Mental Health Library
- Teens and Porn
One of the mistakes parents make when they learn their teenage son has been viewing pornography sites on his computer is to punish him by taking away his computer. This is a mistake, as it may send th …
- 15 ADHD-Friendly Tips to Fire Up Your Focus
A wandering mind is common for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Whether you’re talking to your boss or best friend, you might easily lose track of conversations. Or get eas …
- Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist Will Meek
In this regular feature on Psych Central, we’ve been talking with a different clinician each month about everything from conducting therapy to coping with stress to living a meaningful life to the cha …
- Trauma-Informed Practices with Children and Adolescents
Trauma-Informed Practices with Children and Adolescents by William Steel and Cathy A. Malchiodi is a powerful and user-friendly book aimed at educating clinicians in their work with child and adolesce …
- OCD and College Accommodations
An interesting article recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal. “A Serious Illness or an Excuse” is worth reading and talks about what is happening on college campuses across the country: The num …
- Manage Your Depression Through Exercise
Starting any exercise program can be a tough task. However, for those suffering from depression, it can be close to impossible. Just getting out of bed is a struggle for some; how are they to get th …
- 5 Tips to Increase Your Assertiveness
“Assertiveness is all about being present in a relationship,” according to Randy Paterson, Ph.D, a clinical psychologist and author of The Assertiveness Workbook: How to Express Your Ideas and Stand U …
- Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Fletcher Wortmann obviously knows his subject. “Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder” is for anyone who is or knows someone who is suffering from mental illness of any typ …
- ERP Therapy: A Good Choice for Treating OCD
During OCD Awareness Week in October, I sat in front of my computer, mesmerized, as I watched a live Internet broadcast of first-person OCD stories. At the same time these stories were being broadcast …
- Texting, Sexting… What’s Next?
A mother with her three teenage daughters sat in my office the other day. Two of the girls were there for sick visits. The third sister was just along for the ride. When I walked into the room, all th …
- 8 Tips for Working from Home with Mental Illness
People with mental illness struggle with the same time management troubles, distraction dilemmas and isolation issues as others without mental illness. With no time clock to punch and no boss monitori …
- The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking
Sometimes self-help authors can’t help but fall into the trap of being overly positive. But not Michelle Tillis Lederman — she knows how to remain balanced. In her book, The 11 Laws of Likabili …
- Creating a Charitable Family
In memory of Johnny Carson’s wonderful character, Carnac, I offer these three answers to an unknown question: the holidays, being honorees of a community agency, and teaching kids to be generous …
- NeuroCounseling: Simple Therapeutic Interventions for Rewiring the Maladaptive Brain
While I was taking my undergraduate and graduate classes many moons ago, my least favorite courses were the ‘biopsychology’ or ‘cognitive processes’ classes where my professors would lecture at great …
- Valentine’s Day & Parental LOVE
Did you know that about 40 percent of the 180 million Valentine’s cards purchased this year will be bought by parents? It makes sense if you think about it. Our little ones, even when not so lit …
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