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Treatment Issues Of Child Patients Who Engage In Power Struggles

Mental health treatment can be challenging enough without the innate pushback that is highly common among young patients. This phenomenon can be partially attributed to brain development. The pre-frontal cortex is the area of the brain that governs one’s reasoning,…

NormanJune 3, 2023

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Cause Is Not Everything In Mental Illness For Child

Mental illness, as defined by the American Psychiatric Association, encompasses various “health conditions involving changes in emotion, thinking or behavior (or a combination of these).” There are a several different types of mental illness that affect the adolescent population in…

NormanJune 1, 2023

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Responding To The Reluctant Child Patient in Rehabilitation

Typical child development, as explained by developmental experts, is characterized by significant increases in novelty-seeking, risk-taking and peer-directed social interactions, which foster the development of adult independence, but generally occur more rapidly than the development of executive and regulatory skills.…

NormanMay 2, 2023

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Delivering More Effective Exposure Therapy In CBT For Adolescents

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a structured, short-term, goal-oriented form of talk therapy. Positive Psychology further explains CBT as a “psycho-social intervention that focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors, improve emotional regulation and create a suite of…

NormanApril 3, 2023

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Understanding Psychotherapy for Preteen And How It Works

Pre-adolescence, also known as the preteen or “tween” years, can be loosely defined as the years between eight or nine to twelve or thirteen. The Child Mind Institute asserts that this is a time in a child’s life where monumental…

NormanApril 3, 2023

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The Most Common Types of Counseling

The National Alliance on Mental Illness reports that approximately 44 million Americans experience some form of mental illness in any given year, but only about half of them receive treatment. Mental health counselors are licensed professionals who, as explained by Healthline, “treat…

NormanFebruary 17, 2023

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What Is The Most Effective Psychotherapy For Depression?

Depression, also known as major depressive disorder (MDD) or clinical depression, is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). It is a neurological disorder that affects mood, cognition, behavior, and impedes adaptive functioning. The…

NormanFebruary 15, 2023

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What Is The Best Psychological Treatment For Anxiety?

Anxiety can be been explained as “the body’s automatic fight-or-flight response that is triggered when you feel threatened, under pressure, or are facing a challenging situation.” It is the body’s natural response to stress. While experiencing mild, and/ or fleeting…

NormanFebruary 15, 2023

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Understand The Most Serious Risk Of Childhood Depression

Depression, also known as clinical depression, is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) as major depressive disorder (MDD). It is classified as a type of affective disorder, or mood disorder, and is characterized…

NormanDecember 7, 2022

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What Happens In The Body During Anxiety?

The medical definition of anxiety provided in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is “an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physical signs (such as tension, sweating, and increased pulse rate), by doubt concerning the reality and nature…

NormanDecember 6, 2022