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World Mental Health Day- 10th October 2022

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

World Mental Health Day- 10th October 2022. Both these non-communicable Mental Health issues can be addressed with timely intervention of the Psychiatrists at the Nair Hospital and other hospitals. Would appreciate if you take a couple of minutes to watch it. Video addressing depression.

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NASW Member Voices: ADHD and Mindfulness

Social Work Blog

Licensed mental health care professionals diagnose ADHD using the DSM-5. A study from Psychiatry International found possible benefits of mindfulness to help with self-compassion, quality of life, well being, depression, and anxiety. Mindfulness is a practice that encompasses a variety of mindfulness-based interventions.

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NHS heavily reliant on inappropriate out-of-area mental healthcare despite target to end it, finds report

Community Care

The NHS remains “heavily reliant” on inappropriate out-of-area mental health hospital placements despite a government target to eliminate them by March 2021, psychiatrist leaders have warned. Proposed Mental Health Act overhaul included in Queen’s Speech. ‘Inhumane and costly’ scandal.

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Simple Tips: Anger Management for Autistic Children

Social Work Haven

Seek early intervention  Early intervention can be key in helping autistic children develop the skills they need to manage anger and other challenging behaviors. Working with professionals, such as ABA therapists, can provide effective interventions tailored to the individual needs of the child.

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Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work: What’s The Difference?

Gary Direnfeld

By helping restructure the impact or dynamic of those situations, relationships may improve as may also the mental health impacts. So different training looks at behavior and mood through a different lens resulting in different interventions. It’s not that one is better or worse than another.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. 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).

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Great news! Tearing children from their parents is sure to be “catastrophic” – but only when Donald Trump does it! (If a professor from Massachusetts is to be believed.)

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

That’s not what another distinguished Massachusetts doctor said – again, back when it was Donald Trump’s ICE agents doing the taking: From the time they are born, children emotionally attach to their caregiver and vice versa, said Lisa Fortuna, medical director for child and adolescent psychiatry at Boston Medical Center [Emphasis added.]