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Your Comprehensive Guide to Kids and Anxiety

Beautiful Voyager

Photo credit Early support and treatment really does make a difference Anxiety in children has been diagnosed an at increasingly higher rate in the past few years. Age and poverty level affected the likelihood of children receiving treatment for anxiety, depression, or behavior problems. This causes lots of anxiety.

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psychotherapy's moral bite: on deactivating the projection of will

Clinical Philosophy

It's from a recent blogpost by Jon Frederikson ; Frederikson is a particularly lucid and thoughtful exponent of ISTDP (Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy). The other professionals who I'm most aware of embodying it are what we might call master school teachers and master social workers. And now the example.

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How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

Social Work Blog

I’m not suggesting that improv is a cure for depression or anxiety, or any mental health concern. Beginning stages of therapy: therapists build rapport and help clients feel emotionally vulnerable The therapeutic alliance, or the relationship between therapist and client, is the biggest predictor of success in psychotherapy.

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Maternal Mental Health Matters: A Neglected but Vital Issue

Relias

If a mom isn’t doing well, her kids will fail to thrive — they may do poorly in school and in life. The EPDS can also detect other mental disorders, such as anxiety, bipolar disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Where a mom goes, a family goes. It is recommended that the questions be completed with a healthcare professional.

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Finding Help on Self-Injury Awareness Day in Chicago

Gateway Foundation

Many emotions — such as loneliness, worthlessness, anxiety, guilt, anger, and insecurity — can all trigger self-injury. Communicating feelings of depression, stress, or anxiety to others. People who engage in self-harm can experience suicidal thoughts or may have attempted it at some point. Why Do People Self-Injure?

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Crisis Prevention and Intervention in the Age of COVID-19

Relias

Rates of depression and anxiety among Americans skyrocketed between 2020 and 2022. Social isolation coupled with anxiety and fear has led to a sharp uptick in Americans reporting substance use. In fact, research has shown that telehealth leads to an increase in the number of patients showing up for psychotherapy appointments.

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Depression & Perfectionism

Gateway Foundation

Perfectionists believe that most tasks they do demand perfection, and this unhealthy thought pattern can lead to stress, anxiety, and depression. Students are especially at risk of experiencing depression, perfectionism, and substance use disorder in school. There are several reasons perfectionism and depression may co-occur.