Cognitive intrusions and reexperiencing are common across a range of disorders including PTSD, OCD, schizophrenia, or even bipolar disorder, this is where having the skills and the correct training would help therapists peel back all the complex layers of a mental disorder. An interesting trauma my...
Joint physical custody, i.e., children spending an equal amount of time in both parents' home after a separation or divorce, is increasing in many countries. In line with the national policy to promote paternal involvement in parenting, two-thirds of Swedish preschoolers with non-cohabiting pare...
Workplace ostracism is a prevalent and painful experience. The majority of studies focus on negative outcomes of ostracism, with less work examining employees’ potential adaptive responses to it. Further, scholars have suggested that such responses depend on employee attributions, yet little research ...
Empathy in Parenting For those of us who weren’t blessed with an ‘empathetic’ caregiver, is there no hope for our current or future children? “There’s always hope when it comes tobreaking negative intergenerational cycles. In our research, it’s clear that peers play just as big a ro...
Here is an example of a response I see in my work as a college psychiatrist: “While I was home for vacation, my parents told me they are getting divorced. They haven’t always gotten along, so I’m not really surprised. But I am worried about my brother. He’s alre...
Losing a loved one to mesothelioma is difficult, but support resources are available. Learn about the stages of grief, support groups and grief counseling.
3.Plan Your Strategy Ok, now that you have fully educated yourself about your child, your rights, the process and the available therapies, it is time to strategize. Be Realistic and Flexible in your Demands. Yes, you want the world for your child, but be realistic about how much your ch...
The Brief Cope Scale is comprised of 28 items (two per strategy) and is measured on a 4-point scale (0 = I haven’t been doing this at all; 3 = I’ve been doing this a lot) based on the frequency in which they engage in each tactic. Sample items include “I’ve ...
Withdrawing from others (social isolation) became a coping strategy, by which he made the best of bad situations. One positive aspect was that he came to be more self-sufficient, realizing he had to take care of himself because others could not be counted on to take care of him. As ...
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