Conquering the fear of being a ‘bad mom’
Actor shares four-year-old daughter with husband Dwyane Wade
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Conquer Anxiety, One Small Step at a Time
Anxiety can feel like an endless battle is going on inside your head, constant worries and fears, and ‘What ifs?’ that you can’t seem to escape. It’s like being trapped in “The Matrix” with no way out. But take comfort – there’s a way to escape. With solution-focused therapy, the authors offer simple, easy-to-manage techniques
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Swimsuit Anxiety Is Real
Swimsuit anxiety can have significant negative effects on mood and body image, and many struggle with feeling confident while wearing a swimsuit. Body dissatisfaction peaks in the summer when increased media pressure and comparisons can make it feel like our bodies are on display. Did you know that just imagining trying on a swimsuit can
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It Wasn’t ADHD or Anxiety—It Was Gluten
Doctors misdiagnosed my son. He didn’t have a mood or behavior condition. He had a gut disease.
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Virtually screening adults for depression, anxiety, and suicide risk using machine learning and language from an open-ended interview
Current screening techniques for depression, anxiety, and suicide rely on retrospective patient reports to standardized scales. But combining a natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) approach with qualitative screening shows promise. This new approach detects depression, anxiety, and suicide risk by analyzing a patient’s language during a 5-to-10-min open-ended interview. This recent study
Takashi Murakami loves and fears AI
Speaking at an exhibition opening in France, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami offered his thoughts on the positives and negatives of AI.
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‘It’s like living with your worst fears on a hamster wheel, and you can’t get out’ – How OCD can destroy relationships
Zachary James remembers the exact moment that his first intrusive thought lodged itself in his mind. He was 19 and working in a store when a “creepy man” entered the children’s clothing section.
How My Body Saved Me From Stress and Anxiety
Our bodies are wise and can alert us when something is wrong. Unfortunately, many people don’t listen. If we don’t tune in, our bodies may become chronically sick. However, every once in a while, we may receive an instant of clarity. In those moments, capturing the message is crucial. When the author’s body almost gave
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Psychotherapist’s persuasiveness in anxiety: Scale development and relation to the working alliance.
Effective communication can have a positive impact on a client’s struggle. Psychotherapy has been found to be an effective remedy for many mental health conditions, but it’s important for therapists to be aware of ways how to communicate the salience of their approach to their clients. A new idea is to rate and measure the
Transforming Psychotherapy Through Mindful Compassion: The Impact on Empathy, Symptomatology and Mechanisms of Change – Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Recent years have seen an inspiring breakthrough in psychotherapy – mindfulness and compassion-based interventions (MCBI) can help clinicians to acquire essential skills and improve the relationships they have with patients. A new study reveals that after MCBI, therapists see an increase in psychotherapeutic mindfulness skills (PMS) at both follow-up and after the intervention. Their empathy
