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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.: How to Help Someone Who Refuses Help for a Mental Illness: Tips for Family Members and Friends
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. Raising awareness. Improving understanding. Thursday, August 5, 2010. How to Help Someone Who Refuses Help for a Mental Illness: Tips for Family Members and Friends. By Molly McVoy, M.D. What do I do if my husband won’t listen to me? I hear this question all the time. Someone recognizes the possibility of depression. In a friend or relative, but the other person just doesn’t see it. They refuse to go see someone for help. What do you do? August 5, 2010 at 2:15 PM. This is a ...
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.: January 2015
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. Raising awareness. Improving understanding. Friday, January 23, 2015. You want to do what? The importance of informed consent in treatment. By Gail A. Edelsohn, MD, MSPH. Should I as the parent sign off on this? What about the possible serious side effects, such as significant weight gain, thoughts about suicide, risk of diabetes or a life-threatening condition? What should parents, advocates, guardians be looking for or consider before signing informed consent? It is a proc...
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.: February 2015
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. Raising awareness. Improving understanding. Saturday, February 28, 2015. A Psychiatrist’s Take on “Fifty Shades”. By Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD. There is a debate in the popular media how evil Christian is, and about the degree of abuse that Ana tolerates. Certainly, the fictional relationship between Christian and Ana could hardly be called healthy. Spoiler alert:. Posted by American Psychiatric Association. Friday, February 27, 2015. Ranna Parekh, MD, MPH. As we celebrate ...
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.: August 2014
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. Raising awareness. Improving understanding. Friday, August 22, 2014. Williams’ death reminds us that a patient’s relief might be a warning sign. By H Steven Moffic, MD. Surely, the real life mornings were not often happy ones, as so many of our troops died or ended up with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). From that war. It is a lesson we are still learning, so that movie and his role is worth seeing again soon. And intermittent substance abuse. Beyond the public inform...
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. Raising awareness. Improving understanding. Monday, April 13, 2015. Don’t Over-Tax Yourself Over Tax Season! With the April 15 tax deadline looming, it’s an anxious time for many people. Try these tips to keep your financial stress under control at tax time — and all year round. Eat well, get a full night’s sleep, find a way to exercise every day, and connect with friends and loved ones. Financial deadlines may have you feeling like you need to lock yourself away ...When st...
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.: November 2014
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. Raising awareness. Improving understanding. Monday, November 10, 2014. Native Americans and Suicide. By Arshya Vahabzadeh, MD and Brad Zehring, DO. Mental illness does not discriminate - it affects every age, sex, religion, and ethnic group. The Indian Health Service conducted a study in 2008 that noted that the rate of suicide. For American Indians and Alaska Natives. Must be willing to discuss their stressors and be open to getting education necessary to cope, deal, and tr...
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.: Autism Awareness Month: Learning more about a complex condition
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. Raising awareness. Improving understanding. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Autism Awareness Month: Learning more about a complex condition. April is Autism Awareness Month – a chance to raise awareness and learn a little more about this complex condition affecting so many. Here are just a few sources that might help answer some questions. Want a good quick overview of what autism is? Check out the CDC’s main autism page. One resource you may be familiar with already is Siri, the ...
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.: Are Some Jobs More Stressful Than Others?
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. Raising awareness. Improving understanding. Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Are Some Jobs More Stressful Than Others? Everyone has bad days on the job—a project that you put hours into bombs or a task you need to accomplish is difficult and stressful. But are some jobs harder overall on our mental health than others? Depression may be more likely to occur in some professions, research suggests. And according to a new study. Want more info on managing workplace stress? Comments ar...
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.: What to expect for your first visit with your psychiatrist
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. Raising awareness. Improving understanding. Thursday, March 21, 2013. What to expect for your first visit with your psychiatrist. By David Goldsmith, M.D., and Arshya Vahabzadeh, M.D. Resident Psychiatrists, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine. Your Psychiatrist’s Training. Or mood swings. Other symptoms could include problems with sleep. Memory, or appetite. Or people suffering from drug addiction. And anxiety. As such, ...
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.: How Psychotherapy Changes the Brain
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Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. Raising awareness. Improving understanding. Wednesday, March 12, 2014. How Psychotherapy Changes the Brain. By Serina Deen, MDMPH. Psychotherapy is also “biological” in that it can lead to real functional and structural changes in the brain. In fact, sometimes psychotherapy. Produce surprisingly similar changes in the brain. We still have a lot to learn about the topic, but below are some examples of what researchers have been finding so far. Functional Changes in the Brain:.
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