Mental Health Archives

Improving Recovery after an SCA & ICD Implantation with the SCT Intervention

Surviving a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can be a traumatic experience that affects both physical and psychological well-being. In a recent study published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, researchers investigated the effectiveness of a social cognitive theory (SCT) intervention in improving the recovery of SCA survivors and other arrhythmia patients who received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator … Read more

Building a man

by Richard Yeowart Moore

I wanted to get some words out of my head today. Go easy on me; I’ve never written anything like this before… Building a man Where once, a stone of a man had stood, left now is a broken body, a heart no good. A fall from a place so safe and warm, into the … Read more

Cardiac arrest lived experiences

by Paul Swindell

We’re proud to announce our new series of videos with five survivors talking openly and succinctly about their cardiac arrest lived experiences. Not knowing what the future holds can be a very worrying time after an SCA and one way to reduce this anxiety is to learn about other survivors’ experiences. Everyone’s SCA and recovery … Read more