Mad in America

APRIL 2, 2024

This blog post seeks to illuminate semiotics’ untapped power in social work and advocate for its integration as a novel approach to fostering more nuanced, empathetic, and compelling client relationships. David also ensures that Maya’s room arrangement is respected, recognizing it as essential to her coping mechanism.

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Center for Integrative Psychiatry

MARCH 2, 2025

This blog explores the top 10 benefits of counseling for students, highlighting how it enhances mental well-being, academic success, and overall personal growth. It helps in managing stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns, allowing students to cope better with academic and personal challenges.

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Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In this article, I will outline simple yet powerful strategies to help you manage intense emotions, improve self-awareness, and develop healthier coping mechanisms. Manage stress and anxiety with greater resilience. Whats the worst that could happen, and how would I cope? Make better decisions, even under pressure.

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Lawyers with Depression

MARCH 22, 2025

This is a guest blog from attorney, Amarbir Singh Shergill , a Private Legal Practitioner in the Honble Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh, India since 2019. The constant need to prove oneself, to hustle harder, to endure longer hours without acknowledgment or reward, chips away at one’s mental resilience.

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Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

As parents, we often reassure ourselves that children are resilient, that they will “grow out of it.” These changes make it harder for individuals to regulate emotions, cope with stress, and build resilience.Speaking with the best psychiatrist can be the first step towards healing. Develop healthy coping mechanisms.

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Sane Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

Impact on mental health and resilience Reflecting on her progress since joining SANE, Meg describes a profound shift in her mental health. I am stronger, more resilient, more confident, and more willing to put myself out there. Over the past three years, my mental health has significantly improved.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 24, 2024

This connection between mental health and the use of battlefield and warfare metaphors has meaningful implications for how people perceive and cope with mental health conditions, influencing how care goals are set and treatment plans are designed.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 16, 2025

Consequently, many individuals resort to self-medication to cope with overwhelming emotions, underscoring the urgent need for more efficient holistic solutions. After the session, she felt renewed resilience to face life’s challenges. Dreaming is a universal yet underutilized mental health resource.

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Anxiety Sisters

MARCH 31, 2020

Give yourself a little grace and remember you are resilient! Lori OMara, LCSW, CST, Cope Better Therapy Evaluate opportunities for self-growth All of this free time provides the perfect opportunity for introspection. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on Redfins blog.

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Lightwork

MAY 22, 2025

These practices help women build resilience and find balance in their daily routines. We also share helpful insights through our blog post, Self-Care Sundays , which offers practical tips for creating and maintaining effective self-care routines. Think of self-care as your personal maintenance system.

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Montana Psychiatry

APRIL 23, 2025

Our thoughts, emotions, and personal coping skills. Human beings are wired for connection, and community plays a powerful role in how we cope, grow, and heal. When you feel like you fit in and are accepted just as you are, it builds confidence, self-worth, and resilience. A community doesnt have to mean a huge group of people.

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Center for Integrative Psychiatry

MARCH 12, 2025

In this blog, well walk you through the steps to hire a life coach in Dallas, what to look for, and how life coaching services can make a lasting impact on your journey. Stress Reduction Life coaching helps with emotional resilience and developing healthy coping mechanisms.

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Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Therapy involves building self-acceptance and resilience against societal pressures. As a Professional Psychiatrist, I help individuals process past traumas, develop coping strategies, and build confidence in their identities.

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Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The absence of a support network among peers can amplify stress levels, making it harder for children to cope with academic demands on their own. Talking to a professional helps the child and provides parents with coping strategies to foster a supportive environment.

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Lawyers with Depression

JULY 22, 2024

This is a guest blog by Nicole Roder, LCSW-C, a bilingual DBT therapist in Bethesda, MD , certified by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification. As a therapist who treats addictions, I have seen many people who use alcohol to cope with high-stress jobs.

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Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Occupational Therapy: For children with ASD, occupational therapy often targets sensory sensitivities and repetitive behaviours, helping them build coping mechanisms that improve their ability to engage with tasks. Structured environments and rewards for specific actions can significantly improve focus.

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The London Psychiatry Centre

AUGUST 15, 2024

By gradually and safely facing what makes us anxious, we can diminish the power those fears hold and build greater resilience in the long run. This approach encourages us to develop healthier coping mechanisms and fosters a sense of control over our anxiety. What do you use to cope when youre feeling uncomfortable?

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College of Psychiatrists of Ireland

MARCH 7, 2025

Pathologising normal life experiences removes peoples coping skills and further isolates those with serious mental illness. I am in awe of their resilience and love for their children, and their willingness to share their concerns and engage with me as a professional in trying to make things better for all concerned.

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Mad in America

JULY 25, 2024

We were told that our brains are broken or that we would just have to cope. Like myself, no matter what they had been through, they found their innate resilience. A steady stream of amazing individuals from all over the world replied with incredible openness to share their stories of hope and resilience. What did I discover?

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Mad in America

JUNE 11, 2024

By emphasizing the dynamic nature of mental and emotional states, Buddhist Psychology encourages individuals to explore the underlying causes of their suffering and develop strategies for coping and resilience. Contemplative practices in Buddhist Psychology encourage observing mental and emotional processes to gain insights about them.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 31, 2024

During 2024, we published 155 blogs , 244 reviews of scientific findings , 43 personal stories and 41 MIA reports , of which 22 were podcast interviews. Here we highlight the top ten of Mad in Americas most-read blogs and personal stories of 2024. You can become a MIA Supporter for $5 per month or $20 annually.

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Lightwork

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In these groups, you’ll find people who’ve walked similar paths and can share valuable coping strategies. A skilled therapist creates a safe environment to explore your emotions and develop personalized coping strategies. Step 3: Engage in Self-Care Practices Self-care becomes your anchor during the grieving process.

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Mad in America

MAY 20, 2025

Families often pass down emotional and behavioral patterns that affect not only their immediate relationships but also their childrens capacity to cope with the world. Rather than focusing on individual pathology, it may be useful to consider the intergenerational transmission of trauma.

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Mad in America

MARCH 2, 2024

Thanks to a variety of therapies and social factors, I had managed to develop a positive self-image and resilience that made life truly worth living again. But I was so disrupted by the withdrawal symptoms that I could not cope with visiting the vet and I became terribly overwrought. Over the years, the diagnoses all fell away.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Some kind of support to cope with it; you might also want to go it alone, or you could rely on the people around you. You may feel like you’re coming to a path and it matters a lot what you choose, so I was trying to capture all of that as possibilities of what we might understand by personal crises, and what people might want.

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The London Psychiatry Centre

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Eustress fosters resilience, pushes people out of their comfort zones, and can lead to personal growth, better focus, and enhanced productivity. Distress occurs when people feel they lack the resources to cope with a situation, leading to feelings of anxiety, burnout, or helplessness. In contrast, distress is negative stress.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Jen: “In order to more safely cope with what is going on in a way that does not cause you harm.” Contributing Editor’s Credit – Emily Wu Truong: Emily Wu Truong is a 2nd generation Taiwanese American mental health advocate, community organizer, an award-winning storyteller for emotional resilience and healing, visual and performance artist.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Originally intended to highlight risk factors, ACE scores are now used by clinicians to diagnose individuals, despite overlooking resilience and individual variations in response to adversity. Jonathan Haidt has described the current generation as fragile due to being overprotected and less resilient.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In a previous blog , I made the argument that oppression originating in unjust social structures and practices is the single greatest factor contributing to human suffering. This can be found in the host of examples of advice for coping with stress. Examples included undesired weight gain, increased alcohol use, and poor sleep.

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