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Do Ideology and Stigma Impact How We See Sex Addiction?
According to a 2008 study, between 3-6% of Americans engage in compulsive sexual behavior (CSB), better known as sex addiction. Other studies cite similar statistics, and some addiction ... Read More
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Resilient Children Grow Up to Be Resilient Adults–True or Not?
Problems in life are inevitable. Challenges cannot be avoided. Life is not always a bed of roses. The ability to recover from a difficult or unpleasant situation is resilience. Resilience ... Read More
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Could Schema Therapy Help Treat Narcissistic Personality?
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), or narcissism, as it’s often called, is one of the cluster B personality disorders, or emotional/impulsive personality disorders. Narcissism is ... Read More
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5 Myths and Facts About Drug Rehab
Drug abuse is a serious health concern. Overdose-related deaths in the United States have reached epidemic level. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate ... Read More
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Nutrition for Anxiety: Foods to Eat and Avoid
Nutrition is fuel for your body. Choose the right fuel and your body, including your mind, may function better. Research on the role of nutrition in fighting anxiety is mixed, but studies ... Read More
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Shock and Testing: Two More Twists on the Road to Grief Recovery?
In her seminal book, On Death and Dying, psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross identified five distinct stages of grief. Kübler-Ross worked with dying people and designed her model to describe ... Read More
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Isolation and Loneliness: What’s the Difference?
Some people use the words “isolation” and “loneliness” interchangeably, but this does not reflect the true meaning of each term. Isolation may lead to loneliness, ... Read More
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Is It Still Gaslighting If My Partner Has Asperger’s?
Author’s note: It is always a challenge to choose genders when writing about neurodiverse couples. Here I use the example of an autistic man and a neurotypical woman. I don’t mean ... Read More
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Avoidant Personality and Social Anxiety: What’s the Difference?
Social anxiety and avoidant personality disorder share some common features, but they are separate mental health conditions. Because the two conditions appear similar in many ways, it’s ... Read More
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Dispelling 6 Common Myths About Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a behavioral issue most often diagnosed in childhood. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) lists it in the category of ... Read More
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When Stress Is a Headache: The Link Between Trauma and Migraines
Migraine headaches are one of the most common chronic conditions worldwide. Depending on the study, chronic migraines affect around 1 in 10 people, with twice as many sufferers being female. Migraine ... Read More
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Why Do Children Lie? Normal, Compulsive, and Pathological Lying in Kids
Lying is developmentally normal for children of all ages, even when a child lies frequently. Lying allows children to test the boundaries between fantasy and reality, to protect themselves ... Read More
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Even Dogs Sometimes Need Anxiety Medication
As anyone who’s ever lived with a dog can attest, dogs’ emotions are complex and occasionally bewildering. And for some dogs, emotions are ... Read More
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Harsh Parenting May Lead to Negative Outcomes in Adulthood
Parents who use harsh parenting tactics, such as physical and verbal aggression, may exacerbate the behaviors they wish to prevent, according to a study ... Read More
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How Marriage Later in Life Affects Women’s Health
Marriage later in life may cause middle-aged women to gain weight, but those who divorce may see improvements in their health, according to a study published ... Read More
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Benefits of Community Mental Health, and Other News
Community-based mental health services can improve outcomes in people with mental health diagnoses, several studies have found. Deinstitutionalization—the ... Read More
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Revenge Can Feel Good to People Who Experience Rejection
People who feel rejected may engage in retaliatory aggression, according to a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The ... Read More
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Help! My Therapist Ended Her Practice and I Don't Know What to Do
I had been seeing my therapist for 28 years. Around March, she was unwell. This was a rare occurrence in our time together. But her viral infection ... Read More
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Help! I Have No One to Talk To
Ever since my dad died last year, I have had no one to talk to. And really, I had no one to talk to for the last three years of his life, ravaged ... Read More
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I Don’t Want to See My Family Anymore
Ever since my dad died last year, I have had no one to talk to. And really, I had no one to talk to for the last three years of his life, ravaged ... Read More
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How Do I Trust a Therapist If I Can't Trust Anyone?
Ever since my dad died last year, I have had no one to talk to. And really, I had no one to talk to for the last three years of his life, ravaged ... Read More
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Help! I Want to Stop Competing with My Friend
My best friend and I have known each other since college. We started out as “enemies,” Read More
