People suffering from schizophrenia are often plagued with a lifetime of hallucinations, delusions and isolation from society. But researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are suggesting that cognitive therapy can help those most severely impaired by this disorder regain some sense of normalcy. “Mental health
Month: October 2011
Despite a July SAMHSA report revealing that suicide rates among middle-aged women have dramatically increased over the years, a new Gallup-Healthways daily poll of Americans’ well-being found that more women were optimistic about their lives than men, USA Today reports. Twenty-five percent of the women polled between the ages 45 and 55
We are always told to learn from our mistakes, but a soon-to-be-published study reveals that whether we actually believe this adage affects how our brain reacts to mistakes. “One big difference between people who think intelligence is malleable and those who think intelligence is fixed is how they respond to
The economic downturn and subsequent recession in the United States has yielded more than just long-term unemployment. As the Washington Post reports, the ramifications of a bad economy can be seen in Americans’ mental health. Of the 14 million unemployed individuals in the United States, three-quarters have been of work
Overcoming addiction is a difficult task at any age, but a new study by the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and the Butler Center for Research at Hazelden revealed that most young adults want to overcome their addiction; they just need help along the way.
It is empowering to me as a professional counselor to observe our positive growth as a part of the mental health team during the past several years. I recently had the opportunity to attend the presentation of the Voice Awards in Hollywood. I came away feeling that ACA and professional counselors
Much of life is about expectations. Think about it. At work, we expect certain things to happen based on our actions or the actions of those with whom we work. As a professional counselor, you expect that the services you provide will help children, adolescents, adults, couples and families as
When Dr. Irvin D. Yalom takes the podium to deliver the opening keynote at the 2012 American Counseling Association Annual Conference & Exposition in San Francisco next March, it will mark something of a repeat performance. But having previously keynoted ACA’s Annual Conference in Atlanta in 2005, the influential theorist,
On Jan. 24, I was sitting in the break room of my office in a human rights organization in Cairo, Egypt, where I work as a counselor for African refugees. As the oldest person in the office, I argued that the demonstrations scheduled for the next day would probably be like
It wasn’t talk therapy that Michelle Wade’s client needed most during crisis. It was text therapy. The safety plan for Wade’s adolescent client dictated that she call Wade, a private practitioner in La Plata, Md., whenever she felt like cutting herself. But instead of calling, the client kept texting Wade.