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Monthly Archives: July 2016
What to do in a CRISIS
What To Do In A Crisis The first objective in a mental health crisis is to make sure everyone is safe – you, your family, others in the community and the person in distress. This is best accomplished by making … Continue reading
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Embracing the SPIRIT of reducing suicide
September 21, 2015 • Science Update NIMH, the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) have announced a significant collaboration on a new 4-year, $6.8 million study called Suicide Prevention for at-Risk … Continue reading
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Five Major Mental Disorders Share Genetic Roots
March 1, 2013 • Science Update Five major mental disorders share some of the same genetic risk factors, the largest genome-wide study of its kind has found. Evidence for such genetic overlap had previously been limited to pairs of disorders. … Continue reading
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Symptoms Outdo Diagnoses in Predicting Bipolar Disorder in At-Risk Youth February 26, 2016 • Science Update
Three types of symptoms emerged as powerful predictors of whether a youth with one parent with bipolar disorder will go on to develop the disorder, according to a study of 391 at-risk youth. The findings offer a much more specific … Continue reading
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What I’m grateful for work sheet
I’m grateful for my family because _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________. _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________. Something good that happened this week _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. I am grateful for my friendship with _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
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OCD Exposure Hierarchy Packet work sheet
Research supports exposure and response prevention therapy as the leading form of psychotherapy for OCD. As a part of this treatment, your clients will be gradually exposed to their triggers, which results in their anxieties, obsessions, and compulsions diminishing. This … Continue reading
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Thought Log
EVENT____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. THOUGHT__________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. CONSEQUENCE / BEHAVIOR _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. RATIONAL COUNTER STATEMENT _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. _________________________________________________________________.
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Therapy work sheet
At the start of therapy it is important to think about your goals for treatment. DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS THAT LED YOU INTO THERAPY _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. Imagine that while you are sleeping all of your problems … Continue reading
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You Learn
After a while, you learn the subtle difference Between holding a hand and chaining a soul, And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning And company doesn’t mean security, And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts, And presents … Continue reading
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Medical and psychiatric sleep disorders
Sleep disorders associated with medical disorders 1. Alcoholism Alcohol abuse and dependency commonly disturb sleep. After 30 minutes of alcohol consumption, subjective sleepiness increases and stays high for four hours. After that, sleep become fragmented as the lowered alcohol level … Continue reading
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