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What It’s Like Inside a Depressed Person’s Head
January 10, 2013 .
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While not everyone’s experience is the same, when people have a major depressive episode, generally the world looks, feels, and is understood completely differently than before and after ... Read More
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Is There a Solution for Chronic Sorrow? January 8, 2013 . 12 Comments
Kaethe Weingarten of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School recently published a paper describing her experience with four clients who experienced chronic sorrow. The clients, ... Read More
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How Sleep Apnea Can Affect Mental Health
December 15, 2012 .
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Sleep apnea is an issue that causes pauses in breathing throughout the sleep cycle. This issue can cause people to awaken frequently, snore loudly, and experience disturbances in their ... Read More
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Anger, Depression, and Disability: Adapting to a New Reality December 10, 2012 . 47 Comments
The uninvited house guest often stays on well beyond the point of “wearing out his or her welcome.” Likewise, for many people, chronic illness/disability is not a short-term inconvenience ... Read More
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Understanding the Controversy Behind the Changes in the DSM-5 December 6, 2012 . 10 Comments
The American Psychiatric Association has approved changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, commonly referred to as the DSM. The fifth edition of the flagship ... Read More
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Major Depression Eased with High Doses of Lexapro November 13, 2012 . 86 Comments
Poor response to treatment is an unfortunate reality for many people with major depression (MDD). By some estimates, as few as 30% of people with MDD achieve complete and lasting remission ... Read More
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Grief, Mourning, and Loss: Unhealthy Ways of Coping November 8, 2012 . 13 Comments
I’ve been thinking about grief, mourning, and loss a lot lately. It shows up as a theme in my work as a psychotherapist all the time. I’ve also been studying the literature on methods ... Read More
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Animal-Assisted Therapy: Does It Work with Stuffed Animals? November 1, 2012 . 15 Comments
Integrating live animals into the therapeutic process has been gaining recognition as a viable and effective approach in a clinical setting. Equine-assisted therapy is a widely popular ... Read More
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Depression and Discrimination: Where There’s One, the Other Often Follows October 30, 2012 . 10 Comments
Depression makes it difficult to function in daily life, but adding discrimination to the equation makes it even more troublesome. A new study in the journal The Lancet stated that out ... Read More
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The Therapeutic Relationship: a Blueprint October 22, 2012 . 6 Comments
As therapists, we take journeys with our clients. We embark on long trips to uncover and discover the past and imagine possible futures. In the case of people who have been victims of ... Read More
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Denial, Bargaining, and Disability: Adapting to a New Reality
October 17, 2012 .
8 Comments
There are many parallels between living with a disability and dealing with an uninvited house guest. If you have ever had an uninvited house guest, I am sure you remember moments when ... Read More
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Is Cyber Bullying More Harmful Than Traditional Bullying? October 9, 2012 . 24 Comments
Cyber bullying has become more common with advances in technology. Messages can be posted on social networking websites, and pictures can be downloaded, altered, and made available to the ... Read More
