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Grace vs Shame

Dr. Deb

2) quizzes (3) read-aloud visits (3) resiliency (5) schizophrenia (4) screenings (1) SEL (1) self help booksteachers (1) self-care (9) self-esteem (18) service animals. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1) 1) traumatic injury (1) treatment (59) treatment. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1)

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Self Care Tips for Winter Months

Dr. Deb

Deb Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Self Care Tips for Winter Months Posted by Dr. Deb at 7:26 PM Email This BlogThis! Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: self-care , winter Newer Post Older Post Home About Me Dr. Deb Blogposts are for educational purposes only. 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1)

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Reverted Rights Celebration!

Dr. Deb

2) quizzes (3) read-aloud visits (3) resiliency (5) schizophrenia (4) screenings (1) SEL (1) self help booksteachers (1) self-care (9) self-esteem (18) service animals. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1) 1) traumatic injury (1) treatment (59) treatment. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1)

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

Mad in America

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require warnings for persistent sexual dysfunction, for example, and today the agency is attempting to defend itself from a lawsuit by the consumer advocacy nonprofit Public Citizen, which claims that it failed to respond to a 2018 petition to do so. Millions of others share this experience.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. Efforts at Self-Regulation Being placed in psychiatric hospitals at a rate of almost once per year was greatly disturbing, and it provided me with motivation to get my situation under control.

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Why Increased Psychological Freedom Should be the Main Goal of Psychotherapy

Mad in America

In essence he was conveying that commitment to “free association” during psychotherapy—or speaking as honestly and freely about inner thoughts and feelings as possible, genuine emotional truth telling —allows for visceral, socially unacceptable urges and emotions to enter our awareness that typically leave a person feeling out of control.

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My Red October – An Army Veteran’s Crucible to Recovery

Mad in America

But by the end of 2018, life started to become overwhelming. I was a shell of my former self, unable to think, staring off into space; all while trying my best to care for my family. I began talk therapy and peer support programs, and started holistic treatments such as meditation.