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Why Do People Drink Alcohol?
Alcohol is a dangerous substance. It is addictive, can deteriorate one’s health, and puts innocent people in danger. However, it is embraced and celebrated in society and there are many opportunities throughout life to try alcohol. Knowing that alcohol is dangerous and addictive can leave many people wondering, “why do people drink alcohol?” Soothe an Underlying Mental Health Condition One of the major reasons that individuals who suffer from alcohol use disorder drink are because they are suffering from an underlying mental health condition and are using alcohol to self-medicate. This condition can be either diagno...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - December 27, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Alcohol Alcohol Rehab Information Alcoholism alcohol abuse alcohol treatment alcohol treatment center Source Type: blogs

Psychology Around the Net: December 14, 2019
This article shares 5 ways to help stop these uncomfortable morning feelings and also explains when it’s time to see a therapist. Ginny Fuchs Hopes to Emerge From OCD, Tearful Olympic Experience: Virginia “Ginny” Fuchs, an American flyweight boxer and Olympic hopeful, has struggled with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) since 5th grade. She expresses that boxing gives her hope against the disorder. “You’ve got to keep training to keep winning in boxing. So I’ve got to keep training my OCD thoughts and how to handle and manage it,” she says. “…I have this environment in this space in the gym,...
Source: World of Psychology - December 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Traci Pedersen Tags: Anxiety and Panic Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Mindfulness OCD Psychology Around the Net Relationships Substance Abuse Trauma Violence and Aggression Addiction aging mothers caregiving Health Insurance Olympic Source Type: blogs

What's new in midwifery - 11th December 2019
Discussion relating to one of these at least in the Guardian,Record number of over-45s giving birth in England, NICESurveillance report NICE guideline (NG126)Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage: diagnosis and initial managementThis guideline will be updated:read this page to find out why.In the newsSinging the blues: how music can help ease postnatal depressionMelodies for Mums, an iniative that is part of a study being funded by the Wellcome.Maternity care failings in Shropshire (BMJ)OpinionBMJ editorialScreening for cytomegalovirus in pregnancy (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - December 11, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs

Persistence pays off: After 8 ‑year follow-up, study finds robust and sustained antidepressant response to deep brain stimulation (DBS)
Conclusions: In >8 years of observation, most participants experienced a robust and sustained antidepressant response to SCC DBS. News in Context: Ethical issues raised around deep brain stimulation (DBS) research Closing the Circuit: Helen Mayberg’s research could revolutionize depression treatment Expo Day: Neuroenginnering, BPI, Arrowsmith Program & ARPF from SharpBrains (Source: SharpBrains)
Source: SharpBrains - October 14, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology antidepressant area-25 brain pacemaker brain stimulation DBS deep-brain-stimulation depression Helen-Mayberg neurosurgical treatment Source Type: blogs

Podcast: Hiding Depression- Using Perfectionism to Hide Our Struggles
Are you always in control and always perfectly put together? Are you professionally successful, a great friend, and always showing a happy face to the world? But what about on the inside? Is there something in the background or in the past that you don’t talk about? Do you feel disconnected, like no one knows the “real” you? Deep down do you just know something is wrong? Well, you might have “perfectly hidden depression.” Today Gabe speaks with Dr. Margaret Rutherford who has done extensive work on the relationship between perfectionism and depression. Dr. Rutherford tells us how childhood trauma c...
Source: World of Psychology - October 10, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression General Happiness Interview LifeHelper Mental Health and Wellness Perfectionism Personality Podcast Psychiatry Psychology Research Self-Esteem Self-Help The Psych Central Show Trauma Source Type: blogs

How to Prevent Your Anxiety from Rubbing Off On Your Child
You're reading How to Prevent Your Anxiety from Rubbing Off On Your Child, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. Sometimes, it seems like our kids aren’t learning anything from us—but that’s simply not the case. Kids absorb all the information around them and learn by example. While that can be a good thing, it can also be a problem if you don’t want to pass on certain behaviors you’re modeling for them, like anxiety. If you’re struggling with anxiety, first remember that it’s nothing to be as...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SarahDaren Tags: depression family featured psychology self improvement Source Type: blogs

Mental Health Awareness Week is October 6-12, 2019
Each year, the first full week in October has been designated as MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK to raise awareness, educate the public, fight stigma and help support children and adults living with a mental health condition. This year, the dates are October 6th through the 9th.Here Are Some Statistics19.1% of U.S.adults experienced mental illness in 2018 (47.6 million people). This represents 1 in 5 adults.4.6%of U.S. adults experienced serious mental illness in 2018 (11.4 million people). This represents 1 in 25 adults.16.5%of U.S. youth aged 6-17 experienced a mental health disorder in 2016 (7.7 million people)3.7% o...
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - October 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: awareness campaigns mental health Source Type: blogs

October 6-12 is MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK
Each year, the first full week in October has been designated as MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK to raise awareness, educate the public, fight stigma and help support children and adults living with a mental health condition. This year, the dates are October 6th through the 9th.Here are some Statistics19.1% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2018 (47.6 million people). This represents 1 in 5 adults.4.6% of U.S. adults experienced serious mental illness in 2018 (11.4 million people). This represents 1 in 25 adults.16.5% of U.S. youth aged 6-17 experienced a mental health disorder in 2016 (7.7 mil...
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - October 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: awareness campaigns mental health Source Type: blogs

Study finds psychiatric diagnoses to be ‘scientifically meaningless’
__________ Psychiatric diagnosis ‘scientifically meaningless’ (Science Daily): “A new study, published in Psychiatry Research, has concluded that psychiatric diagnoses are scientifically worthless as tools to identify discrete mental health disorders. The study, led by researchers from the University of Liverpool, involved a detailed analysis of five key chapters of the latest edition of the widely used Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), on ‘schizophrenia’, ‘bipolar disorder’, ‘depressive disorders’, ‘anxiety disorders’ and ‘trauma-related disorders’ … The main findings of the researc...
Source: SharpBrains - August 15, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness anxiety-disorders bipolar-disorder depressive disorders diagnostic labelling digital biomarkers DSM DSM-5 mental health mental health disorders psychiatric diagnosis psychiatry research sc Source Type: blogs

You Are Not Your Thoughts
In conclusion, you are not your thoughts; you are the sum of so much more, including your intent and, more importantly, action. (Source: World of Psychology)
Source: World of Psychology - July 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tracy Shawn, MA Tags: Self-Help opinions Positive Psychology Rumination thoughts Source Type: blogs

Podcast: Learn to Live with Anxiety, Stress, and Worry
Today we are joined by Dr. Russell Morfitt, co-founder of LearntoLive.com. Dr. Morfitt explains the differences between stress, worry, anxiety, social anxiety, and panic, and tell us how using the techniques of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can be life changing. The Learn to Live program is designed to teach CBT skills online to anxiety sufferers, those who suffer from depression, and even insomniacs! Listen in to learn how you can begin to free yourself from the burdens of anxiety. SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW Guest information for ‘Anxiety, Stress, and Worry’ Podcast Episode Dr. Russell Mo...
Source: World of Psychology - July 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Stress The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs

What Is ERP for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
Noah didn’t care for ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy despite his struggles with harm OCD. Stories that he had heard from acquaintances and friends were not positive. In fact, one of his friends felt traumatized by ERP. He also indicated that he was asked by his previous mental health counselor to sit in front of a bunch of knives so he could habituate or get used to the feelings and sensations the knives created. He said he had already been around sharp knives for three weeks while working at a knife shop temporarily while he looked for another job. His excruciating anxiety was off the charts. “I basical...
Source: World of Psychology - June 23, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Annabella Hagen, LCSW, RPT-S Tags: OCD Treatment ERP exposure response prevention therapy Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Source Type: blogs

5 Underlying Reasons for Addiction
What Are 5 Underlying Reasons for Addiction? Addiction always stems from a root cause, also known as one of the reasons for addiction. It is extremely important to treat both the root cause of the addiction in addition to the physical addiction itself. Staying sober involves much more than just detoxing from drugs or alcohol and abstaining from them in the future. It also involves finding the underlying reasons for the addiction and treating that as well, so that it does not exacerbate the addiction in the future. This is why so many people fail when they attempt to quit using drugs or alcohol cold turkey. While there can ...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - June 4, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Abuse Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction to Pharmaceuticals Addiction Treatment and Program Resources Alcohol Alcoholism Anxiety Children Depression Depression Treatment Drug Treatment LGBT LGBTQ Mental Health Painkiller Source Type: blogs

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Working Memory
This study involved a cohort of healthy young adults (18-35 years old) and healthy older adults (60-80 years old). Study participants arrived for multiple visits and underwent rTMS stimulation while performing a memory task called the “delayed-response alphabetization task (DRAT).” DRAT works by momentarily showing participants a few letters and asking them to repeat the letters they saw in alphabetical order. The researchers found that both younger and older adults that had rTMS stimulation while performing the DRAT task had better performance than those who did not receive stimulation. Surprisingly, the perfo...
Source: Medgadget - May 28, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Siavash Parkhideh Tags: Geriatrics Neurology Psychiatry Rehab Source Type: blogs

Small Things I Do Every Day to Manage My Depression
Some days you feel well, and other days, darkness envelopes you. You feel achingly sad, or you feel absolutely nothing. You’re exhausted, and every task feels too big to start. You feel weighed down, as though there are sandbags attached to your shoulders. Managing the symptoms of depression can be hard. But even the smallest steps taken every day (or on most days) can make a significant difference. Below, you’ll learn how five different women live with depression on a daily basis, and the small, yet pivotal actions they take. Having a daily routine. “Having a daily routine helps me push through the days when I’m n...
Source: World of Psychology - May 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Depression Disorders General Habits Inspiration & Hope Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Self Care self-compassion Source Type: blogs