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Overcoming Disaster Fatigue, Part 2: Some Solutions

Psychiatric Times

Increase emotional strength with a renewed vision and community support, but also be aware that too much resilience can be numbing and thereby even risky. It may seem paradoxical, but those who care most and work most to prevent and address disasters often have the most difficult mourning process because they did care so much.

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Reporting from Canada, #3: A Holocaust Survivor Story

Psychiatric Times

Steven Moffic, MD Series | Psychiatric Views on the Daily News Key Takeaways Holocaust survivor stories reveal psychiatric implications, including PTSD and intergenerational trauma, with resilience often aided by community support and personal resilience.

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Antidepressant Withdrawal: A Clinician’s Middle View

Mad in America

Their protests to the contrary have even been seen as indications of a personality disorder. Suppose exercise is constrained by co-morbidities; and behavioral activation is unrealistic due to life circumstances; and peer and community support is limited; and fish oil is not regarded as a sufficiently robust intervention.