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Identifying Irrational Thoughts

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

One of the most common components of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) is identifying and answering irrational thoughts. Once you can label and dissect an irrational thought, you take away some of its power. The longer these ...

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Social Phobia

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Social phobia is an intense fear of becoming humiliated in social situations, specifically of embarrassing yourself in front of other people. It often runs in families and may be accompanied by depression or alcoholism. Social ...

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Psychotherapy Treatment for PTSD

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Psychotherapy is an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and survivors of trauma. There are a variety of psychotherapies available, but they all share a number of common attributes: Therapy always is individualized to meet ...

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About Behavior Therapy

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Behavior therapy is focused on helping an individual understand how changing their behavior can lead to changes in how they are feeling. The goal of behavior therapy is usually focused on increasing the ...

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About Cognitive Psychotherapy

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Cognitive therapy is based on the theory that much of how we feel is determined by what we think. Disorders, such as depression, are believed to be the result of faulty thoughts and beliefs. By ...

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Paroextine may help treat compulsive hoarding

Monday, November 13th, 2006

New research has found that certain antidepressants work well to reduce symptoms of compulsive hoarding. It's very common to have a collection of some kind — acquiring and retaining nonessential objects is nearly universal and found ...

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Treatment of Panic Disorder

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Treatment can bring significant relief to 70 percent to 90 percent of people with panic disorder, and early treatment can help keep the disease from progressing to the later stages where agoraphobia develops. Before undergoing any ...

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Anxiety, Worry, and Stress, Oh My: The Bugaboos of Modern Life

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Anxiety, worry, and stress are all afflictions of life in the modern world. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 10 percent of the American population, or 24 million people, suffer from anxiety ...

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The Power of Positive Thinking

Monday, May 29th, 2006

No one can avoid all negative feelings in life and it's not realistic to think you can or should. But the happiest people somehow know how to buffer them by keeping life's inevitable tragedies from ...

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The Top 10 Types of “Stinkin’ Thinkin’”

Friday, January 20th, 2006

One of the most common types of skills learned in psychotherapy today focuses on our thinking. Unbeknownst to many of us, we often engage in internal conversations with ourselves throughout the day. Unless we're trained ...

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