Adjustment disorder: A situational reaction to a stressful event
Some people aren’t the best when it comes to dealing with large amounts of stress. They simply have a really difficult time adjusting to […]
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Battered Woman Syndrome: Never Feeling Safe
Battered Woman Syndrome the numbers for domestic violence have always primarily sided with women being the victims. In the United States alone, it is […]
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy: An overview on this type of therapy
Imagine having emotions that are constantly difficult to control… behaviors that are hard to live with. In this article, we will cover what dialectical […]
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Stress inoculation: Can you train for stress?
Imagine a time when you were so stressed out about something, it made everything worse. Welcome to stress inoculation 101! In this article, we […]
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EMDR: What is it, who is it for, how does it work and is it effective?
In the world of psychology, there are many options for the type of treatment a patient can receive. The type of treatment is all […]
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Alexithymia: Building Relationships Out of Nothing
Alexithymia. Understanding and expressing emotions are essential parts of human interaction that unfortunately may be confusing for some people. Imagine not being able to […]
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Bullying and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Bullying
As a young, school-going kid there are a lot of things that are rights of passage- your first invite to a birthday party, your […]
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Narrative Exposure Therapy: What’s your story?
A lot of time and resources have been spent on investigating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in soldiers- and it’s warranted (more on how to […]
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How to Live with PTSD
Just a few days ago a gunman fired upon a primarily LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida, slaughtering 50 people and leaving dozens more injured […]
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Sexual Assault Affects the Female Brain
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), abuse against women, both emotional and physical, creates a huge public health problem that negatively affects a […]
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After tragedy, brain needs to heal
After tragedy, brain needs to heal. Two reactions seize people in the face of a horrific event like the mass murder of little children […]
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PTSD is difficult to treat because it is stored throughout the brain. And just as you can suffer from a little to a lot of […]
Continue reading »PTSD, brain injury leaves veterans suffering. The disorder still is misunderstood not only by veterans but the civilian public as well. When not diagnosed and […]
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