Dancing around the hexaflex: Using ACT in practice 1
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can be slippery to describe. It’s an approach that doesn’t aim to change thought content, but instead to help us shift the way we relate to what our mind tells us. It’s also an approach focused on workability: pragmatic and context-specific analysis of how well a strategy is working to achieve being able to do what matters. Over the next few posts I want to give some examples of how non-psychologists (remember ACT is open for anyone to use it!) can use ACT in session.
Mindfulness – messing about with attention
Thanks to Kevin Vowles, I’m adopting t...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - August 20, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: ACT - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Back pain Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Coping strategies Low back pain Occupational therapy Physiotherapy Psychology Research Resilience Resilience/Health Science in practice mindful movem Source Type: blogs
What does statin do to Cholesterol absorbtion from Intestine ?
A.Reduces
B Increases
C.No effect
D. Iam not sure
Does this sound a difficult question ?
Many felt so. Hence, I decided to ask the all too popular AI machine.
It became a brief little chat with GPT, that surprised me .
https://chat.openai.com/share/6b96c54e-ad52-472a-9ebd-b7b1e1c762be
Statin: Some untold story.
Last century’s rockstar drug, statin do stimulate Cholesterol abosorbtion as well as hepatic synthesis.We must be aware, It is a less popularised truth (Intentionally ? ) among the cardiolgy community,
Ofcourse LDL comes down, at the cost of residual pre -choleterol particles th...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - August 19, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Study Courses Supercharge Anatomy & Physiology Success | TAPP 141
Get ready for a mind-bending 😲 rendezvous with Kevin Patton inEpisode 141, where he continues to spill the beans on histop-secret recipe for student triumph. 🏆 Brace yourself for this next adventure on his whirlwind tour of revolutionizing A&P 1 education, as we dissect the art of identifyingstudent pain points, personalizing preparation, and serving up the kind ofmentorship they ' ve been yearning for!0:00:00 | Introduction0:00:45 | One of Two Success Courses0:09:48 | Setting Up the Supplement Course0:18:44 | Structure of Class Sessions0:40:17 | Grading0:42:45 | Does an A&P Sup...
Source: The A and P Professor - August 17, 2023 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
poem
Secret Third ThingSome mornings the sky is an impressionist painting steeped in violaceous streaks of timorous soft light. I pull over to the shoulder to snap a picture with my phone but the result never quite captures. A ginned up pick up truck veers too close and honks. By the time I get to work the colors have dissolved into the yellow orange haze. The sun continues to rise. The day arrives. Everything once again is gray or black or white. And all the others. The other colors. The ones I don ’t care about anymore. A painting is an artifact of loss. Museums compendiums of everything dear and departed.If I come up...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - August 17, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Exploring How Meditation Enhances Concentration and Mental Clarity
As Americans, we tend to focus on getting the most done in the quickest amount of time. The stress of living in a high-paced world can be incredibly overwhelming and impact nearly every aspect of your mental health and also your physical and emotional health and well-being.
More and more individuals find that meditation in their daily routines provides endless benefits that help them deal with stressful situations more healthily and productively. With a clear understanding of meditation, you will better realize how much this can help in your daily life.
Understanding Meditation
Meditation goes beyond mere silence ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Szczesny Tags: depression featured happiness health and fitness meditation productivity tips self-improvement concentration focus Source Type: blogs
What Is Pharmacology?
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Pharmacology is the study of how molecules, such as medicines, interact with the body. Scientists who study pharmacology are called pharmacologists, and they explore the chemical properties, biological effects, and therapeutic uses of medicines and other molecules. Their work can be broken down into two main areas:
Pharmacokinetics is the study of how the body acts on a medicine, including its processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME).
Pharmacodynamics is the study of how a medicine acts in the body—both on its intended target and throughout all the organs and tissue...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 14, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Common questions Genomics Medicines Miniseries Source Type: blogs
Vertical Integration Doesn ’t Work in Healthcare: Time to Move On
Conclusion
Healthcare providers of all stripes must leave the industrial world behind. The value chains in health services are not physical, but rather comprised of human relationships, sustained by trust. Virtual care, the advent of AI in healthcare and consumer demand will require a flexible, 24/7 and care anywhere business model. Those who build the best modern clinical mousetrap will end up with a committed clinical staff and loyal patients. Healthcare isn’t about the building, or the brand, or scale. Surviving and thriving in the future will require engaged clinicians who foster trust on the part o...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: The Business of Health Care Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Physicians Vertical integration Source Type: blogs
Teaching moments in medicine: Balancing autonomy and comfort
Late last year, I decided I needed to get my health checked up on. I went through the motions, trying to make an appointment with the doctor that was assigned to me. Nothing was available for months. I called every other day, asking about cancellations that would fit into my schedule for days I already
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Teaching moments in medicine: Balancing autonomy and comfort originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 12, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Nirav Chaudhari, MD Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Source Type: blogs
Globalization and occupation therapy - a continued musing.
I have been talking about the implications of globalization on the occupational therapy profession for quite some time - it started off withblog posts here and then apresentation at OT24VX in 2015. Then I gave the topic a whole chapter inmy theory textbook in 2019. Then there were more blog postshereandhere.In sum, I am uncertain if occupational therapy is a unitary global profession, although I now add this caveat:at least as understood in the publications of academics. I add this caveat now because I am uncertain if the things that people in academia write about truly reflects actual practice in oth...
Source: ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog - August 10, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: blogs
Naive Realism and the Legal Profession
By MIKE MAGEE
In 2002, psychologist Emily Pronin and her co-authors, in an article titled, You Don’t Know Me, But I Know You: The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight, laid out the concept of “Naive Realism.”
As she explained, “We insist that our ‘outsider perspective’ affords us insights about our peers that they are denied by their defensiveness, egocentricity, or other sources of bias. By contrast, we rarely entertain the notion that others are seeing us more clearly and objectively than we see ourselves. (We) talk when we would do well to listen…” Point well taken, but these (most would agree) are tryin...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Jan 6 Lawyers Mike Magee Trump Source Type: blogs
Campaign to End Diabetes Stigma
Currently, there is a global effort to pledge to make the world a more supportive, understanding, informed and caring place for people living with diabetes by eradicating " diabetes stigma " . This has been a matter which Renza Scibilia has invested considerable effort to address (catch her post athttps://diabetogenic.blog/2023/07/31/sign-the-pledge-to-end-diabetes-stigma/ for details) and I wish her well in the venture. To sign the pledge, visithttps://enddiabetesstigma.org/. Diabetes stigma is something I ' ve been forced to endure for nearly a half-century (I was diagnosed with T1D in 1976; you do the math). When i...
Source: Scott's Web Log - August 7, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 diabetes stigma renza scibilia Source Type: blogs
Clinical indications for hypnosis
Who might benefit from learning hypnosis – and when might you suggest it?
I’m a person who doesn’t really try changing my own pain intensity very often, and most of the people I’ve worked with in therapy are also in the stage of wanting to learn how to live alongside their pain. However, there are some times when modulating pain intensity can be a really helpful part of even this phase of learning to live well with pain.
I haven’t found any clinical guidelines suggesting when it might be good to introduce hypnosis, so this is my own clinical reasoning. Remember I work with a particular g...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - August 6, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Coping Skills Coping strategies Resilience/Health Science in practice Clinical reasoning hypnosis Occupational therapy self-hypnosis Source Type: blogs
A physician ’ s rewarding medical missions [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join David Alfery, a cardiac anesthesiologist and author of Saving Grace: What Patients Teach Their Doctors about Life, Death, and the Balance in Between. David recounts a transformative moment from his medical mission trip to Nicaragua, where he cradled an infant named Jose with
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A physician’s rewarding medical missions [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 3, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
Why Are So Many Healthcare Companies Still Being Breached?
The following is a guest article by Terry Ray, SVP, Data Security GTM, and Field CTO at Imperva
Despite satisfying regulatory requirements, 93% of healthcare organizations have experienced a data breach within the past three years and 57% have been breached more than five times over that span. The alarming frequency and severity of these breaches leave many wondering why. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is one of the most well-known – though broadly misunderstood – data protection regulations, and it includes stiff penalties for noncompliance. With such stringent protections in place, ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System LTPAC Regulations Security and Privacy Cybercriminal EHR Healthcare Cyberattacks Healthcare Data Breach HIPAA Imperva Terry Ray Source Type: blogs
… you are feeling sleepy …
Hypnosis could be one of the least respected yet most effective self-help pain reduction strategies we know of. Surprised? You shouldn’t be! Hypnosis has such a lot of baggage, most of it completely unrelated to the way it is used in the clinic. Once we dig just a little more deeply into how it can be used and the effects it has on a person’s pain (and as shown in fMRI studies and experimental studies) we can see that there are some things our mind can do that are literally mind-boggling!
What is hypnosis? Simply put it’s a state of focused attention that allows us to be open to suggestions for changes...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 30, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Coping strategies pain management Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
