…l health community should call on one another to increase our efforts to address the trauma that so many people are enduring. Perhaps what we should marvel at in this moment is not that people have been thrust into action, taking to the streets in protest, but that people imbued with this much trauma have learned to tuck it away for so long, to carry on each day despite its mental and physical toll. Any help we offer or action we take should inclu…
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…53-1460. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.160.8.1453 Siegel, D. J. & Hartzell, M. (2003). Parenting from the inside out: How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher….
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…g to capture “the perfect selfie” he became so depressed that he attempted suicide. Thankfully, Bowman’s mother found him just in time to get him to the hospital. According to psychiatrist Dr. David Veal, “two out of three of all patients who come to see me with Body Dysmorphic Disorder since the rise of camera phones have compulsions to repeatedly take selfies.” That is not to say that people who often take pictures of themselves have BDD, but wh…
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…on with a child has a reaction in that child. Even as we keep working to address the many social and cultural factors we need to address to prevent negative experiences, we should be focused on proactive promotion of the positive.” The idea that there are protective factors to help build resilience and moderate the long-term impact of ACEs is a hopeful one, and it’s being validated by research. One 2018 study published in the Journal of Child & Ad…
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…le search Google for the term “psychology,” and searches for phrases like “suicide prevention,” “relationship advice” and “attachment” are on the rise. As people find themselves looking for more psychological information online, psychologists and mental health professionals are faced with the opportunity to provide resources to a growing number of individuals through new media. This Webinar provides both an overview of general trends in psychology…
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…nts compelling evidence that this is a progressive illness that requires medical treatment, and that psychotherapy and medication can be life-saving for people with this devastating disease. Considering that bipolar disorder puts one at a greater risk for suicide than any other illness, it is essential that clinicians are thoroughly informed about the nature of this sobering disease. There’s no person more qualified to learn about bipolar disorder…
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…to decrease jail and prison populations as well as reduce the defendant’s drug use. The Drug Courts, showing great success in lowering recidivism, began the ‘problem-solving court’ revolution of partnering community programs with justice agencies. The first Mental Health Court opened in Broward County, Florida in 1997, where there were a large number of persons with mental illness dying from suicide in the local jail. Within two years of the cour…
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…interactions? We must effectively account for the high rate of adolescent suicide, violence in our schools, the widespread use of drugs and the many other symptoms of emotional disturbance in our young people. The Field and the Counter-culture Movement When I was a practicing psychotherapist (1957-1977), psychoanalysis and depth psychotherapy were flourishing and had a prominent place in the foreground of a cultural revolution. At that time, the…
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…olent rage that we see in the media that oftentimes result in homicide and suicide. However, no specific diagnosis of mental disorder can be attributed to individuals whose anger, although recurrent and intense, does not result in assaultive or destructive tendencies. Perhaps this is because it is hard to differentiate from normal feelings of anger, and unwarranted and disorderly anger. Then again, what are “normal” feelings of anger? Any “normal”…
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