by American Psychological Association Public Relations Staff
October 23—With the growing financial crisis and the rising costs of gas, food, and healthcare, Americans are clearly experiencing heightened stress. The American Psychological Association’s 2008 national Stress in America survey reveals what Americans are stressed about, what they are doing to manage that stress, and how stress is [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Americans Stressed Over Economy, More Report Symptoms
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged crisis, economy, habits, stress, women on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Study: War deployments make kids more aggressive
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged aggression, aggressive, behavior, children, depression, military, war on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Associated Press/AP Online 2008-11-03
By CARLA K. JOHNSON
CHICAGO – Preschoolers with a parent away at war were more likely to show aggression than other young children in military families, according to the first published research on how the very young react to wartime deployment.
Hitting, biting and hyperactivity -”the behaviors parents really notice”- were more frequent when [...]
Minimizing the Risk of Suicidality: Early Training in Problem Solving as a Possible Buffer
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Kortlander, optimism, problem, solutions, solving, suicide on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
S. Elizabeth Kortlander, Ph.D.
Over 31,000 people per year die by suicide, making it the eleventh leading cause of death (Suicide Prevention Action Network.) Yet are there interventions that might help to reduce the rate of suicide, saving not only the lives of its victims, but preventing the agonizing toll suicide takes on those who survive [...]
EFFECTIVE AND RAPID TREATMENT FOR PTSD AND OTHER EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS Albert Zbik, Psy.D.
Posted in Uncategorized on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other after-effects of emotional trauma have traditionally been among the most stubborn problems that people bring to psychotherapy: at least until recently. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) “clears” troubling emotions and negative thinking linked to trauma and other painful past experiences. Some people have said that EMDR [...]
