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Women Working In Mental Health Research

MQ Mental Health

In 2014, Dr Andrea Reinecke (UK) developed a life changing intervention for panic disorder that combined CBT and a blood pressure drug into a treatment that only needed to be. Dr Ethel Nakimuli-Mpungu (Uganda) developed a highly successful intervention for remote communities living with HIV and depression in 2015.

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3 Focused Steps to Find Emotional Calm during a Storm of Emotions

R.E.A.L. Social Workers

Welcome to the REAL Social Workers Online Magazine this is the place where we support and encourage social workers, like me, through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. BACKGROUND Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a modality that I often use with my clients. This is part of my Positive Psychology Toolbox.

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Synthesizing Findings on Cognitive Flexibility and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

Society of Clinical Psychology

Scientists have dedicated a tremendous amount of effort and resources toward understanding potential risk and protective factors for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB). cognitive inflexibility) may use the same strategy again and again to approach a problem, even when that strategy is ineffective or harmful.

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Can prisoners with mental health problems benefit from psychological therapy? Yes, but health and justice need to be closer friends.

Society of Clinical Psychology

correspondents with a new article in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology titled, “Outcomes of Psychological Therapies for Prisoners with Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nevertheless, there is evidence that psychological treatments can run well in prisons. 2007; Butler et al.,

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

A nervous breakdown, also called mental breakdown, refers to the inability to perform functions of daily life due to intense psychological distress. In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. Frequent thoughts of self-harm or suicide.

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Anger Management: 5 Tips to Control Your Temper

Psychological Health Care

Anger can be a healthy emotion when it is expressed in a constructive way, but it can also have negative consequences when expressed in a destructive or harmful way. While anger is a normal and healthy emotion , it can become an issue if it is not managed appropriately and leads to destructive behaviour or harm to yourself or others.

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Tricky, sticky habits: what are body-focused repetitive behaviours?

Lawson Psychology

This is one of the reasons why BFRBs are not considered to be a form of deliberate self-harm, and usually require a different treatment approach. The current gold-standard treatment is structured psychological therapy that includes Habit Reversal Training (HRT) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) techniques.