Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Elinor Taylor – Short Bio

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Elinor Taylor will complete her Master's in Counseling in Spring 2015. She has interned as a Mental Health Counselor and is currently working as...

School-Based Mindfulness Leads to Stress Reduction, Study Finds

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Researchers find improvements in stress-related outcomes among middle school students exposed to a school-based mindfulness training program.

CT Sen. Chris Murphy Calls for Restrictions of Restraint and Seclusion in U.S. Schools

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From CT Insider: "It's hard to believe, but there are thousands of kids who are being put in solitary confinement or having their hands bound as punishment for misbehavior at school," said Murphy.
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Home Alone: Finding Connection During the Pandemic

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This wave of emotional distress is a perfectly reasonable human response to living our lives in an increasingly isolated and uncertain world.

Digital Media Use Linked to Increase in ADHD Symptoms

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Increased frequency of digital media use can increase symptoms of ADHD among adolescents, study finds.

Lia Govers – Short Bio

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In the Netherlands, Lia graduated as a first grade teacher, but never went on to teach at school, in part because her Dutch degree...

Ron Unger – Short Bio

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Dialogues with Madness: A therapist and educator specializing in cognitive therapy for psychosis, Ron Unger explores emerging understandings of psychosis and of efforts to change...

Derek Pyle – Short Bio

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Histories of Resistance and Reform: Derek writes about his project to create a historical record outlining the histories of resistance and reform within and...

Call for Teen Art in All Media!

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MIA's Family Resources and Arts sections are co-sponsoring an online teen multimedia art exhibition with the theme “Beyond Labels and Meds: What It Feels Like to Be Me.”

Gary Kohls – Short Bio

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Dr. Kohls is a past member of MindFreedom International, the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology and the International Society for...

Eugene Epstein – Short Bio

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Steps to a Post-Therapeutic Future: With a strong interest in how popular culture and psychiatry/psychotherapy reflexively influence one another, Eugene writes critically about aspects of...

Ken Blatt, MD – Short Bio

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Dr. Ken Blatt trained when psychiatry was steeped in a humanistic, philosophic and social/relational tradition. He believes that in the last decades psychiatry has shifted to a...

Experiences of Depression Connected to Declining Sense of Purpose

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In-depth interviews find that those who screened positive for depression did not explain their experience in terms of diagnostic symptoms.

Akiko Hart – Short Bio

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Akiko Hart is the Acting Director of Mental Health Europe, and is also the Hearing Voices Project Manager at Mind in Camden. Her interests...

The Bear in the Classroom – Trauma-Informed Teacher

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From Ransom for Israel: Here’s the reality; if you are a teacher or you work in any capacity with children, then you are working with children with Complex Trauma.

‘Speaking Grief’ Documentary Asks, ‘What if We Got Better at Grief?’

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From WPSU Creative Services: What would happen if we could speak the truth about our pain, and hear the truth about other people's pain? What if we got better at grief?
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Student Counseling Services: Do They Really Help the ‘Mentally Ill’?

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I used to think that the counseling center would help me to resolve my inner conflicts. That visiting the center would do some good for me. I have since realized that most mainstream “mental health” is more damaging than helpful. These days if student counselors see any problem with a student visiting the center, they send him or her to see a psychiatrist.