Dear Colleagues,I am delighted to inform you that the 15th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ICCAP2023) will be held in Kuching, Sarawak (on Borneo Island), Malaysia from the 7th to 9th August 2023. This will be the second time that the ICCAP will be hosted in Kuching and outside of ...
Date Posted: December 10, 2022
Categories: Addictions, Anxiety, Autism spectrum disorders, Cognitive Behavioral ...
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Picture this: someone walks up to you today and, quite matter-of-factly, informs you, “You’re an addict.”How would you react? You might recoil and bristle in indignation. You might wonder at the sanity of this person, and not without reason either. Why, you hardly drink at all ...
Jan 20
Categories: Addictions, Drug Addiction, Gambling Addiction, Love addiction
Written By:
Maryann Wei
I would like to offer my observations and recommendations based on my work in Singapore between 2005 and 2011 in the field of addictions. To summarize:
I just finished reading a superb article by Timothy Sim on family therapy in Singapore1.
He captures it all. It brought me back to many ...
Jan 10
Categories: Addictions, Compulsive Spending / Shopping, Drug Addiction, Eating ...
Written By:
Marjorie Nixon LCSW
Most of us worry about the possibility of getting physically sick at some time in our life and that is why insurance coverage of medical diseases is so common. However, how many of us even think about developing a psychological illness let alone get insurance coverage for it?
Yet a recent and very ...
Apr 16
Categories: Adult ADHD, Agoraphobia, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ...
Written By:
Psych Mat Asia Editor
This brief article is meant for counselors, family members, and those suffering from addictions. By addictions, I mean both behavioral, such as gambling, and substance abuse, such as alcohol and drugs. I will only consider three areas of addiction treatment, as I consider these three crucial to ...
Jan 13
Categories: Addictions, Drug Addiction, Gambling Addiction
Written By:
Marjorie Nixon LCSW
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