Category: Psychotherapy

Screening Tools: eMentalHealth.ca

                  click here for : Screening Tools   Wondering if you or a loved one might have a mental health concern? Use our free, anonymous, clinically validated screening questionnaires to see whether or not there may be a mental health issue. Remember: these self-assessments are for screening only […] more

Dr. Peter Breggin: Today’s Greatest Mental Health Need: Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Programs

Dr. Peter Breggin: Today’s Greatest Mental Health Need: Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Programs. The pharmaceutical industry and organized psychiatry act as if the greatest challenge today is to identify new psychiatric disorders, to promote the supposedly high prevalence of existing disorders, and to find new blockbuster drugs, all the while heavily promoting current moneymakers. Even the […] more

Economics of Providing Psychotherapy

PsychiatryOnline | Psychiatric News | News Article. Susan G. Lazar, M.D. text A A A Mental illness is the leading cause of global disability, accounting for one-third of disability worldwide, according to 2008 data from the World Health Organization. In the United States, costs of mental illness are 7 percent of total health care expenditures, with the indirect […] more

Psychiatrist: I hate suicide but also understand it

Psychiatrist: I hate suicide but also understand it – CNN.com. Film director Tony Scott left notes in his car and office before plunging to his death, a coroner’s official said. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Most people who commit suicide are losing a battle against major depression, psychiatrist says These suicides can haunt and hurt most of all, […] more

A psychiatrist’s double bind – The Globe and Mail

A psychiatrist’s double bind – The Globe and Mail.   Enlarge this image A psychiatrist’s double bind GILI ADLER NEVO From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, May. 22, 2012 3:20PM EDT Last updated Tuesday, May. 22, 2012 3:26PM EDT A soft knock propelled me to open the door in time for my next patient. The corridor […] more

TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS: Core Concepts

http://itaaworld.org/index.php/about-ta/ta-core-concepts?showall=&limitstart= A Compilation of Core Concepts TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS IS: an easily understandable yet sophisticated psychological theory about people’s thinking, feelings and behavior and, a contemporary and effective system of psychotherapy, education, organizational and socio-cultural analysis and social psychiatry. EGO STATES AND TRANSACTIONS. People’s interactions are made up of transactions. Any one transactions has two parts: the stimulus and the response. Individual […] more

Rewiring the Brain to Ease Pain

Rewiring the Brain to Ease Pain – WSJ.com. Rewiring the Brain to Ease Pain Brain Scans Fuel Efforts to Teach Patients How to Short-Circuit Hurtful Signals By MELINDA BECK           How you think about pain can have a major impact on how it feels. That’s the intriguing conclusion neuroscientists are reaching as scanning technologies let them […] more

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