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Counseling Today
It's estimated that 37% of fire and emergency medical services professionals have contemplated suicide, which is nearly 10 times the rate of American adults in general. In fact, in the United States, more firefighters die from suicide than from fires.
First responders could benefit from counseling, but this population is often the last to ask for help. By getting to know the first responder community and tailoring approaches to match this population, counselors can break down some of the barriers that prevent these heroes from prioritizing their mental health.
Counseling Today
An integrative mind-body counseling approach often holds answers for clients who have suffered for years from chronic pain and exhausted traditional medical interventions with little to no relief.
CT Online
Research demonstrates that people can remedy stress if they laugh more (casual leisure), find a hobby (serious leisure), and engage in meaning-making activities such as volunteering in their communities or toward social causes (project-based leisure).
Developing a home-based optimal leisure lifestyle (OLL) will provide transient moments in your day for positive emotion — a psychological breather from going stir-crazy and experiencing brain-numbing boredom.
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ACA Member Blogs
Here we are as a nation grappling with the realities of institutional (aka systemic) racism once again. Yet the stakes have always been high when we remember the countless deaths of BIPOC in the last decade let alone for generations. Yet the 8 minutes and 46 seconds that led to the murder of George Floyd has brought forth a tsunami that has been unexpected and unprecedented. Still, the reality of racial violence was and is not a surprise for BIPOC.
ACA Publications
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress early in life can have a profound and enduring impact on personal development, social relationships, coping methods and career trajectories. The authors of an article in the June issue of The Career Development Quarterly (CDQ) discuss the literature linking trauma and career theories, and explore how career counseling could address the effects of ACEs using trauma-informed practices that may promote posttraumatic growth and empower a more resilient career path.
Note: Full-text content from CDQ is free to National Career Development Association (NCDA) members by logging into the NCDA website, and available on a pay-per-view basis to nonmembers through the Wiley Online Library.
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The Association for Advanced Training in Behavioral Sciences (AATBS) has been the leader in licensing exam preparation since 1976. We offer comprehensive NCE and NCMHCE exam study materials including online mock exams and questions, one-on-one coaching and study aids. Explore everything AATBS has to offer today!
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The American Counseling Association has recently launched our Minority Mental Health Month website! Throughout the month of July, ACA is dedicated to bringing awareness to the barriers BIPOC communities and others experience in getting mental health care and the role professional counselors play in supporting them while also working to address and amend the issue.
For thousands of young people, this extraordinary time in our history has been destabilizing and for others ... this IS an adverse childhood experience (ACE), happening right here and now. As we turn toward the future, children and adolescents will rely on you to help them reintegrate back to some semblance of "normal." It's a big ask. And we know you have questions. That's why PESI is gathering the world's most prominent thought leaders, clinicians, and educators in the field for this 2-day, LIVE Children and Adolescent Mental Health online summit. As an ACA member, save $50 instantly with promo code 50ACA.
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Since 1952, a singular idea has consistently driven our curricula, training, and community work. That key guiding idea is Alfred Adler’s groundbreaking concept of social interest or gemeinschaftsgefühl – the idea that our health resides in our community life and connections. Today, this idea is more necessary than ever to drive the work and change most needed in challenged communities around the world. Click here for more information.
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As we observe Minority Mental Health Month, ACA and Motivo are excited to provide you with an opportunity for deep dive conversation on relevant topics for this month’s awareness efforts! Join leading thought leaders and practitioners as they share insights and mediate conversations around Multicultural Counseling and Allyship; and Self-Care for BIPOC Counselors. Peer groups continue on Wednesday, July 22th! CEs are available! Learn more here.
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Foundations Recovery Network
Walter Boone presents real-life compliance scenarios and discussion for executive team members of the treatment industry. The focus will be on identifying weaknesses and deficiencies in your current compliance program so that you can better avoid compliance risk and manage difficult situations when they come.
Presented by: Walter Boone, Partner, Balch & Bingham LLP
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Medical Xpress
More than 90% of people who responded to a new nationwide survey reported feeling increased worry, frustration, boredom or anxiety during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The survey, which has been published online, was a collaboration between researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
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Inside Higher Ed
A new survey found students had difficulty accessing mental health care and experienced higher rates of depression after the pandemic began, prompting calls for a broad response from colleges. Sixty percent of college students say the pandemic has made it harder to access mental health care, even as financial stresses and prevalence of depression increased among them, according to a new survey on the impact of COVID-19 on student well-being.
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PsychCentral
What is survivor's guilt? Google Dictionary describes it this way: A condition of persistent mental and emotional stress experienced by someone who has survived an incident in which others died. For example, "He escaped with his life but suffered from survivor’s guilt." This is the definition most people think of as "survivor's guilt." However, mental health professionals and therapists know that this concept applies far more widely than this description would suggest.
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Forbes
Recent studies show that the pandemic, quarantine and the prolonged nature of risk has affected the mental health of workers at every echelon of the career ladder. Few employees are exempt from the stressors and required changes. Additionally, a new Gallup study found that employees are 20% less likely to say they are well prepared to do their jobs now than a month ago due to the pandemic.
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Freight Waves
Freight and logistics companies face a major challenge when it comes to preserving the mental health of their truck drivers. While this is a subject that's not often discussed, it's one that's crucial to the smooth operations of a business and for the drivers who have to get behind the wheel.
Poor mental health can have a detrimental effect on performance and could lead to an accident, loss, or damage of a vehicle or cargo, or even a loss of life.
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 Innovations in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy combines the latest, cutting-edge ACT research with a wealth of “in-the-trenches” experience from leading clinicians in the field. In this volume, you’ll find an overview of innovations spanning the last decade and how to translate these innovations into everyday interventions.
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Psychology Today
Being a psychologist who specializes in the assessment and psychosocial treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults, there is often a hurdle to cross when collaborating with clients in their change process. This hurdle relates to the nature of ADHD as a performance problem and not a knowledge problem. More specifically, ADHD, at its core, manifests as difficulties organizing behavior across time to achieve personally desired goals.
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If race and racism haven’t entered your therapy room yet, it will. Mental Health Match
asked Dr. Jessica Jackson to share 5 best practices for being a culturally responsive therapist. MORE
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kid Cudi turns his "pain" and depression into music.
The "Day 'N' Nite" hitmaker — who checked himself into rehab in 2016 for depression and suicidal urges — admitted depression has "ruled" his life "for as long as he can remember." However, the 36-year-old star explained how he came to realize that he could use his struggles and channel the emotions into his art.
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KFF
The coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic downturn have taken a toll on mental health for many people, with over 30% of adults in the U.S. now reporting symptoms consistent with an anxiety and/or depressive disorder. KFF polling during the pandemic has consistently found large shares of the public saying that worry and stress related to the coronavirus have had a negative effect on their mental health. In this national summary and in the accompanying fact sheets, we examine national and state-level data on mental health both before and during the coronavirus pandemic. We find that mental health outcomes, access and coverage vary substantially from state to state.
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Psychiatric Times
Insomnia is characterized by difficulty falling asleep, trouble staying asleep and/or early waking. The result is usually inadequate sleep, with daytime effects associated with sleep deprivation. Up to 50% of adults report they have experienced insomnia at some point in their life. Anxiety and stress are closely linked, and they are among the chief causes of insomnia. Watch for a variety of emotional and physical factors that may play a role in worsening depression.
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PsychCentral
Now that the child is typically equipped with some language skills, this can be a really fun stage of purposeful parenting because of the feedback your child can offer in each of your interactions. Likely by now, your child has gained some control and insight into his or her emotions and you can continue to talk more about managing those as they learn to navigate social relationships.
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Medical News Today
A new review of the current research on the effects of prebiotics and probiotics on depression and anxiety symptoms has found that probiotics — either alone or in combination with prebiotics — may help reduce a person's depression symptoms.
However, the review found that prebiotics and probiotics did not have a statistically significant effect on anxiety.
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News-Medical.com
The New York City Child Trauma Response Team — an innovative policy and community-based organization partnership — demonstrated success at screening and treating children for post-traumatic stress disorder immediately following incidents of intimate partner violence during a one-year pilot program, according to a Rutgers-led study published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
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Psychology Today
A "broken heart," "the bleeding heart" or "loss of heart" all speak to traumatic experiences of grief along with rage, anger, and pain. These acute and chronic states often appear in people with PTSD. Especially when associated with anger, chronic stress leads to heart disease and PTSD. It is also associated with the development of coronary atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction
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