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Positive Autobiographical Memories in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Society of Clinical Psychology

Trauma exposure takes a toll on societies and individuals, leading to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for a sizable minority of individuals (Magruder et al., As such, intervening on memory-related processes has been a key focus when treating PTSD. depression; Jacobson et al., Bomyea et al.,

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Altering the understanding of Alters: Dissociative Identity Disorder

MQ Mental Health

Unlike The Hulk’s Intermittent Explosive Disorder or Iron Man’s PTSD , Moon Knight brought childhood trauma and a much misunderstood mental illness Dissociative Identity Disorder into the spotlight. There are many types of dissociative disorder, DID being just one. There were pros and cons to this effort.

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Movement Is Hope: Mental Health Awareness Week 2024

MQ Mental Health

A year later I was suicidal due to binge eating disorder. Moving Differently When I’m in a depressive time, when clinical depression is changing the way I think, feel and behave, a part of the depressive cycle that I go through includes a period of time where I have to work hard at imagining small, incremental improvements.

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How do we know when posttraumatic stress disorder is getting better?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes a great deal of mental and physical distress, and can significantly reduce a person’s quality of life. Studies that report on the effectiveness of PTSD treatment are difficult to compare, because there are differences in terms of what is considered to be a response to treatment (i.e.

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Why the DSM 5 Doesn’t Acknowledge Sensory Integration Symptoms

University of Connecticut

Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is a condition where a person has difficulties regulating their senses within their environment. For many people with SPD, their constant need to re-regulate their senses to adapt to the stimuli around them, creates symptoms of distractibility, irritability, anxiety, and depression.

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COVID-19 Inquiry: The Missing Mental Health Impact

MQ Mental Health

When the pandemic hit in 2020, through the NIHR Translational Collaborations, a group of academics from different clinical specialties came together to study the longer-term impact of being hospitalised with COVID-19 through the PHOSP-COVID project.

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Celebrating support workers

Social Care

I looked online and found a health care support worker vacancy at Aspen Clinic in Mexborough. When I was growing up, a member of my family suffered very bad anxiety, depression and post -traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). During my 15 years at Aspen Clinic, I’ve been offered so much training.