mental health and wellness

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• 6 Ways to Show You Care

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 568
  Wondering how you can show someone in your life that you care about them? Here’s a few suggestions that may help you do just that. 1. Do It, Don’t Say It. You know that old common wisdom, “Actions speak louder than words”? Well, it’s true. While you can apologize for not doing something until you’re ...
  23 hours ago

• Medicaid Children Get 4x More Antipsychotics

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 568
  If you’re a child in Medicaid, you already have a more difficult life than average ahead of you. Children in Medicaid programs have nearly twice the number of mental health problems than other children. But now new research suggests it gets even worse for children in Medicaid, according to an article in The New ...
  1 day ago

• What’s Wrong with Positive Thinking?

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 568
  I absolutely love this post that Tamar Chansky, Ph.D., wrote specifically for Beyond Blue ! You may remember her from another interview I did with her. She is a clinical psychologist, author of “Freeing Your Child From Negative Thinking” and other books, and a Huffington Post blogger. She’s an expert ...
  2 days ago

• Mental Health And Wellness – The All Or Nothing Approach

  
  SmartHealthForLife.com — Authority: 162
  In a recent de-cluttering mood, I decided to clean out my wallet , amazing what you find in amongst all those receipts. I had a ticket I had purchased for a Lotto draw a few weeks ago, I took it to the newsagents and guess what? Yep it was a winner $30.65. So whilst this is not going to see me retiring on a tropical ...
  3 days ago

• Dealing with holiday stress

  
  Coming Out Crazy — Authority: 114
  Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah . Christmas Day is two weeks from today. For the last three or four weeks, Ive been deluged with press-releases from public relations firms all over the continent offering to set up interviews for me with psychologists and other "experts" who will enlighten me – and you – ...
  3 days ago

• The 7 Kinds of Hope

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 568
  Awhile back  Anthony Scioli, coauthor of “Hope in the Age of Anxiety” discussed nine forms of hopelessness and how you can overcome them. This week, I’ve invited Julie Neraas, author of “Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times,” to tell us about the different kinds of hope. Julie is an ...
  4 days ago

• Managing Conflict When Personalities Clash

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 569
  Conflict of some form or fashion is an inevitable occurrence in a relationship. A team of Brigham Young University researchers have studied how couples can manage conflict when their personality styles are mismatched. According to Professors Dean Busby and Thomas Holman different perspectives do not necessarily doom ...
  4 days ago

• Use Holidays To Improve Personal Health Records

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 569
  Obtaining then maintaining an electronic personal health record is a positive step toward improving individual health. An accurate PHR is an essential tool for consumer directed health care and improved medical management in the new health reform environment. Two researchers at the University of Virginia believe ...
  4 days ago

• Testosterone Link to Aggression Questioned

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 569
  Provocative new research rebukes the traditional belief that testosterone causes aggressive, egocentric, and risky behavior. Emerging studies at the Universities of Zurich and Royal Holloway London involving more than 120 experimental subjects has shown that the sexual hormone can encourage fair behaviors if this ...
  4 days ago

• Personality Profile of Medical Students

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 569
  A new study by industrial-organizational psychologists evaluates if giving personality tests to prospective medical students would help predict which applicants will be successful. “Our findings show that personality factors do have a predictive value as to the success rate of admitted medical students. Considering ...
  4 days ago

• Military Develops New Test for PTSD

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 569
  As everyone is aware, current military conflicts have been associated with high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder along with symptoms of depression and pain. Despite increasing prevalence of the symptoms, scientists are searching to determine why the symptoms cluster together and what is the best way to treat ...
  4 days ago

• Sen. Grassley Questions More Nonprofits

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 568
  We can’t help but note that the other shoe dropped on nonprofit agencies (as we predicted back in April ) and their lack of disclosure and transparency about their funding sources. Will anybody really be surprised to find that 50% or more of many of these organization’s budgets come directly or indirectly from a ...
  5 days ago

• Lessons on the course of life...

  
  Coming Out Crazy — Authority: 114
  Yesterday classes ended for the Fall 2009 term at Seneca College where I teach part-time. My course is called "Leadership in Society," but I wasnt feeling very leader-like.  I was feeling more like an "academic assassin" akin perhaps to how the George Clooney character, Ryan Bingham may at times feel as the ...
  5 days ago

• Christmas Lights Addiction, 2009

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 568
  Five years ago, I covered something called Christmas lighting addiction in our then-fledgling newsletter. It was a bit tongue-in-cheek, because I’m not a big believer of most addictive behaviors. Christmas lights? I mean, c’mon… But as I guess with anything in life, you can go overboard with decorating your ...
  5 days ago

• Is Casual Sex Harmful?

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 569
  Researchers have discovered casual sex among young adults is not associated with harmful psychological outcomes as compared to sexually active young adults in more committed relationships. Naturally, the physical risks of casual sex should always be addressed. Marla E. Eisenberg, Sc.D., M.P.H., of the University ...
  5 days ago

• Antidepressants May Be Missing the Mark

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 569
  A new study suggests most antidepressants do not target a key brain protein believed to be of importance in maintaining mood. The protein is monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A), a substance that is highly elevated during clinical depression. The new study suggests this chemical is unaffected by treatment with commonly used ...
  5 days ago

• Childhood PTSD Linked to Brain Failure

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 569
  In a new study, Stanford University scientists have demonstrated that psychological trauma damages a child’s brain. The study gives the first direct evidence that children with symptoms of post-traumatic stress suffer poor function of the hippocampus, a brain structure that stores and retrieves memories. Experts ...
  5 days ago

• Manage Eating Disorders During the Holidays

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 569
  Let’s face it, for many people the holidays are part and parcel with huge amounts of food. We attach a lot of social and personal value to what, and how, we eat, often through family rituals or attitudes. This is our culture dating back to at least the time of the Pilgrims. For many, family gatherings are ...
  5 days ago

• 8 Reasons Women Stay in Painful Relationships

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 568
  Why would a woman stay in a relationship with a guy who puts her down, hems her in, and perhaps even physically abuses her? Why would a woman hold down two jobs to keep the rent paid and food on the table while her boyfriend sits around smoking weed all day? Why oh why would a woman allow herself to be emotionally ...
  6 days ago

• 9 Holiday Depression Busters

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 568
  My “9 Holiday Depression Busters” are featured in a Beliefnet gallery. You can get to it by clicking here. It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year–but not if negative emotions take hold of your holidays. So let’s be honest. The holidays are packed with stress, and therefore provoke ...
  6 days ago

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