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Experts at Home: Dr. Katayune Kaeni on the Mental Health of New Parents

…  For people who are becoming parents during this pandemic, life is presenting a new set of challenges that go beyond the already huge shifts one faces when having a baby. In this Experts at Home conversation, Dr. Lisa Firestone talks with Dr. Katayune Kaeni (Dr. Kat) about caring for maternal and perinatal mental health in this uncertain time. Watch Now: Subscribe to PsychAlive (it’s free!) to see more Experts at Home.  …

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Experts at Home: Dr. Risa Ryger on Helping Families Cope During Covid-19

…  In this Experts at Home conversation, Dr. Risa Ryger joins Dr. Lisa Firestone to discuss the struggles parents and children are facing during Covid-19 and strategies to help families handle tough times. Watch Now: Subscribe to PsychAlive (it’s free!) to see more Experts at Home.  …

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Accepting Our Anger During the Pandemic

This January marks the 10th month that my husband and I have been quarantined in our home. Above all else, I am grateful that this has kept us safe from Covid. And in general, it’s been manageable. Lucky for me, I’m not a very restless person. Also lucky for me, I really enjoy my husband’s company. In the beginning, I was busy adjusting to this new lifestyle. I figured out how to work from home. How to have groceries and any other necessities del…

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Anxiety: An Emotion to be Listened to, not a Symptom to be Eliminated

One in Three People Will Experience Anxiety According to one of the most reputable surveys of its kind, the National Comorbidity Study Replication (NCS-R), an estimated one in three people will experience an anxiety disorder in their lives. Bearing in mind that in 1980, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) estimated lifetime prevalence rates of anxiety disorders in the 2 to 4% range, it’s safe to say that the diagnosing…

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Resolve over Resolution 

…y to keep calm and craft a plan B? As no problems have ever been solved by stressing out, it’s my hope that you’ve been able to allow grace, flexibility, and patience to be part of your guiding compass. It’s not too late to course correct if those are all too foreign concepts. But how do you do that? Well, it’s all about asking yourself a series of questions and then making a commitment. Who was I able to identify as my support system? What did th…

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Silencing the Troll Inside Your Head

In a recent study, nearly half of Americans surveyed said they’d experienced online harassment or abuse. Cruel, condescending, and critical commentary can be found everywhere from celebrity Twitter threads to the comment sections of blogs about topics as innocuous as how to properly boil an egg. While it’s shocking and upsetting to have a complete stranger lash out and define us, when they do, we can usually see the absurdity of the attack. Wheth…

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