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Linda Robson Details Battle With Anxiety, Depression And Severe OCD
Actor, Linda Robson, Details Battle With Anxiety, Depression And Severe OCD On Loose Women Return
Ricki Lake opens up about living with hair loss.
American TV star Ricki Lake has unveiled her new buzz cut after revealing she has been struggling with the "quiet hell" of hair loss for almost 30 years.
Ballet Dancers Needed for an Online Survey
Are you a professional ballet dancer, studying the art form or an amateur performer? If this is you, then your experience may help contribute towards initiatives which will help the health and performance of dancers in the future. Dancers are being...
BAPAM Registered Psychotherapist Moves to Bath
BAPAM registered Psychotherapist Alison Penfold who had a successful practice in London for years has moved to the city of Bath. Before retraining and becoming a BACP Accredited Integrative Therapist, Alison worked as a classical singer. She uses...
Laryngeal Manual Therapy (LMT) and Head and Neck Massage: BAPAM Guidance
In the light of recent press about a death following manipulation (www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-50397867) and the publication of research last year on the dangers of head and neck massage if practised by improperly trained salon employees...
Hearing Conservation Guidance for the Performing Arts: A Consultation
BAPAM has produced new best practice guidance for hearing conservation in the performing arts. You can download the consultation document here. The guidance is being consulted on until February 2020. All comments are very welcome and respondents are...
Stephen Graham: tells Desert Island Discs ‘I didn’t know how to cope’
Actor Stephen Graham has opened up about the time he attempted to take his own life, after suffering a breakdown.
Crafted Talks – Peer Led Discussions for Performers
A singing and vocal coach from Manchester is organising an event aimed at facilitating an open discussion around the challenges performers have faced during their careers. Kathy Brooke is behind the idea of “Crafted Talks” which was inspired by her personal experience...
Free Health Assessments for Performers in Liverpool
If you make a proportion of your living from, or study in the performing arts, and have a physical or psychological health problem related to your work, BAPAM can help you. A specialist monthly clinic in Liverpool is available...
A BAPAM Patient Story
At BAPAM we support a wide range of performers suffering all kinds of health issues. At the various stages of contact with patients we do our best to get a coherent idea of their issue and advise them about a treatment pathway. 22-year-old saxophone...
Keeping the Performing Arts Workforce Healthy: Performing Arts Health Champions
Research into poor mental and physical health within the performing arts workforce consistently finds that 70-75% of our population report both mental and physical health problems. That’s much higher than the national average....
Pop star Sia reveals battle with chronic pain disorder
Australian pop star Sia has revealed that she suffers from a disease that gives her chronic pain.
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