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Understanding Quiet BPD: Symptoms, Treatment, and the Role of TMS

My Psychiatry

The most common include: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): A structured therapy specifically designed for BPD that helps individuals manage emotions and improve interpersonal skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Helps individuals identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors.

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Benefits of Outpatient Addiction Treatment Rehab

Clear Behavioral Health

At the beginning of outpatient treatment programs, you will go to the outpatient rehab facility for a partial hospitalization program (PHP) Monday through Friday for six hours per day, returning home in the evenings. What Happens at Outpatient Rehab? What is PHP and IOP?

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Day # 147: Bulimia Nervosa Part 2

Bullet Psych

A complete medical evaluation is necessary in order to assess for complications and determine whether hospitalization is necessary. Other treatment options include intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization programs, residential programs, and medical or psychiatric hospitalization depending on severity.

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Psychiatrist vs Psychologist: Understanding the Key Differences

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

They often work in hospitals, mental health clinics, or private practice settings. A psychologist holds a doctoral degree (PhD or PsyD) in psychology and focuses on studying human behavior, emotions, and cognitive processes. Unlike psychiatrists, psychologists primarily use therapy and counseling rather than medication.

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From Freud to Fanon: How Daniel Gaztambide is Redefining Psychoanalytic Practice

Mad in America

After a while working at a mixed-income community neighborhood clinic or in a hospital with a very diverse population, I noticed a lot of folks showing up to my consulting room with broken hearts. I borrow here a phrase that I always found very interesting from dialectical behavior therapy: helping the patient build a life worth living.

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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2023

Mad in America

Universal DBT in Schools Increases Anxiety, Depression, Family Conflict In October, Peter Simons wrote about research asking if dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can actually make kids’ mental health worse. In recent years, teaching kids “emotion regulation” has become an increasingly large part of teachers’ responsibilities.

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How Creativity and Flexibility in Therapy Changed My Healing Journey

Mad in America

This is not meant to be an indictment of the latter treatment — in my case, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) — but an example of how important it is to make changes when a treatment doesn’t work, and how valuable those changes can be. Until then, I’d never taken therapy too seriously or found it necessary.