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Parenting A Child With ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)

Behavioral Collective Podcast

If you’re struggling with parenting your child with ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder), you’ve got to check out these incredible resources by author Amelia Bowler, who is a behavior analyst (BCBA) and parent of a child with ODD. There really are takeaways relating to any child, and not just for those who are parenting a child with ODD.

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Walking the Line: Navigating Student Mistreatment by Patients

Psychiatric Times

Effective communication strategies, such as using "I" statements and fostering patient self-reflection, can help address microaggressions without escalating tensions. You have been seeing Max for a few months for medication management of his generalized anxiety disorder, and he is nearly in remission.

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Psychology, Personhood, and the Crisis of Neoliberalism: Jeff Sugarman on Theoretical and Critical Psychology

Mad in America

His extensive body of work includes Persons: Understanding Psychological Selfhood and Agency (2010), Psychology and the Question of Agency (2003), and The Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint (1999) books that challenge psychologys tendency to isolate individuals from history, culture, and power structures. Can you quantify justice?

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How To Heal A Dysregulated Nervous System (Best Practices)

The Anxiety Guy

Cold Plunges Cold therapy has numerous health benefits, including improving mood disorders and regulating the nervous system. Guided Meditation Regular meditation reduces stress, anxiety, and depression. It enhances awareness of thoughts and emotions and can strengthen neural connections in the brain.

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Is Weed a Depressant? Understanding Marijuana’s Effects.

My Psychiatry

Some may feel sedative-like relaxation, while others experience heightened awareness or altered perceptions. However, it is also worth noting that some people report using marijuana to self-manage depressive symptoms, such as sadness or low energy. Ultimately, marijuanas effects depend on the individual and the strain.

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May Cause Side Effects–Radical Acceptance and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: An Interview with Brooke Siem

Mad in America

In this interview, we talk about her experiences of withdrawal from a cocktail of psychiatric drugs and her debut memoir, May Cause Side Effects , published in 2022 which is one of the first books on antidepressant withdrawal to make it to the mass market. I’m diagnosing a depressive and anxiety disorder and recommending medication.”

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Supportive Psychotherapy - The Clinical Language of Psychiatry

Real Psychiatry

People in acute distress from being fired, separated from their spouse, or acute bereavement who were suddenly started on antidepressants or anxiolytics after a few days of anxiety or depression and a very brief assessment. I go back to the very first book I read on supportive psychotherapy (1). New York; Basic Books; 1984.