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NASW Member Voices: ADHD and Mindfulness

Social Work Blog

A study from Psychiatry International found possible benefits of mindfulness to help with self-compassion, quality of life, well being, depression, and anxiety. Social workers can familiarize themselves with evidence-based practices like CBT or DBT. Studies indicate that mindfulness is an effective model for helping clients with ADHD.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

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The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5). Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a proven evidence-based treatment designed to help you manage stress and improve your coping skills.

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Teen Cutting

Beautiful Voyager

A meta-analytic study from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry analyzed the prevalence and characteristics of self-harm in adolescents across 41 countries. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a psychotherapy that is based on CBT.

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why we panic

Clinical Philosophy

A classic CBT formulation of that panic which is met with in panic disorder - a formulation owed to David Clark - looks like this: The idea, I believe, is that we're to read the arrows as meaning 'and then this leads to.' We might say that they're perhaps intended as 'causal' relations. For clinical purposes the model is helpful.

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Your Comprehensive Guide to Kids and Anxiety

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Symptoms of anxiety include avoiding the situation that triggers anxiety, says Dr. Takesha Cooper , assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine and a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Riverside County Department of Mental Health's Lake Elsinore Family Mental Health Services.

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Simple Tips: Anger Management for Autistic Children

Social Work Haven

Cognitive behavioral therapy: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a type of therapy that focuses on helping individuals identify and change negative patterns of thought and behavior. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42(4), 535-542 – National Institute of Mental Health (2015). Kassinove, H.,