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Clinical Psychology
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Clinical Psychology 32 years experience
Offensive: You can't control your sister's response to you. If you try to approach her in a kind and gentle manner, and you use open ended questions, this will ... Read More
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Payment for services: Generally a therapist has a set rate for their services. However, when a therapist accepts insurance, they agree to a "negotiated rate" from the insu... Read More
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Intake: You need to meet the criteria for the specific condition being studied by the clinical trial. For example, if the clinical trial was for depression, ... Read More
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Many causes: A neurologist could answer this better than i can, but as a person ages, the likelihood of a disorder called dementia can occur. There are several ty... Read More
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Depression+: First have a medical exam to rule out common medical conditions that can cause depression such as a thyroid condition or other organ malfuctions or ab... Read More
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Short term: This is only a short-term solution. Perhaps a better approach is to use the techniques related to mindfulness. See work by jon kabat-zinn or joan bo... Read More
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Often: I don't have the statistics for this, but in my clinical experience premature birth can cause significant difficulties in maturation and affect a pers... Read More
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Up to 10% of populat: Up to 10% of the population will suffer from some form of depression at some point in his or her life.
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Hereditary: Learning disorders are typically related to genetic or trauma-induced, rather than occuring on their own (developing) over time.
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Clinical Psychology 32 years experience
3 Areas: Begin with a comprehensive alcohol and drug evaluation. Then based on the results, there are 3 areas of treatment to consider. Depending on symptoms... Read More
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OCD: Common OCD compulsions include washing your hands multiple times a day, checking to make sure things have been turned off (lights, stove, curling iron... Read More
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Pain management: There are many tools and techniques for pain management. Some are medical and some are psychological. Jon kabat-zinn has written extensively in this... Read More
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Psychological: Psychological tools include mindfulness, relaxation exercises, deep breathing, thought-stopping among others.
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Clinical Psychology 32 years experience
Wrong approach: There is only one person you can change - you. If you believe you need to change your boyfriend in order for the relationship to work, the probabilit... Read More
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Exercise: If there isn't anything medically or physically impacting you, then evaluate whether or not you have adequate food and exercise. Sometimes eating too... Read More
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Anger management: It is important to first have a medical evaluation to rule out a medical cause for your anger (e.g. Temporal lobe dysfunction). If there isn't a medi... Read More
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Clinical Psychology 32 years experience
Wide definitions: A sexual health counselor may be someone at school, someone at a health clinic, or another setting. Typically this person is not a medical doctor, bu... Read More
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Many ways: It depends on the severity and duration of the anxiety and/or depression. Typically moderate to severe anxiey and/or depression interferes with a per... Read More
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Partly: Intelligence is a combination of genetics and environment. It is the age old "nature vs nurture" controversy. Perhaps the best thing you can do for ... Read More
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Pleasant Events: Dysphoria can be related to many things. It is important to try to establish whether there is an underlying medical or biological cause. But absent ... Read More
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Similar symptoms: I think of anxiety and depression as "cousins". An underlying anxiety disorder can cause depression over time and vice versa. Treatment consideratio... Read More
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Degree of memory los: Generally speaking a blackout means that you don't remember anything that happened. With a hangover, you are able to remember bits and pieces.
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Emotional problems: I think many people are referring to a person not being able to regulate their emotions and/or behaviors without chaos, conflict or hurt and pain (for... Read More
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Online search: One place to look online is "psychology today". You can look up profiles of therapists who list their credentials and type of therapy. There are no ... Read More
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No: I don't believe many men hate monogamy. But I do think that depending on how a man is socialized and to the extent that a man learns to develop healt... Read More
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Not necessarily: The teen years are some of the most challenging years a person will go through. When a teen experiences depression, a portion will also experience su... Read More
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55 to 75: Early onset dementia can occur as early as age 40, but typically it is around age 60 or 65. The older a person becomes, the more likely they will exp... Read More
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Regression: I have conducted past regression therapy and almost all patients I have worked with have had a positive experience.
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Analyze the cause: Perhaps try writing down your feelings. See if you can connect the behavior (crying) with particular thoughts. Ask yourself questions like "do i fe... Read More
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Expand options: Take inventory and ask yourself, "am i overwhelmed by too much" or "am i stuck and stagnent"? If you are overwhelmed by too much going on in your lif... Read More
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Safe Cosmetics: Depends on whether you have allergies to particular substances that may be in a cosmetic and the amount of allergen the cosmetic may contain. Conside... Read More
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Aging social skills: Generally a person's social skills will not decline over time. An anxiety disorder such as social phobia is one thing that might help explain how it ... Read More
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Waiting by the phone: I would ask to talk to the office manager and then politely give the details of the situation explaining that you are frustrated by not getting a retu... Read More
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Go to the ER: You might also consider seeing a psychologist who treats panic disorder. There are a number of "tools and techniques" that have been developed to hel... Read More
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Highest level: A person who is a genius has a level of intelligence in the very top range. The statistical normal curve goes from the bottom to the top range of int... Read More
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Losing weight: Food portions and exercise are the two primary factors related to weight gain and weight loss in my experience. Unless there is a medical condition t... Read More
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Psychotherapy: Consider taking your stepchild to a psychotherapist who is trained in dealing with school phobia.
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Opioid: Opioid medication can help, but be very careful. These can be highly addicting.
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Cure back pain: You can't cure chronic back pain, but you can learn to live with it. Consider the book "full catastrophe living" by jon kabat-zinn.
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Money: Money has so many different meanings in life. But money primarily represents the ability to influence, increase holdings or exercise power and contro... Read More
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Stress and impulsive: Children are going through developmental maturation. Their brain and body is growing and developing "control mechanism". Generally when a child is o... Read More
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Several things: Exercise 20 to 30 minutes per day about every other day; get enough sleep - usually between 6 and 8 hours per night; eating a balanced diet - see a di... Read More
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Sex Therapy: It would first be important to have a medical check up to make sure there isn't any problems with physical functioning. Then sex therapy would be app... Read More
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Clinical Psychology 32 years experience
Psychological: Psychological tools include mindfulness, relaxation exercises, deep breathing, thought-stopping among others.
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Clinical Psychology 32 years experience
Psychotherapy: There are various ways a person can work through bad experiences with family relationships. One way is to read a good self-help book on relationships... Read More
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Perhaps: These are symptoms of a panic attack. An individual will have several symptoms like this all at once that come on suddenly without a particular trigg... Read More
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Codependency: Learn as much about drug addition as you can. Attend a self-help support group such as ala-non. Understand the concept of co-dependency and work to ... Read More
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In vs out of home : Long-term care options are usually either in-home or residential treatment. In the very early stages of dementia the patient can usually get by with ... Read More
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Trust: Trust is perhaps the most important aspect to have before one can risk being authentic in any relationship. Another factor is a strong, positive self... Read More
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Mood changes: Anytime a person exhibits "severe" mood changes or behavior, they should be evaluated to see what is causing it.
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