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Prayer As a Tool for Healing January 4, 2013 . 7 Comments
As I sat to write my end-of-the-year complementary and alternative medicine blog post, I questioned the wisdom of discussing prayer for healing, as prayer remains one of the most hotly ... Read More
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Excoriation: What Is It and Why Is It in the DSM-5? December 23, 2012 . 38 Comments
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders serves as the “bible” of mental health practitioners, who rely on it to match diagnostic criteria with behaviors. The American ... Read More
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Loved Ones with Cancer: Celebrating Their Last Holiday Season December 17, 2012 . 5 Comments
Nicole is 16, and Ethan is 14. Their father, Jack, has battled brain cancer for the past two years. Jack was told recently that further treatment had a less than 10% chance of being successful. ... 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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Risk of STIs Lower in Open Relationships Than in Those Marked by Affair November 30, 2012 . 10 Comments
According to a recent article, people in open marriages may practice safer sex than those who have extramarital affairs. In open marriages, partners agree that they do not have to remain ... Read More
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Denial, Bargaining, and Disability: Adapting to a New Reality
October 17, 2012 .
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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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Focused Abdominal Breathing to Reduce Pain and Anxiety August 20, 2012 . 13 Comments
I almost always suggest to clients that they learn focused abdominal breathing and practice a minimum of 5 minutes every day; for the best results, I recommend they practice 20 or more ... Read More
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Can Social Anxiety Be Caused by a Nutritional Deficiency?
August 9, 2012 .
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If you don’t get the right nutrients, your body won’t function to the best of its ability. Some general health conditions can be linked to nutritional deficiency, but it’s up for ... Read More
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Can Listening to Binaural Beats Make You Feel Better? July 24, 2012 . 25 Comments
Binaural beat technology (BBT) was discovered in the early 1800s and first described in the popular literature in the early 1970s. In the last four decades, binaural beat audio programs ... Read More
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Needle Phobia: A Potentially Deadly Diagnosis July 19, 2012 . 30 Comments
The world of psychiatry is full of unusual phobias. There’s symmetrophobia, the fear of symmetry, xerophobia, the fear of dryness, and ideophobia, the fear of ideas. But these phobias ... Read More
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The Physical Scars of Childhood Abuse Can Last a Lifetime May 30, 2012 . 8 Comments
Adults who have survived childhood abuse are more likely to experience mental health problems than those who were not abused during their youth. Depression, anxiety, panic, posttraumatic ... Read More
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Ten Complementary Therapies That Can Help Children
May 28, 2012 .
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I am frequently asked what the best complementary or alternative therapies for kids are. This is a broad and potentially complex question, with appropriate courses of treatment depending ... Read More
