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Full text database provides access to to psychiatric textbooks, journals and development tools for psychiatrists and mental health professionals. Includes the Diagnostic Standard Manual of Mental Disorders library including the DSM 5 manual. Produced by the American Psychiatric Association.

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Online video collection about therapy methods and approaches in psychology, psychotherapy and psychiatric counseling. It contains therapy sessions, documentaries, interviews, keynote presentations, transcripts, client narratives and psychological experiments.

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RealTime Health specialises in patient narrative communication, or patient storytelling, an evidence-based practice which is rapidly gaining recognition around the world for its benefits for patients and health professionals alike.

Database of video clips for online delivery and DVD library related to patient experience of a range of illnesses.

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Steps to help you through your assessment with AMAZING resources!

Assignment Calculator is a guide for written assessment tasks including reports and essays. Every assessment is different.

You may move through some stages faster or slower depending on the assessment.

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I really love how much greenery my Uni has! Back at Uni for some pre-start workshops! After 3 months off, they're a great way to get your brain back in the game!

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My Uni is preparing for the Coronavirus as most of our international students are Chinese. I wouldn't be so worried, but because of my recent cardiac surgery I have to becareful!

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Yes!

attend all classes. i cannot stress this enough. attending to classes has become your responsibility when you’re a student. stop making up excuses to not show up for your classes. i just don’t understand why some students won’t attend their classes. you pay for the tuition fees so why would you let your money burn like that. the process of learning is beautiful. don’t waste the privilege you have to gain knowledge that everyone else is willing to kill to get it.  if you make the effort to learn, i promise you it won’t go to waste.

be an active learner. by being an active learner isn’t limited to just raising your hand every time you don’t understand something or need further explanation. being an active learner also means to make notes in your own ways, do all the activities that are relevant to your courses, discuss what you’ve learned with your friends (or with yourself) and relate concepts or ideas with the information you already know. 

participate in class. be committed and get involved during lectures. set a goal to either ask or answer one question during class. once you begin participating, you will feel more like you’re part of the class and you become actively involved in the learning process. this will help you to retain information better and stay focus so you keep on the right track. 

get to know your lecturers/professors. you’re asking for their knowledge so the least you can do is to know them. address their names when you’re asking for something. and know their teaching styles so you know how to adapt instead of complaining about them.

form study group with your friends. i know some students prefer to do their own things alone, because a) you know you can hardly get anything done with your friends around and b) you’re an introvert. personally, i’m both but despite that, i try my best to have group discussions with my friends once or twice a month. sometimes there are topics that i have no idea what they are about but my friends have super understanding in them and vice versa. so by getting together to study, everyone participated will gain something and more.

stay up to date with your work. DO NOT procrastinate. ever. i know how tempting it is to put aside your assignments to watch the new kdrama or delay meeting with the members of your group project team just because you don’t feel like going out of your room. but what has to be done needs to be done. ASAP. don’t wait for motivation to come because it won’t come even after you’ve finished your cup of jasmine tea (in which the reason you drank it in the first place is to get inspired to do your work). instead, practice on self-discipline. it’ll help you get your things done.

be receptive to change. you have to have an open mind. always expect new changes and challenges to come crashing at you. when you’re in college, you will have more stuffs to do and responsibilities to hold. don’t whine because it won’t make your situation any less difficult.

work hard. this is self-explanatory. if you want to achieve that dream life, then you have to get up and chase it. don’t just envision it, work for it. nothing worth having comes easy. 

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Oh psychology textbooks - you ain't so bad!

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It's so so cold! Thank gosh for COFFEE! (And Banana bread!)

First actual tutorial of Statistics today! (We have no classes for 3 weeks, only lectures)

So we're in week 4, about to go to my first class... basically to prepare for the first statistics exam next week (week 5) Yes! Already!

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#RealTalk

When I go to lectures, I print out the powerpoint and write notes. I don't type verbatim. All you can hear at lectures these days are people madly typing. That may be their way to learn, but not mine.

I write extra things that the teacher is saying, examples they give. I've seen people typing exactly what they already have on the powerpoint, and they miss the actual teachings the lecturer is trying to give.

After I write my notes (either on my pad or the printed powerpoint), I then write the information into my book.

I find when I am writing only a small amount at lectures, I'm focusing on the lectures words, examples and hints they give.

Then I learn again when I re-write the information into my books in order of the powerpoint.

As you write you remember, you focus on the words you're writing, you also think in your own words.

Writing helps you remember. There is a lot of research around this, and I know it works for me!

How do you take notes? Manually or electronically?

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Yes, I'm always here early. I get my coffee, get whatever seat I want & I can relax before it all begins!

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Lovely day... too lovely to be studying statistics!

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The good life is best construed as a matrix that includes happiness, occasional sadness, a sense of purpose, playfulness, and psychological flexibility, as well autonomy, mastery, and belonging.

Robert Biswas-Diener

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A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe

Csikszentmihalyi

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Week 2 of Advanced Statistics!

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