[Part 2] Lauren Nichols, Psy.D., professor in Adler’s Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology program, shares tips for parents raising children with mental illness in helping their children overcome stigma and managing their child’s treatment plan - an excerpt
Date Posted: June 24, 2016
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Mental Health in Asia
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Think distant: the incredible power of abstract thought.
Jun 24
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An afternoon in a Chinese clinic makes it clear how important a patient's speech can be to making a diagnosis.
Jun 24
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Mental Health Professions
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The power of nonconformists, neural synchrony, pathological personality traits and more…
Jun 23
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Practising self-acceptance is one of the best ways to deal with failure, recent research finds.
Jun 22
Categories: Self-Care / Self Compassion, Self-Esteem
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Many people don’t even realise that they are discriminating based on race or gender. And they won’t believe that their unconscious actions have consequences until they see scientific evidence. Here it is.
Jun 22
Categories: Prejudice / Discrimination
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Merely touching money has the power to alter our behavior. Money makes us more selfish, less helpful, and less generous towards others
Jun 22
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues
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Over the past 50 years, there has been an increasing appreciation of the role of feelings in people’s choices. Economic models suggest that people’s choices should be based on an objective assessment of the value that an option has related to a ...
Jun 21
Categories: Other
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University of Texas at Arlington researchers have found that low attention control in early adolescence is related to a genetic risk factor for four different anxiety disorders. Young teens who suffer from anxiety are also more vulnerable to ...
Jun 21
Categories: Anxiety, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Child ...
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Mental health is a growing concern in this country. Illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia affect more than 43 million Americans. Only a small percentage will seek out professional help to challenge their demons (National ...
Jun 21
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Prejudice / Discrimination
GOAccording to Grzywacz and colleagues, some studies have also suggested that working in a dirty environment can impact long-term cognitive functioning, while others have indicated that brain health may suffer as a result of an unstimulating ...
Jun 20
Categories: Other
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Within hours of the Orlando killings, newscasters and commentators were asking the predictable and familiar question: was the shooter a terrorist radicalized by ISIS ideology or was he struggling with a mental illness?
Jun 20
Categories: Fear, Shame
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Compared with their peers, male youths with severe antisocial behavior problems appear to have significant differences in brain structure, suggesting their problem behavior stems from early life changes in brain development.
Jun 18
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Oppositional & Defiant Behavior ...
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There has been a lot of discussion on all sides regarding “emotion processing” and how to successfully handle what are coined as “negative emotions.” So what are we to do with negative emotions?
Jun 17
Categories: Anger Management
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Research on depression and anxiety has looked at many factors underlying these disorders. One important factor that has emerged in many studies is rumination.
Jun 17
Categories: Anxiety, Depression
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Making art lowers the levels of stress hormones in your body, a new study finds.
Jun 17
Categories: Art Therapy, Stress Management
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New evidence shows the calming power of reminiscing about happy times
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