Big Data & Mental Health — The Summary [Part 8]
Series I: Big Data & Mental Health — The Summary [Part 8]
With the advancements in technology, there are numerous ways big data can be used to advance mental health research and provide potential…
Rodney
Feb 19, 2018
Series I: Ethics, Privacy and Security in Mental Health and Big Data Research [Part 7]
Series I: Ethics, Privacy and Security in Mental Health and Big Dat...
The issue of confidentiality and information sharing has persisted and become even more significant with recent advancements. The sharing…
Rodney
Feb 16, 2018
Series I: Big Data, Mental Health & Artificial Intelligence [Part 6]
Series I: Big Data, Mental Health & Artificial Intelligence [Part 6]
The use of natural language processing to make progress in mental health research, discussed in several research papers, has seen some…
Rodney
Feb 14, 2018
Series I: Big Data, Mental Health & Social Media [Part 5]
Series I: Big Data, Mental Health & Social Media [Part 5]
The same can be said about general social media platforms, and social media aimed at helping people manage their mental health. Narrative…
Rodney
Feb 12, 2018
10 Tips To Manage Your Depression
10 Tips To Manage Your Depression
Depression can come in many forms, and can last for many years. I have struggled the most with chronic fatigue. Never feeling well-rested…
Rodney
Feb 11, 2018
Series I: Big Data & Mental Health Apps [Part 4]
Series I: Big Data & Mental Health Apps [Part 4]
For various reasons, including shortages of psychiatrists, counsellors and mental health mentors, many people with mental health conditions…
Rodney
Feb 10, 2018
7 Tips To Build Good Routines & Manage Your Mental Health
7 Tips To Build Good Routines & Manage Your Mental Health
As Aristotle once said, “we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Rodney
Feb 9, 2018
Series I: Big Data & Traditional Healthcare Data [Part 3]
Series I: Big Data & Traditional Healthcare Data [Part 3]
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) — Part 2:
Rodney
Feb 8, 2018
Children’s Mental Health Week
Children’s Mental Health Week
Seeing all the tweets about Children’s Mental Health Week made me realise how inconsiderate I have been. It made me realise I have not been…
Rodney
Feb 7, 2018
Series I: Big Data & Traditional Healthcare Data [Part 2]
Series I: Big Data & Traditional Healthcare Data [Part 2]
While analytics techniques have scaled up to accommodate the volume, velocity and variety that came with the evolution of health data…
Rodney
Feb 6, 2018
Face Your Problems
Face Your Problems
Everyone always tells you to be open about your feelings, to talk about it and not to ‘bottle’ them up.
Alternative Education
Feb 5, 2018
Series I: Big Data and Mental Health [Part 1]
Series I: Big Data and Mental Health [Part 1]
Introduction:
Rodney
Feb 4, 2018
A Daydream Reality — A Tale About Depression and Depersonalisation
A Daydream Reality — A Tale About Depression and Depersonalisation
I have no idea how to describe it better right now, so, I’m going to start like this. This is the first part of series of texts about my…
Alternative Education
Feb 2, 2018
Walking with the Wolf
Walking with the Wolf
Trying to write about my experience shone a light on how dull day-to-day management of mental health is, when it comes down to it. Luckily…
Alternative Education
Feb 1, 2018
The Start…Or The End
The Start…Or The End
It’s taking a lot for me to write this. It’s terrifying. So many people who know me know nothing about this. Some do. Some have supported…
Alternative Education
Jan 27, 2018
Fast Track: The Decision
Fast Track: The Decision
Webster’s Dictionary states time is a measurable period during which an action, or process or condition exists…And time was about to go…
Alternative Education
Jan 4, 2018
Hip-Hop Helped Me Too
Hip-Hop Helped Me Too
Personally, a song that really got me through fighting my internal demons was J. Cole’s ‘Show Me Something’.
Alternative Education
Dec 21, 2017
Putting The Rap In Therapy
Putting The Rap In Therapy
Upcoming Hip-hop artists need counseling and mentorship.
Alternative Education
Dec 19, 2017
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