Grief that becomes serious and persistent inhibits the healing process and increases the risk for depression and other psychological disorders.
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Adolescents and Depression
Introduction Signs of Depression Cause of Clinical Depression Treatment Who Can Help? Introduction Adolescence can be a roller coaster ride of extreme highs and lows. Teenage moodiness is so common that parents typically consider teenagers' mood swings as a...
Grieving Parents and Their Risk for Substance Abuse
Introduction Recognizing Complicated Grief Increased Risk of Substance Use and Abuse Interventions to Consider Grief Counseling Introduction The death of a child is an unfathomable loss that creates a personal, psychological, and often spiritual crisis for...
Women, Depression and Cognitive Therapy
By Carole B. Okun, MSW, LCSW-R Introduction What Is Depression? Reproductive Cycles Influencing Vulnerability to Depression Other Factors Leading to Women's Vulnerability to Depression Action Plan for Suicidal Thoughts Cognitive Therapy Treatment for Depression...
Culturally Sensitivity in Mental Health Care
Providing needed services to people in diverse cultures requires much more than having caregivers with similar backgrounds and languages.
When Grief Turns to Thoughts of Suicide
By Lynn Purnell Hagan, PsyD, LCSW Caregiver stress has been widely publicized and studied. Many times, one might think that the stress of caregiving is lifted once the loved one has died. However, the risks to the caregiver can often carry on long after their loved...
Depression: Build Your Self-Help Kit
A Depression Self-Help Kit is a collection of plans, ideas and reminders you’ll put into effect if you become depressed.
Forgiveness: An Essential Part of Stress Management
Forgiveness is a choice that frees our minds and helps us manage stress.
Mind & Spirit: Organizations that Help
Find organizations that help people in mind and health matters, including PTSD, anxiety, eating disorders and more.
Symptoms of Schizophrenia
By Franklyn Okoye, DSW Hallucinations Delusions Behavior Changes Negative Symptoms Hallucinations Hallucinations are things that are heard, seen, felt or even smelled or tasted that don't seem to come from anything 'real'. Although hallucinations can...
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What Is Trauma and How To Overcome It
By Jill Forbes, LCSW, QCSW Most people know when they have been exposed to a traumatic event. Traumatic events are events that make a person fearful in that they, or someone or something meaningful to them, has been lost or harmed in a life-changing manner. When the...
Living with Domestic Violence? Here’s How to Get Help
By Terri Ferguson, BSW According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), 20 people per minute are physically abused by their partner. That amounts to virtually 28,800 people every day. In this same typical day 20,000 calls are placed to domestic...
Is the War on Immigration Leading to a Rise in Internalized Oppression?
By Donzell Lampkins, MSW, LCSW Social workers are invested in preserving and promoting the overall well-being of individuals, families, groups, and communities. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that we’re advocating to alleviate immigrants from inhumane conditions...