Though his 18-year-old patient Ida Bauer was "in the first bloom of youth," Sigmund Freud wrote in 1905, she had come to him suffering from coughing fits and episodes of speechlessness. She'd become depressed and withdrawn, even hinting at suicide. During one session, as he tried to help her ...
Date Posted: February 25, 2014
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Victorian kids as young as eight are becoming hooked on computer games and the internet, with some refusing to go to school, suffering anxiety and depression, getting violent and withdrawing socially.
Mental health professionals say the condition, ...
Feb 25
Categories: Addictions
GOMany people encounter workplace issues in their working lives and many of them can be related to the ...
Feb 25
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOUniversity of South Australia clinical psychologist Susan Simpson says research has shown telemental health services can be just as effective as face-to-face treatment. "Some clients actually indicate that they prefer video conferencing to ...
Feb 24
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ARE marriages today better or worse than they used to be?
This vexing question is usually answered in one of two ways. According to the marital decline camp, marriage has weakened: Higher divorce rates reflect a lack of commitment and a decline of ...
Feb 24
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Chronic stress that produces inflammation and anxiety in mice appears to prime their immune systems for a prolonged fight, causing the animals to have an excessive reaction to a single acute stressor weeks later, new research suggests.
After the ...
Feb 24
Categories: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD, Stress ...
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Medication treatment and behavior therapy are both considered effective treatments for ADHD; the combination of these treatments is generally regarded as an ideal approach for many children. However, in the ...
Feb 22
Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Cognitive Behavioral ...
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Many studies have shown that people tend to exaggerate their own positive characteristics and abilities. A popular example is the finding that most drivers think they are a better-than-average driver. This suggests there are many sub-standard ...
Feb 22
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Every year, my husband and I wonder what kind of birthday gift to give his dad, now 86 years old. We know very well what Mel would really enjoy: a weeklong visit with us and our children, with lots of time spent eating out in comfortable ...
Feb 21
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Happiness
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Everyone experiences periods of stress, sadness, grief and conflict, so when you're feeling off it can be hard to know if it's time to see a professional about the problem. And apparently, those who would benefit from some therapeutic intervention ...
Feb 21
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Australia's Medicare funding for conditions like anxiety, depression and substance abuse had put the country as world's leader in mental health.
According to the Better Access, with authors led by Professor Harvey Whiteford of the University of ...
Feb 21
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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SINGAPORE It is a question that has puzzled mental health experts in Asia for some time: Why are so many elderly Asians committing suicide?
The past decade has seen astonishing spikes in the rate of Asians over 65 choosing to end their lives ...
Feb 20
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Suicide Prevention
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Some people recall a dream every morning, whereas others rarely recall one. A team led by Perrine Ruby, an Inserm Research Fellow at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (Inserm/CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon has studied the brain activity of ...
Feb 20
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First it was Doodle Jump. Then Dots. And now - will it never end? - Flappy Bird.
So many of the games that we download on our smartphones are a waste of time, but we can't seem to stop playing them. My current high score on the late, lamented ...
Feb 19
Categories: Addictions
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MALAYSIA is lacking in clinical psychologists to deal with the mental health problems of the people and maintain their psychological wellbeing.
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said there were only ...
Feb 19
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Mental Health Professions
GOPhilip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares insights and graphic unseen photos from ...
Feb 19
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