Category Archives: Therapy
How Childhood Trauma leads to Depression, Anxiety and Alcoholism in Adults
Therapy | November 1, 2012 Childhood trauma and emotional loss is the universal template for many of the ills experienced in adulthood, such as addiction, depression, and even a shorted lifespan. This correlation has been overwhelmingly proven through The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, which … Continue reading
Can Anxiety Be Good for You?
Therapy | January 31, 2012 Rising to the Challenge For most of us, anxiety can hardly be imagined to be a positive thing- we often are overloaded with work, family, financial, social and relationship obligations to the point that we never feel relaxed. Many of us … Continue reading
How to Stop a Temper Tantrum
Therapy | December 13, 2011 Nothing brings dread and helplessness into the heart of a toddler’s parent quite like a tantrum: they seem to happen at the most inopportune moments (like in public), and parents feel powerless to stop these outbursts that seem to be … Continue reading
What is Ego Psychology?
Therapy | December 7, 2011 Newport Beach, Orange County- With the publication of The Ego and The Id (1932), Freud introduced his structural model of the mind consisting of three parts- the Ego, the Superego, and the Id. Years later, theorists began examining the processes … Continue reading
What is Self-Psychology?
In the 1960’s, psychologists began to notice that there were a group of patients that were not well described by current Freudian, Cognitive Behavioral, or Ego Psychology models. These patients seemed empty and devoid of internal objects, and came to … Continue reading
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Mental Health News- Relationship Between Sleep Duration And Suicidal Thoughts In People With Insomnia. May 17, 2013Results of a new study show that every one-hour increase in sleep duration was associated with a 72 percent decrease in the likelihood of moderate or high suicide risk, in comparison with low risk. Data were adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education and age of onset of sleep difficulties... […]
- Traumatic Brain Injuries Among The Military Linked To Suicidal Thoughts Risk May 16, 2013Researchers at the National Center for Veterans Studies, Salt Lake City, Utah, reported that the suicide risk among people in the military increases according to the number of lifetime traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) they have had. They published their findings in JAMA Psychiatry... […]
- Targeting Frequent Health Care Users With Severe Addictions May 16, 2013A program co-led by St. Michael's Hospital could be the next widely used model to treat patients who are frequent users of the health care system and have severe addictions, often complicated by homelessness and mental health problems... […]
- Non-Communicable Disease Care And Mental Health Care Should Be Addressed Together May 16, 2013Non-communicable diseases (NCD) and mental disorders each constitute a huge portion of the worldwide health care burden, and often occur together, so they should be addressed together. These are the conclusions of the third article in a series published in PLOS Medicine that provides a global perspective on integrating mental health... […]
- Emissions From Coal-Fired Electricity Plants May Affect People Suffering From Different Mood Disorders And Impact Suicide Rates May 15, 2013New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center finds that suicide, while strongly associated with psychiatric conditions, also correlates with environmental pollution. Lead researcher John G. Spangler, M.D., M.P.H., a professor of family medicine at Wake Forest Baptist, looked specifically at the relationship between air pollution and emissions from co […]
- Relationship Between Sleep Duration And Suicidal Thoughts In People With Insomnia. May 17, 2013
