The culmination of a three-year, 30-country study by the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) reveals that Europe’s biggest health challenge is mental disorders and other brain disorders. But, researchers say, little has been done in the way of enhancing mental health treatment in Europe, and much more needs to be done
Month: September 2011
Research from the University of Missouri suggests that one way to bolster your health is to trust your neighbors. Eileen Bjornstrom analyzed the 2001 Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey and found those who said that “their neighbors can be trusted” also reported better self-health. “Because human beings engage in interpersonal
In its September cover story, Counseling Today discusses the pressures facing students as they enter a new school year, including worries about making friends, fitting in with their peers and feeling successful academically. Now, a newly published study suggests that the level of anxiety experienced by certain children actually hinders their
Counselors who stepped in and tried to help support a grieving nation in the aftermath of 9/11 believe lessons that emerged from that tragic day have gone a long way toward shaping the counseling profession’s direction over the past decade.
Millions of words will be written as the world acknowledges the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedies that occurred in New York, Pennsylvania and northern Virginia. Many of you will work with clients and students for whom the anniversary of that infamous day will bring back sad and
When counselor Rachel Feldwisch transitioned from full-time to part-time work a few years ago, she struggled to find flexible day care for her daughter. Luckily, her longtime friend and fellow American Counseling Association member Molly Meier was also looking for child care to accommodate her new private practice schedule. As
It’s a good thing Jodi Mullen didn’t become a counselor exclusively for the compliments. Mullen, an associate professor and coordinator of the mental health counseling program at the State University of New York at Oswego, recalls working with a 12-year-old European American girl from a middle-class family whose presenting problem,
I am writing this column as I return from the annual ACA Institute for Leadership Training. My experiences during the week instilled in me an added enthusiasm and confidence that our professional association is alive and well. There were folks in attendance from 45 states and 16 ACA divisions. There were
CT Daily has previously shown how a positive relationship with a mother can affect a child. A Concordia University study now reveals the link between a father’s presence and a child’s intellect and well-being. Researchers evaluated 138 children and their parents when the children were 3 to 5 years old