Tag: anxiety
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Survey: Talk Therapy Helps
Read more: Survey: Talk Therapy HelpsResults from a giant Consumer Reports mental health survey, reported earlier, have been posted. Here are the bullet points they came up with: Talk therapy helps Some drugs have an edge Anxiety rises [is on the rise, that is, since 2004] Side effects shift Type of therapist doesn’t matter Details on the site.
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Angry Patriotism
Read more: Angry PatriotismScienceDaily: Anger Drives Support for Wartime Presidents, Study Finds Contrary to popular opinion and previous speculations among psychologists, Lambert’s study shows that the impulse to support the president in times of war has little to do with feelings of anxiety or uncertainty or needing a president to somehow make us feel safe.
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L.A. Therapist
Read more: L.A. TherapistI keep putting off calling a therapist. What if I don’t know what to say? Yesterday I ordered the couch for the new Los Feliz therapy space. I’ll share photos once everything is set up, but for now, I’m choosing tissue boxes, arranging lighting, and handling the practical details that make therapy work better. This…
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Benefits of Caretaking
Read more: Benefits of CaretakingTaking care of a spouse who is ill can increase anxiety and depression, however… [A study] found that when spouses were engaged in active caring tasks they had an increase in positive emotions, while time spent in passive care tended to provoke more negative emotions. Spouses who viewed themselves as sharing a mutually close relationship with their…
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Gulf Spill Distress
Read more: Gulf Spill DistressNYT: Add Psyche of Gulf Workers to Spill’s Toll. Beyond the environmental and economic damage, the toll of the mammoth spill in the Gulf of Mexico is being measured in hopelessness, anxiety, stress, anger, depression and even suicidal thoughts among those most affected, social workers say.