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Teen Tech Use and Mental Health: The iGeneration’s Digital Dilemma
Born in 1981, I entered adulthood along with the advent of the World Wide Web (which is why I still know what the “www” signifies). My generation climbed the playground ladder of technological ... Read More
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How Can Forgiveness Empower? Consider This 2-Part Approach
Forgiveness is something that is integral to our lives as humans. This concept is particularly important when it comes to our relationships with others. Dialogue on the topics of hurt and ... Read More
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Parenting Effectively When You Both Have ADHD: Tips for Success
When you have attention-deficit hyperactivity, managing the demands of adult life—working, paying bills on time, completing necessary tasks, and so on—can be enough of a challenge when ... Read More
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How Dance/Movement Therapy Can Help Kids Learn to Regulate Emotions
Children often make discoveries through physical actions such as running, walking, playing, and scribbling. Their inner worlds manifest through these physical experiences. When a child ... Read More
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Minority Stress May Increase Diabetes Risk in Lesbian, Bisexual Women
Lesbian and bisexual (LB) women are more vulnerable to type 2 diabetes than heterosexual women, says a study in Diabetes Care. LB women also have higher overall stress due to violence and ... Read More
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Letter to My Anxiety: I’ve Met Someone Else. Her Name Is Hope.
Dear Anxiety, Hello, old friend. I wanted to take some time out and thank you. You have always been a steady voice in my life, ever since I was young. We began getting closer back then, ... Read More
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What Does It Mean to Be Resilient and Can Anyone Do It?
I’ve been amazed by the strength and resolve shown by students after the Parkland school shooting and by the brave women who have spoken out about their sexual harassment and abuse experiences. ... Read More
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Is Your Teen Pregnant? She Needs Your Parenting More Than Ever
You have discovered your teenage daughter is pregnant. Suddenly, teenage pregnancy is no longer just part of a dramatic storyline in a television show, or something that happens to someone ... Read More
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How Are You Feeling? Take a Minute to HALT for Your Health
How do you feel right now? Great? Okay? Not so good? If you aren’t feeling your best, taking a moment to HALT is one of the best things you can do for your overall mental and physical ... Read More
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Parents of Twins More Likely to Have Anxiety or Depression
The Journal of Psychiatric Practice has published new research on mental health in parents of multiples (twins, triplets, etc.). Parents of multiples reported higher rates of depression ... Read More
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Does OCD Get Worse Before It Gets Better?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I have bad OCD. Fear of germs, obsessive and anxious thoughts, needing things to always be perfect and orderly—you name the symptom, I’m pretty sure I have it. Before ... Read More
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Conversion Disorder, Complex Trauma, and the Mind-Body Connection
“If we could somehow end child abuse and neglect, the eight hundred pages of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (and the need for the easier explanations such ... Read More
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How Do I Feel Like a ‘Real’ Bisexual?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I’m bisexual. I had a bunch of boyfriends in middle school. My parents joked I was “boy crazy.” But in high school, I started ... Read More
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Research Shows Anxiety-Induced Seizures Can Resemble Epilepsy
Although epilepsy is one of the most common causes of seizures, it’s not the only cause. Extreme emotional states can give rise to seizures. Psychogenic ... Read More
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Vitamin D Deficiency May Increase Risk of Schizophrenia
It’s impossible to neatly separate mental health from physical wellness. Previous research has uncovered myriad connections between health choices ... Read More
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Dog Behaving Badly? It Could Be Jealousy
Anyone who’s ever been endlessly pawed by a dog who’s not getting what it wants knows that dogs experience a range of emotions. Science sometimes ... Read More
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OkCupid Conducts Experiment on Users, and Other News
In the wake of a backlash against Facebook’s recently revealed experiment on users, popular dating site OkCupid has released the results of its own ... Read More