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Selective Mutism: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options

Now Psych

Selective Mutism: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options Selective mutism is a childhood anxiety disorder that affects a child’s ability to speak in certain social situations. This disorder can cause significant impairment in a child’s social, academic, and emotional development.

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10 Signs of High-Functioning Anxiety in Women You Shouldn’t Ignore

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Understanding High-Functioning Anxiety in Women High-functioning anxiety presents a unique paradox in women’s mental health. Understanding high-functioning anxiety represents the first step toward finding balance between achievement and emotional well-being.

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Personalized Recovery for Women | Tailored Therapy Solutions

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Research shows women develop substance dependencies faster than men and experience more severe health consequences from prolonged substance use. Addressing Mental Health in Women’s Recovery Journey Mental health care plays a vital role in women’s addiction recovery.

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Heritability Explains Less About Mental Disorders Than You Think

Mad in America

However, mental disorders are not concrete things that can be found with a brain scanner or treated with medication like a bacterial infection with antibiotics. Much has already been written about these points, for example in my book on mental health and substance use (open access).

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Branding Diseases—How Drug Companies Market Psychiatric Conditions: An Interview with Ray Moynihan

Mad in America

R ay Moynihan is an accomplished health journalist and author who has won several awards for his work. He is known for his use of sharp humor, which can be seen in his mock documentary about a fictional illness called ‘Motivational Deficiency Disorder.’ This applies in the mental illness world and everywhere in medicine.

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

Mad in America

Moore: We’re here to talk about some of your experiences of the mental health system and polypharmacy, experiences which are beautifully captured in your book, May Cause Side Effects , published by Central Recovery Press in 2022. I’m diagnosing a depressive and anxiety disorder and recommending medication.”

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Day # 156: Parasomnias

Bullet Psych

Benefit can be found through education, reassurance, addressing triggers, creating a safe environment, and maintaining good sleep habits. IRT involves using mental imagery to modify and rehearse an improved outcome of a recurrent nightmare. There is amnesia for the experience. Management: For most cases, treatment is unnecessary.