Wed.Feb 19, 2025

article thumbnail

Addressing Identity and Recovery in Veterans

National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the

Rebuilding Purpose: Addressing Identity and Recovery in Veterans Transitioning from military service to civilian life is a journey unlike any other. For veterans, its not just about finding a new routine; its about finding a new identity, a new community and new ways to manage the unique challenges theyve faced. These often include mental health challenges, substance use, and the complex interplay between the two.

article thumbnail

'Loot box' virtual rewards associated with gambling and video game addiction

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

A new study of more than 1400 adults who gamble and play online video games has found loot box buying is associated with real-world gambling, video gaming addiction, and other mental health issues. The international research brings new insights into the loot box phenomenon -- the virtual items offered in video games to give players random rewards including weapons, cosmetics or 'skins.

95
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Epigenetics Could Revolutionize ADHD Care

ADDitude

What if we could improve early detection of ADHD before symptoms emerged? What if we could more accurately predict someones response to a medication and use that information to prescribe a personalized ADHD treatment plan, instead of going through unnecessary trial and error? These are among the exciting possibilities associated with epigenetic research.

article thumbnail

Beyond the Mood Boost: How Journaling Rewires Your Brain for Resilience

Child Mind Intitute

At the Child Mind Institute, we are dedicated to understanding how the brain develops and identifying ways we can support children and adolescents in building mental health awareness and resilience. We know that the teenage years can be a particularly challenging time filled with big emotions, academic pressures, and social complexities. Thats why we have developed Mirror , a digital journal app designed to make journaling more accessible and impactful.

article thumbnail

Finding Strength in Community: Navigating Grief Together with Virtual IOP Support in California

Clear Behavioral Health

Grief is a personal experience. It can feel like a heavy burden that we bear alone, even though its something that everyone will face at some point in our lives. Whether the loss is sudden or expected, the feelings of sorrow, confusion, and even anger can feel isolating [1-4]. Traditional methods of grief processing have historically left us to handle these emotions on our own, which can make the healing journey even more challenging.

article thumbnail

How Streaming True Crime Might Impact Your Anxiety Levels

Zencare

Published on February 19,2025 by Zencare Team. Youve done a deep dive into the JonBent Ramsey case and know for a fact who the murderer is. You can recite every detail of Making a Murderer and have debated The Staircase more times than you can count (Owl theory anyone??). Maybe you even fall asleep to Crime Junkie because somehow, chilling tales of real-life horror have become your bedtime stories, and you love being lulled to sleep by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat.

article thumbnail

Session 399: TBG Archive, Maintaining Freedom While in Relationships

Therapy for Black Girls

Relationships and freedomcan they truly coexist? This episode from our archives revisits a powerful discussion sparked by a question from our community: How do you navigate the idea of losing some of your freedom in a relationship? In this episode, Im joined by Dr. Maria Dominguez, LMFT, also known as Dr. D. Together, we unpack what it means to navigate freedom in relationships, how to define what freedom looks like for you, and the key conversations to have while dating that can provide clarity

52

More Trending

article thumbnail

The Miracle of Healing Podcast

Judy Tsafrir, MD Blog

PODCAST The Miracle of Healing Podcast with Lisa Campion: Healing the Planet One Person at a Time What if mental health treatment embraced the soul, the sacred, and the unseen forces shaping our well-being? In this episode, Dr. Judy Suzanne Reis Tsafrir, author of Sacred Psychiatry, reveals how spirituality, astrology, holistic healing, and detoxification can… The post The Miracle of Healing Podcast first appeared on Judy Tsafrir, M.D.

52
article thumbnail

Patterns of inflammation in childhood and mental and cardiometabolic disorders in adulthood: mapping the trajectories

The Mental Elf

Ruby Tsang summarises a recent longitudinal study of trajectories of inflammation in youth and risk of mental and cardiometabolic disorders in adulthood, which finds that high levels of inflammation in childhood may be linked to an increased risk of psychosis, depression and insulin resistance in early adulthood. The post Patterns of inflammation in childhood and mental and cardiometabolic disorders in adulthood: mapping the trajectories appeared first on National Elf Service.

49
article thumbnail

Bitter Milk, a film by Sevgi Bagislar Bremang

History Psychiatry

Dear H-madness readers, we are happy to share with you this film.

45
article thumbnail

CBT Intervention Delivered by Non-Specialist Providers Significantly Reduces Risk of Postpartum Depression

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health

The Healthy Mother - Healthy Baby intervention delivered by non-specialists cuts postpartum depression risk by 81% through anxiety-focused care.

article thumbnail

Piers Morgan Talks Sense!

Psychiatric News

Thursday Yes, Piers Morgan links SSRIs and antidepressants to mass shootings, saying, Theres a direct correlation. He is, of course, correct.

40
article thumbnail

Psychotherapy and Social Change: Mick Cooper on Counseling, Pluralism, and Progressive Politics

Mad in America

M ick Cooper is a leading voice in contemporary counseling psychology, known for his work at the intersection of psychotherapy and social change. A Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Roehampton in the UK, Dr. Cooper is both a researcher and a practicing therapist, exploring how psychotherapeutic principles can contribute to broader political and societal transformation.