ADHD in children puts stress on parents. In fact, parents of children with ADHD report greater parenting stress, less satisfaction in their parenting role, and more depressive symptoms than other parents. They also report more negative interactions with their child. This is certainly not true in all families where a child has ADHD but instead ...
Date Posted: June 7, 2016
Categories: Caregiver Issues / Stress
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In the business world, individuals are required to perform. If you're unproductive for a while, you may risk losing your job. Thing is, our mind doesn't really care. We often feel we cannot directly control its processes and performance, especially ...
Jun 6
Categories: Positive Psychology
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If you've recently gotten out of an abusive relationship or are considering doing so, your sense of self has likely been altered or even destroyed. So have your feelings of safety and your ability to trust others. You can and will regain these ...
Jun 4
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Aggression & Violence, ...
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To put it succinctly, self-care is the ability to set aside time where you intentionally care for yourself.
Jun 4
Categories: Self-Care / Self Compassion
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"What if you just told her No, without explaining why?" my therapist interrupted.
Jun 4
Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Trust Issues
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Research shows that scoring high on the quality 'mind reading motivation' is linked to many social advantages
Jun 3
Categories: Emotional Intelligence
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You'd never know it from her seemingly always-sunny disposition, but Kristen Bell has struggled with depression since she was a university student - and she's shared a heartfelt essay on how the support of her family got her through it.
Jun 2
Categories: Depression
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Schizophrenia is a long-term mental health problem. People with schizophrenia can have a range of symptoms including periods when they cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined. Schizophrenia seriously disturbs the way ...
Jun 2
Categories: Schizophrenia
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We feel good when we do a good deed, so there must be a psychological benefit to helping others? But how can we know for sure? The best way to study the health benefits of kind deeds is to look at studies of volunteering.
May 31
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Overconfidence and self-delusion can lead to higher social status, research finds. This might help explain why many leaders seem so overconfident. Of course there are disadvantages to overconfidence as well, but these may be outweighed by the ...
May 31
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Similar cultural roots don’t guarantee better bond, yet competence in learning about differences and being mindful of verbal and non-verbal cues are critical
May 31
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Anxiety and depression are not diseases (excepting the small percentage of each that seem to be biologically-based); they are signs that something is wrong. Therapists and patients must choose between making the signs go away versus changing what is ...
May 30
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People who are kinder to themselves tend to be happier, healthier and to cope better when bad things happen. There's also some evidence that training to be more self-compassionate is beneficial. Overall, self-compassion seems to be a sensible ...
May 30
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Spending long hours at work may raise your risk of suffering from ADHD, OCD, depression and anxiety, according to research carried out at the University of Bergen in Norway.
May 28
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Doctors should prescribe gardening for mental health problems dementia and cancer, a new report urges. Gardening helps keep people active and increases their sense of well-being. Gardening has also been linked to reduced depression, better balance ...
May 27
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Lucy Johnstone is a leading light among British mental health advocates who are actively disputing the current, dominant paradigm of “diagnosing and treating mental disorders” and who, going the next step, are endeavoring to provide alternative ...
May 27
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