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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. Developing Resilience Life inevitably throws curveballs. Resources for finding a mental health professional can be found here.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

Mad in America

Originally intended to highlight risk factors, ACE scores are now used by clinicians to diagnose individuals, despite overlooking resilience and individual variations in response to adversity. Jonathan Haidt has described the current generation as fragile due to being overprotected and less resilient.

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Why Women Are More Prone to Anxiety Disorders (and How to Cope)

Lightwork

We’ll also share practical, evidence-based coping strategies designed specifically for women’s experiences, helping you build resilience and manage anxiety effectively. For more information about our services or to learn more about us, please visit our about page.

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Reframing Mental and Emotional Pain from a Buddhist Psychology Perspective

Mad in America

By emphasizing the dynamic nature of mental and emotional states, Buddhist Psychology encourages individuals to explore the underlying causes of their suffering and develop strategies for coping and resilience. Contemplative practices in Buddhist Psychology encourage observing mental and emotional processes to gain insights about them.

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Top 10 Benefits of Counseling for Students in 2025

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

It helps in managing stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns, allowing students to cope better with academic and personal challenges. These interventions empower students to build academic resilience and maintain consistency in their performance. Why is mental health important for college students?

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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2024

Mad in America

Arrested Development: Britney Spears Memoir Is a Survivors Tale of Generational Trauma, Psychiatric Abuse, and Resilience Miranda Spencer shares her thoughts on Britneys memoir entitled The Woman in Me. He didnt want to live the rest of his life bedridden and no longer able to enjoy the life that he once had and loved so much.

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Why Does a Parent Medicate a Child? An Interview with My Mother

Mad in America

There was a law that was just passed in California that prohibits school districts from requiring staff to disclose to parents information related to a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Abigail Shrier talks about this in Bad Therapy , about how schools and counselors are keeping mental health information from parents.