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Falling Estrogen, Soaring ADHD: Menopause Care for Neurodivergent Women

ADDitude

Other approaches to ease symptoms of ADHD and menopause, including hot flashes and insomnia, include cognitive behavioral therapy, exercise, and relaxed breathing techniques. Women younger than 60 or within 10 years of menopause are ideal candidates for HRT, according to the North American Menopause Society (NAMS).

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“We Do the Work. Outside. And Sometimes It Rains.”

ADDitude

No, Really, It Helps.) ] Nature Therapy for ADHD: Next Steps Free Download: Everything You Need to Know About Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? And sometimes it rains. Read: Go Take a Hike! (No, Read: How Green Time Promotes Better Focus Read : Never Underestimate the Healing Power of Mother Nature Aaron Winkler, M.D.,

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ADHD and Schizophrenia: Decoding the Connection

ADDitude

Antidepressants , mood stabilizers, or anti- anxiety drugs may also help in treating associated symptoms of schizophrenia, as do adjunctive therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy and family therapy.

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The Summer Body Standard Is Fake — Here’s What No One Tells You About Body Dysmorphia

Zencare

Magazines, TV shows, and now social media push the message that summer is for showing skin but only if that skin covers a toned, slim, tanned body. Therapy Options for Body Dysmorphia: Intuitive eating work: Rebuilding trust with your body and food. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) : Helps reframe distorted thoughts.

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

Mad in America

Ads for the for-profit therapy company BetterHelp are everywhere: on television, public radio, podcasts, social media, and in magazines. She introduced some techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), an approach that focuses on helping patients identify irrational thoughts and assumptions and assembling evidence against them.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 7)

Mad in America

When antidepressants fail bring on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). I have found these “miracle drug breakthroughs” have in common a consistent pattern, one of which is a major cover story in a national magazine, in this case Time magazine. One-third don’t get better with treatment [meaning drug treatment].

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Training Days: Surthriving an Execution, Antidepressants, then Myself — A Cop’s Tale

Mad in America

I rushed to the closet and loaded a magazine into a rifle, terrified that the attackers were coming, that they would force me to choose who in my family would die. We incorporated therapy techniques like cognitive-behavioral therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).