The Vital Necessity of Coping Skills
Does this sound familiar? You, (or someone you know), are feeling anxious or depressed. It may have something to do with a job, with a relationship, even with social media.…
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Mindfulness Can Change Brain Patterns of Depression
Research using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or MRI, at Harvard Medical School shows that for some people with depression, the brain patterns that occur with mindfulness meditation continue during other activities.…
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Overcoming Hypochondria
New View of Hypochondria Replaces Worry with Rational Thoughts People who constantly worry about having an illness, even when medical exams find there’s nothing wrong, used to be called hypochondriacs.…
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Reducing Teen Violence with CBT
Credit: MaseTV Innovative Therapy Group and Poetry Help Teens Deflect Violence Teenagers who live in violent neighborhoods have to live among fights, shootings and a community often teetering on the…
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Stories of Working through Mental Illness Offer Insight to Therapists and Clients
Working Through Mental Illness Psychologist Ellen Holtzman has a practice in Wakefield, Mass. and often works with clients who have anxiety. The psychologist reviews the anti-anxiety medication one client is…
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and What Makes it So Darn Effective? If you have paid even a little bit of attention to the language of psychotherapy and personal improvement…
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Help for Social Anxiety
Social Anxiety Disorder is the third most common psychiatric illness, and depending on the definition one uses- the incidence is believed to be anywhere from 5 to 13 percent of…
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Have Depression? You are in Good Company
Article discussion incidence of depression, types of depression, and treatment for depression.
Anxiety Treatment with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – Video
We use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to treat anxiety. How CBT works: repetitive negative thoughts influence choices. The patient is encouraged to identify actions which help bring negative feelings to life.…
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Characteristics and Treatment
Characteristics of OCD OCD in one form of severity or another is very common. OCD is characterized by cycles of Obsessions (intrusive thoughts such as germophobia) and corresponding Compulsions (ritual…
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