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December 14, 2018

Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters

Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Parents Can Do Each year, children experience violence and disaster and face other traumas. Young people are injured, they see others harmed by violence, they suffer sexual abuse, and they lose loved ones or witness other tragic and shocking events. Parents and caregivers can help…

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November 2, 2018

Inner Strength- Associated with Reduced Prevalence of Depression Among Older Women

Inner Strength- Associated with Reduced Prevalence of Depression Among Older Women Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and it is a major contributor to the global burden of disease (World Health Organization, 2012). It is known that late-life depressions are common, underdiagnosed, and inadequately treated (Alexopoulos, 2005; Djernes, 2006; Petersson et al., 2014). Depression can worsen the…

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October 15, 2018

Self-Esteem Building Strategies and Techniques

Most people feel bad about themselves from time to time. Feelings of low self-esteem may be triggered by being treated poorly by someone else recently or in the past, or by a person’s own judgments of him or herself. This is normal. However, low self-esteem is a constant companion for too many people, especially those…

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October 9, 2018

Relaxation Techniques for Mental Health

Relaxation Techniques for Mental Health How much do we know about relaxation techniques? A substantial amount of research has been done on relaxation techniques. However, for many health conditions, the number or size of the studies has been small, and some studies have been of poor quality. What do we know about the effectiveness of relaxation techniques?…

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October 8, 2018

Social Networking Sites, Depression, and Anxiety

Social Networking Sites, Depression, and Anxiety Social Networking Sites, Depression, and Anxiety Elizabeth M Seabrook, BPsych (Hons),  Margaret L Kern, PhD, and Nikki S Rickard, PhD Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia Center for Positive Psychology, Melbourne School of Graduate Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Elizabeth M Seabrook, Monash…

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October 1, 2018

Preventing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Across the Lifespan

Preventing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Across the Lifespan Preventing Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence is a Priority. IPV is a serious preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans and occurs across the lifespan.2-4 It can start as soon as people start dating or having intimate relationships, often in adolescence. IPV happens when…

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September 30, 2018

Creativity and Mental Health

Creativity and Mental Health K. S. Pavitra, C. R. Chandrashekar, and Partha Choudhury Abstract Creativity and Mental Health:  Creativity and its link with mental health have always been much speculated about. However there have been a handful of methodologically sound studies to clearly establish the relationship between creativity and mental health. The objective of the study therefore was…

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September 29, 2018

How to Speak Your Partner’s Love Language

How to Speak Your Partner’s Love Language How to Speak Your Partner’s Love Language:  The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman outlines five ways to express and experience love that Chapman refers to as “love languages” including: receiving gifts, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service (devotion), and physical touch. Examples are given from…

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September 28, 2018

Suicide: How You Can Make a Difference

Suicide: How You Can Make a Difference Suicide: How You Can Make a Difference. What are your thoughts about the following NIMH article on suicide prevention? “June 11, 2018 • Science Update The recent deaths of high-profile public figures and a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report on rising suicide rates have brought the topic of suicide…

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September 26, 2018

Grief and mourning gone awry: pathway and course of complicated grief

Want to know more about Aspira Continuing Education? Click here to go to our Home page: Aspira CE Home   Share your thoughts on the following NCBI article: “M. Katherine Shear, MD* Author information ► Copyright and License information ▼ Disclaimer Copyright : © 2012 LLS This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution…

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