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5 Myths About Eating Disorders

MQ Mental Health

An eating disorder is when a person has an unhealthy relationship with food, which can take over their life and make them ill. Although the number of people affected by an eating disorder rises each year, there are still misconceptions that can harm those affected and slow early interventions.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

NASW recognizes June as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure. The Center for Deployment Psychology will be hosting a 90-minute webinar entitled “Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure.”

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The long awaited second edition Psychopharmacology: A mental health professional’s guide to commonly used medications by Herbert Mwebe

The Critical Blog

Whilst there are various alternative interventions to managing moderate to severe mental health presentations, psychotropic medications remain the mainstay interventions used in various clinical settings. The arbiter of whether these medications are useful or not is the person taking the medication. ISBN: 9781914171444 235pp £24.99.

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Getting Better Outcomes from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatments

Society of Clinical Psychology

Several effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exist, yet nearly half of patients continue to have significant symptomatology after receiving them (e.g., High levels of co-morbid problems can interfere with recovery. These approaches have been shown to be effective in anxiety disorders (e.g.,

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

Relias

Substance use disorder. Psychiatric Advance Directives. Substance use disorders and safety planning. The purpose of substance use safety planning is to support the client in recovery, help them maintain sobriety, and work to prevent relapses. The ramifications of these substance use disorders go beyond the individual.

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

Relias

Substance use disorder. Psychiatric Advance Directives. Substance use disorders and safety planning. The purpose of substance use safety planning is to support the client in recovery, help them maintain sobriety, and work to prevent relapses. The ramifications of these substance use disorders go beyond the individual.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5).