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How YOU Can Find an Effective Therapist
Finding a therapist can be a daunting task. Our communities are full of these trained listeners. But what makes an effective therapist? Of course, the ability of a therapist to develop a strong,...
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5 Tips to Weather the Storm: Hurricanes, Tornados, and Lightening, Oh My!
The anticipation of what may be the most severe weather event in the northeastern United States since 1903 looms heavy over the region in anxious wait. In fact, hours from now, the eye of Hurricane...
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Case Files: Sara and her Hair Pulling (Trichotillomania)
Sara pulls the woven, green hat from her head to show her nearly bald scalp, with only a few tufts of long, thin hair surrounding her crown. Sara has trichotillomania. She pulls her own hair out. This...
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What are Mental Health Disparities?
With the growing diversity of the U.S. population, it is imperative that we, as mental health treatment providers, are culturally aware and competent in providing the best possible evidence-based...
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Effective Mental Healthcare for All: Improving Mental Health Disparities
With the growing diversity of the U.S. population, it is imperative that we, as mental health treatment providers, are culturally aware and competent in providing the best possible evidence-based...
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Buried in Stuff: Understanding Compulsive Hoarding
WHAT IS COMPULSIVE HOARDING? Compulsive hoarding is a disorder that involves the accumulation of belongings to such an extent that the resulting clutter renders parts of the living space unusable. WHAT...
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Hoarding: Compulsion or Addiction?
The topic of compulsive hoarding has garnered much attention in recent years in the mainstream media. Compulsive hoarding has been likened to addiction in some discussions of the problem, yet they are...
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Help for Hoarding
The compulsion to hoard belongings has been likened to addiction; yet there are some important differences between the two. In a previous post, some of those differences were discussed. Most...
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The Sorrow of a Nation: Coping After Tragedy
Words cannot express the sorrow of a nation that grieves the loss of innocent youth and those who gave their lives to protect them. Emotions run deep; from confusion and sadness to anxiety and anger....
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Below, is a nice summary regarding this exciting avenue of treatment by principal investigator and Trichotillomania Learning Center (TLC) Scientific Advisory Board member, Dr. Jon Grant: N-Acetyl...
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A New Year…A New You…A New Psychology?
While Positive Psychology is not exactly new (it’s been around for almost 15 years now, started by Martin Seligman, in 1998, during his APA presidency), it is still considered new to the field of...
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A Parent’s Guide to Child & Adolescent Anxiety
One of the most difficult parenting moments we may experience is seeing our child in distress and feeling powerless in our ability to help him or her feel better. There will be a time in the life of...
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Panic Disorder: Therapy That DOESN’T Work
Approximately 6 million individuals experience panic disorder each year. Panic disorder is characterized by recurrent, intense periods of anxiety/panic, which are often unprovoked, or, “out-of-the...
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Bipolar Disorder in Children: Misunderstood and Misdiagnosed
Improving the Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder in Children Approximately 1.5% of the population, worldwide, bipolar disorder is not uncommon. However, bipolar disorder in children presents differently...
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4 Great Apps to Release Tension
There’s no greater skill to easing anxiety and physical tension, than learning to relax. It sounds silly, perhaps, to think of relaxing as a skill, but think about how many times you’ve said or heard...
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Normal Behavior or Mental Illness?
Several new diagnoses will appear in the soon to-be-released Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fifth Edition (DSM-V). In fact, quite a bit of controversy surrounds the inclusion...
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