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Depression & Perfectionism

Gateway Foundation

Depression is a complex condition that can significantly impact how a person views themselves and society. While researchers haven’t found one particular cause of the condition, many studies reveal a strong connection between depression and perfectionism. How Perfectionism Leads to Depression. What Is Perfectionism?

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psychotherapy as internal relation

Clinical Philosophy

(notes for a talk at Confer, 21st Sep 2019 ) Abstract Describing psychotherapy as a method of treatment is expedient in healthcare settings, but it would take a tin ear to not baulk at it as a characterisation of the therapeutic experience. Then again, psychotherapy is also in the business of helping patients separate out from others.

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Compassion-Focused Therapy Strongly Improves Mental Health Outcomes: A Series of Meta-Analyses

Society of Clinical Psychology

Remarkably, CFT has found application in treating various mental health difficulties, including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. 49) on depressive symptoms. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice , 12320. link] Noorbala, F., Borjali, A., Ahmadian-Attari, M.

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High Functioning Anxiety: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment 2023

Blurt It Out

A link between anxiety and depression is often found, as those who struggle with excessive anxiety may also experience depressive symptoms and vice versa. Some common treatments include: Therapy : Psychotherapy, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy [11] , is highly effective in treating high-functioning anxiety.

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Towards rigorous and flexible research designs for personalized psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

Flexibility in terms of adaptation to different individuals seeking help at varying psychotherapy contexts. Contemporary research designs, namely ambulatory assessments (AA), network analyses (NA), and single-case experimental designs (SCED), could potentially advance idiographic and nomothetic psychotherapy research and practice.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

Yes, one for depression and one for anxiety. One sibling with bipolar disorder and a parent with psychotic depression, neither one chronic. I didn't want to attract attention to myself and assumed that a hospital emergency room had bigger problems than a depressed but cooperative patient. Was I taking any medications?