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Autism, Anxiety, and Depression: What You Need to Know About Comorbidity

Relias

This high rate of comorbidity in this population can pose serious challenges to direct support professionals (DSPs) and others working the intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) field. Part of the rationale for using CBT to treat comorbid conditions is its versatility.

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Kamala Panday– 2020 Frontline programme fellow

The Frontline

After qualifying as a social worker, she went on to join a children with disabilities team, before moving to safeguarding and currently works in a Mental Health in Schools team training to be a children’s CBT therapist. Working in disabilities for over a year really opened my eyes.

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Managing Mental Health with a Chronic Illness

Psychological Health Care

Associated functional impairment or disability. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can be helpful in managing chronic mental health problems and many of the long-term symptoms of chronic physical illnesses, including chronic pain. A long development period, for which there may be no symptoms. Mental disorders (such as depression).

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

Society of Clinical Psychology

Buss, BS; Robinson De Jesús-Romero, BA, MsC; Allison Peipert, BS; Isabella Starvaggi, BS Psychotherapy research in the 21st century Mental disorders account for a substantial proportion of the disability attributable to health conditions (Whiteford et al., CBT) than others. In the United States (U.S.),

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Transforming the Views on OCD

MQ Mental Health

People with OCD need CBT and ERP (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Exposure Response Prevention), and trained therapists should know this. As a young black man with an invisible disability, I was shocked at the reception, and since sharing my articles, a diverse range of people have reached out to me. OCD is more common than we think.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

A major life event such as divorce or disability. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a proven evidence-based treatment designed to help you manage stress and improve your coping skills. Persistent stress from raising children. Serious financial problems. Being on the brink of losing your home or custody of your kids.

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Simple Tips: Anger Management for Autistic Children

Social Work Haven

The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organised. The medical model of disability says people are disabled by their impairments or differences. However, in social work, focus is not on the medical model but on the social model when supporting individuals.