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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Posted on: Monday, June 1, 2020
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is a form of anxiety that can occur after seeing, experiencing or living through a life-threatening event. This traumatic event may be military combat, assault as an adult or a child, sudden loss of a loved one, being a victim of a motor vehicle accident, or a witness to a catastrophic event.
» Read moreManaging Borderline Personality Disorder
Posted on: Wednesday, May 13, 2020
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and coincidently, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Month. In the mental health care field, borderline personality disorder is something clinicians are exposed to on a fairly regular basis but as a general rule, information about borderline personality is not commonly known.
» Read moreSix Tips for Managing Anxiety During COVID-19
Posted on: Thursday, April 16, 2020
For the first time in society, we can contribute to saving the world by staying home and sitting on our couches while binge watching our favorite shows for hours on end.
» Read moreFaith-Based Stress Reduction
Posted on: Friday, April 10, 2020
A guide to using your faith to influence anxiety reduction during COVID-19
» Read moreHelping Children Understand Germs & Illness
Posted on: Tuesday, March 31, 2020
A Guide to Presenting Information to Children in a Way They Will Understand
» Read moreFree Resources to Help During a Pandemic
Posted on: Friday, March 27, 2020
This is such an unprecedented time in our history. Even those who may be self-proclaimed “homebodies” have never spent this much time inside of their homes.
» Read moreSupporting Your Kids During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Posted on: Friday, March 20, 2020
A guide to engaging with your children in healthy, meaningful, and anxiety reducing ways during the COVID-19 situation.
» Read moreDiet and Mental Health
Posted on: Monday, March 16, 2020
We have known for years that diet impacts the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. Recently, a new field of research called Nutritional Psychiatry is focused on determining the impact of diet and nutrition on mental health.
» Read moreResilience: Building a Positive Mindset
Posted on: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Mental health providers are trained to be problem solvers when conflict, unhappiness and disability become overwhelming. For that matter, parents, teachers, coaches, police officers and employers also are frequently called upon to be problem solvers.
» Read moreAutism: A Developmental Disorder
Posted on: Thursday, February 6, 2020
Autism is a developmental disorder that includes a variety of symptoms from social difficulties to the inability to communicate and interact with others. It generally appears in early childhood, typically around the age of three.
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