Reading December 1998's issue of Positive Health made me realise just how many ways there were to relate to our life and our symptoms, whether mental, physical, or just annoying life circumstances that we don't really want. Likewise, there are now well over a hundred types of psychotherapy...
Improving access to these evidence based treatments for young people with mental health problems is a core principle of the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) programme in England. Over the last five years, hundreds of therapists across the country h...
Reciting mental health affirmations regularly can create a more positive life experience. For effectiveness and long-lasting change, repeat affirmations that resonate with the change you wish to see. Speak in the first person to affirm what already is, visualize the change, and notice your breath....
Awareness of mental health issues such as depression and bipolar disorder is currently on the rise. In the past, such disorders went either undetected or were simply disregarded as an excuse for erratic behavior. @chadsmart fit into this category. Inspired by a blog post from professional wrestle...
Now, picture your gaze coming straight back to your own head, as you return your consciousness to your own mind. Not only does it help increase focus, but the simple effort required to perform the exercise will often stop any distracting internal dialogue you are having at the time. ...
The termhealthis defined by the World Health Organization as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, rather than the absence of disease13. As forwell-beingwithin a policy context, it is considered a physical, social and mental state rather than the absence of pain, disco...
The nurse specialist for mental health, for instance, argued that this type of conversation was already commonplace in mental healthcare. In addition, some assistants concluded that their patient interactions had always been more personal and less medical when compared to that of the GPs, and, in...
Kimiecik Miami University, J. C., & Horn Miami University, T. S. (2014). The big motivational picture: Examining the relationship between positive intraper- sonal processes and adolescent health-promoting behaviors. Applied Develop- mental Science, 21(1), 42-57....
so compassion is in the picture too. But when I touch into the Skandha of volition, through the Skandha of form what happens, there is a tightening, a freezing, an inability to move, i.e. spaciousness is diminished, the impulses become confused, I no longer have a sense of what is to...
Otto Rank, for example, offers an enlightening theory of mental health and illness, viewing it in pyramid fashion (see Fig. 1). Rank was one of Freud's earlier followers who was later ejected from the psychoanalytic movement because of his many unorthodox ideas, which didn't fit the strict...