Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression following Stroke:

HEADS: UP Online course

Glasgow Caledonian University are looking for individuals who might like to take part in their research. You are invited to take part in research about anxiety and depression after stroke. The research is being carried out by Glasgow Caledonian University. What is the research about? Mindfulness is a self-management course that teaches people how to cope with anxiety and depression. Skills taught during the course include meditation and mindfulness breathing. These skills are practiced at home. Many people find Mindfulness helpful, but often they do not complete the course, or they find it difficult to practice at home. We worked with stroke survivors and family members to make changes to the Mindfulness course to make easier for people affected by stroke to follow. The new course is called HEADS: UP. HEADS: UP stands for Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression following Stroke. Now we are doing research to find out if HEADS: UP can help people affected by stroke to learn how to be mindful. If you have been affected by stroke, or you may be a family member or friend of someone who has had a stroke and you have been thinking about taking part in the research, then please consider this research.  HEADS: UP Online is an online course. Each weekly session lasts for 2½ hours. This includes a 30-minute comfort break when you can ‘go offline’ or socialise with other people taking part. If you are interested in taking part in the research, and/or would like to find out more about the research, please contact the team: Dr Maggie Lawrence, Professor of Stroke Prevention, Lead Researcher Dr Bridget Davis, Project Manager Ms Naomi Clark, Researcher Email: [email protected] Phone: 0141 331 3421