Cancer patients who choose to partake in mindfulness-based therapy may see a reduction in their anxiety and depression symptoms, according to a new study by a Danish interdisciplinary research team. Mindfulness-based psychological therapy is rooted in Buddhist meditation techniques and includes techniques such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based
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ACA President Don W. Locke has sent the American Psychiatric Association a letter providing final comments for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Based on comments from ACA members and the ACA DSM Task Force, the letter acknowledges useful changes that had been
Researchers from Tel Aviv University are suggesting that a computer-based treatment for children with anxiety could be an alternative to medication or even cognitive behavioral therapy. The researchers say that utilizing a technique called Attention Bias Modification (ABM) on computers reduces anxiety in children because it draws them “away from their tendency
In the wake of the suicide of a retired football player, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in an interview with Sports Illustrated that more needs to be done for football players’ mental health post-career, suggesting that players should receive a mental health evaluation as they exit the NFL. “Our focus has
Eric Shinseki, secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, informed the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Tuesday that it may need to hire even more than the new 1,900 mental health positions it announced last month. As The Washington Post reports, Shinseki made the comments at a hearing in response to a report from
Very few of us are award-winning artists of some kind, but that shouldn’t stop us from taking a little time to write, paint, dance or sing when the mood strikes us. In fact, one mental health professional contends that doing some form of art is actually a good move for
A study from Northwestern University suggests that not only can depression be effectively treated over the phone, but phone therapy can also lead to more patients sticking with treatment. For the study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers offered more than 300 patients with major depression
A new study from Duke University researchers suggests that treating adolescents with major depression comes with an additional long-term benefit: the chance that those adolescents will abuse drugs later in life decreases. The study spanned five years and followed 192 adolescents; those adolescents were between the ages of 17 and
Efforts to bridge the “digital divide” of the 1990s have resulted in technology being more widespread across the country, regardless of income. But it appears that researchers and policy makers are finding a new troubling divide. According to The New York Times , studies are finding that children from lower-income
Lynn Hall first spoke with Counseling Today about what it means to work with military couples and families for the June 2011 feature story, “Life in transition.” Now, Hall, dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Phoenix and author of the book Counseling Military Families: What Mental Health Professionals