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8 Ways to Navigate Change Without Stress & Anxiety


Change doesn't have to be terrifying!

Life change — and change in general — is certain to happen. According to the Greek philosopher, Heracleitus, "The only thing that is constant is change."

If this is true, and I believe it is, coping with life changes, transitions, and the stress and anxiety that comes with it should come more easily to everyone, don’t you think?

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Aspergers

Advice for Parents of High Functioning Autistic Children from Someone Who’s Been There

When raising an autistic child, doctors and therapists come in handy in answering questions that parents of autistic children may have. God knows, we’ve consulted our share of specialists. But sometimes, no advice compares to the advice of the very people who are raising these children. My husband and I have been in the position of bringing up a child on the spectrum for 15 years.  We’ve seen and learned a lot, and I’d like to share some of the tips we’ve learned over the years.
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Criminal Justice

Targeting Those with Mental Illness Will Not Prevent Mass Shootings

So now, according to the Washington Post, the Trump Administration is “...considering a controversial proposal to study whether mass shootings could be prevented by monitoring mentally ill people for small changes that might foretell violence.”1 As a psychiatrist, I keep wondering how many times the White House will scapegoat those with psychiatric illnesses rather than looking at the scientific data on mass shooters. To understand the problem, consider the case of “Tyler” (a composite of many mass shooter profiles).
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Mental Health and Wellness

The 3 Pillars of Mental Health  

In recent years, researchers have emphasized that mental health is just as important as physical health when it comes to a person’s overall wellbeing. Our mental health encompasses our psychological, emotional and social well-being and this can impact how we think, feel and behave every day. Mental health strengthens our ability to have healthy relationships, maintain our physical health, make good decisions and reach our fullest potential. Understanding the foundations to good mental health will help you feel happier and more fulfilled in your life. A formula to achieving positive mental health is recognizing the three pillars of mental health which are mental flexibility, mindfulness, and resilience. 
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Grief and Loss

The Resiliency of Survivors of Suicide Loss

Being a survivor of suicide loss is a unique kind of grief. In the realm of mental health stigma, suicide is about as nightmare as you can get. 

A survivor of suicide loss endures many days of bewilderment. While the momentum of episodic depression, anxiety, and substance abuse that often precedes suicide comes to a screeching halt for your loved one in their death, the hurricane force winds rage on for the survivor, now compounded with even more pain, confusion, and grief, as you process the sudden loss of your loved one.
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Children and Teens

How Youth Sports Can Help Shield Every Kid—for Life

A National Youth Sports Strategy to increase physical activity among America’s kids is slated to come out of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this month—and it can’t come too soon.

The reasons that our kids should participate in sports are many—from boosting cardiovascular health, to  helping them develop self-control, to the positive impact that exercise has on academic performance. 

But today, the most pressing reason to encourage sports participation among our youth is their mental health.

Our kids are struggling—and the data isn’t looking good.
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Friends

Do Our Neighbors Matter to Us Anymore?

When I was growing up in my small town of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, neighbors were part of my everyday life. During the summers, the first thing I’d do everyday was head outside to see who was around, then spend the rest of the day playing with the other neighborhood kids. 

That was back in the 1960s and late 50s. It wasn’t just the kids who were friendly with the neighbors back then. The house where I lived had a patio and many evenings, after dinner, grownups from the neighborhood would gather there to chat and relax. 
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