How do we protect prison staff and prisoners from psychological harm?
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Calls for urgent action to protect prison staff and prisoners from psychological harm
Better support is needed for prisoners and prison staff to protect them from moral injuries – psychological wounds caused by witnessing or experiencing events that deeply conflict with a person’s values – finds a new study co-led by UCL researchers: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jan/calls-urgent-action-protect-prison-staff-and-prisoners-psychological-harm
‘Sandwich carers’ experience decline in mental and physical health
People who care for both their children and older family members – also known as ‘sandwich carers’ – suffer from deterioration in both their mental and physical health over time, finds a new study by UCL researchers: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jan/sandwich-carers-experience-decline-mental-and-physical-health
UCL joins ￡10 million project to identify individual cancer risk
Doctors could in the future be able to predict individual chances of getting cancer and offer personalised detection and prevention, thanks to a new research project involving UCL researchers: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jan/ucl-joins-ps10-million-project-identify-individual-cancer-risk
One in 20 adults in England both smoke and vape
Just over one in 20 adults in England both smoke and vape, according to a new study by UCL researchers: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jan/one-20-adults-england-both-smoke-and-vape
Rural living isn’t as healthy as you think. Here’s what it’s really like
Dr Barbara Jefferis (UCL Primary Care and Population Health) said there is increasing evidence of an association between the number of steps per day and the onset of important health problems including heart health and mortality: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/wellbeing/mental-health/easier-to-live-healthy-life-in-london-than-countryside/
The Social Biobehavioural Research Group: 2024 Recap
Read for 2024 highlights from across the Social Biobehavioural Research Group's research, training, networks, policy and impact work:?https://sbbresearch.org/the-social-biobehavioural-research-group-2024-recap/
Questions to ask yourself ... to find a new hobby
Social prescribing expert and professor of psychobiology Daisy Fancourt talks to The Guardian on how hobbies enrich lives: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/07/questions-to-ask-yourself-to-find-a-new-hobby