Tag: mental health

  • Goals for 2017

    Here’s an oldie but not-baddie: the New Year’s Resolution worksheet I once-upon-a-time put together for residents at the 28-day crisis program where I used to work. It’s been posted here before, but…it’s a new year again, so here it is. Sometimes resolving to take on new, better behaviors just sets you up for disappointment. There’s some wisdom…

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  • Exercise and Mood

    You already know this: Exercise Can Aid in Emotional Regulation (PsychCentral). The way it was measured here may improve your mood (with or without exercise): The study was conducted on 80 participants (40 men and 40 women) and each was assigned to either an aerobic exercise or no exercise (stretching). They were asked to complete an online…

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  • Mental Health, CA

      In never rains in California, but… In a comprehensive new study of mental health status and the use of mental health services by Californians, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that nearly one in five adults in the state — about 4.9 million people — said they needed help for a mental…

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  • Mental Health ER

    One in eight ER visits due to mental health and/or substance abuse. New government statistics show that nearly 12 million visits made to U.S. hospital emergency departments in 2007 involved people with a mental disorder, substance abuse problem, or both.

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  • Survey: Talk Therapy Helps

    Results 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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