MQ Mental Health

APRIL 15, 2024

Many people are aware of common therapies used to treat mental health conditions like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, psychotherapy and group therapy. Art therapy has been gradually and successfully used to reduce suffering from disorders such as depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment and dementias, Alzheimer's disease, and schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia 105

Schizophrenia Mental Health Engagement Psychotherapy 105

Clinical Philosophy

JULY 1, 2019

The 8 chapters of section five look holistically at the different life worlds of persons with different conditions (schizophrenia, mood disorders, hysteria, BPD, addictions, autism, eating disorders). Section six entitled ‘Clinical Psychopathology’ contains 9 essays on different aspects of (mainly) psychotic experience.

Schizophrenia 52

Schizophrenia Psychiatry Psychiatric Disorder 52

Society of Clinical Psychology

JULY 30, 2018

Within days after receiving my master’s-level license to practice psychotherapy in Michigan, two acquaintances asked me to write them letters which they could use in order to obtain an emotional support animal (ESA). ESAs are quite different from service animals, which perform specific tasks for their handlers.

Psychology 52

Psychology Schizophrenia Therapist Disability 52

Society of Clinical Psychology

MARCH 31, 2017

For example, when study subjects endorsed a brain (as opposed to environmental) cause for schizophrenia, they rated an affected individual as more likely to be dangerous and less likely to recover (Kvaale, Gottdiener, & Haslam, 2013).

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Psychiatry Clinic Disorder 52

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

Like Thompson, they filled the day with activities that provided structure and predictability, the two things I needed as much as medication and psychotherapy. Schizophrenia? The white board reminded me of the daily schedules posted at Craigie, where I had been before. So, what the hell am I doing here?” I wondered.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52

Clinical Philosophy

JANUARY 31, 2021

In a paper on whether psychotherapy is a form of prostitution, philosopher Rupert Read suggests that therapy is to genuine loving friendship (‘agape’) as prostitution is to erotic love (‘eros’). Is psychotherapy, too, not a more subtle selling of such a fantasy? Psychotherapy - a form of prostitution? John Ryan Haule.

Psychotherapy 52

Psychotherapy Therapist Justice and Corrections Interviewing 52