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avril 5, 2022Like
Prolonged Grief Disorder Recently Added To DSM-5: Understanding The Updates of DSM-5
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is known to be the standard manual used for mental health diagnosis and for planning the treatment of such conditions by professionals. In March 2022, DSM-5 was updated by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for adding clarity to some mental health conditions. The updated text version is titled the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder Text Revision (DSM-5-TR). In the text revision of DSM-5, APA has added prolonged grief disorder calmsage
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Misdiagnosis: The journey to understanding yourself
Reaching out for support with your mental health takes a lot of courage in the first place, but what happens when getting the right diagnosis isn’t straightforward? Lizzy Adas’s story begins in 2008, when she was 22 years old. She was working as a manager for a pub chain, and recalls how she would go from feeling great, breezing through work, to suddenly hitting a brick wall, and spiralling into a whirlwind of depression. That was the start of what happi
avril 4, 2022Like
How to Tell the Difference Between Good and Bad Stress
Have you ever wondered…is stress good or bad? You might be surprised to find out that it can actually be both. Many people are quick to assume that all stress is bad for you. However, this isn’t always the case. In fact, some types of short-term stress can even motivate you and enhance your performance. That said, like most things in life, too much stress can cause adverse physical and, more importantly, mental health effects. It’s essential to understand how talk
avril 4, 2022Like
4 Easy Breathing Exercises You Can Try Right Now to Reduce Stress
If the pandemic is still playing an roulette with your stress levels, know that you’re most definitely not alone. Figuring out how to combat stress can be, well, stressful. Thankfully there are a number of relaxation techniques that are easily accessible to us and they only involve using your breath. A growing number of studies show that breathing techniques are effective against anxiety and insomnia, symptoms that are undoubtedly familiar during these uncertain times. Which is why it’s key that shek
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Branching Out
For decades, The Center for Health Design has been a creator of supportive communities where innovations can be shared, industry-wide challenges discussed, and new ideas nurtured. In that spirit, we launched our first peer-to-peer network more than 10 years ago, the Built Environment Network (BEN). This group provides a high-level, collaborative forum for open, strategic discussions that help set a direction for the future of healthcare design. BEN members are mostly senior- and executive-level professionals responsible for overseeing multiple millions healthcare
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Transgender People of Color Face Unique Challenges as Gender Discrimination and Racism Intersect
By Gabriel Lockett, University of Florida; Jules Sostre, University of Florida, and Roberto L. Abreu, University of Florida Throughout history, transgender people of color have had a place of honor in many indigenous cultures around the world. This changed in many places, however, as European colonizers began forcing indigenous people to follow white social norms. These include anti-Blackness, Christianity and a gender binary that reduced gender to just man and woman. Colonizers presumed that being cisgender, or having a gender Healthy
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What Is Aphasia? An Expert Explains the Condition Forcing Bruce Willis to Retire From Acting
Swathi Kiran, Boston University Actor Bruce Willis, 67, is “stepping away” from his career in film and TV after being diagnosed with aphasia, his family announced on March 30, 2022. In a message posted on Instagram, his daughter, Rumer Willis, said that the condition was “impacting his cognitive abilities.” Swathi Kiran, director of the Aphasia Research Laboratory at Boston University, explains what aphasia is and how it impairs the communication of those with the condition. What is aphasia? Aphasia is Healthy
avril 4, 2022Like
Mom’s Off Duty! 5 Ways to Enjoy Some Truly Indulgent Me-Time Tonight (And Most Nights)
Ever talk to another mom friend and realize that, even if you live states away or your kids go to bed at totally different times, the nightly grind is always the same? Get the kids to sleep (story, water, nightlight—check), load the dishwasher, put away the magnetic tiles/crayons/stuffed animals for what feels like the tenth time that day, and then, when it’s all said and done, you end up getting sucked into a social media vortex instead of maximizing that shek
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Community Ties: The Center for Community Health In Brooklyn
Located in Brooklyn’s historic Park Slope neighborhood, the new Center for Community Health (CCH), part of NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, sits among the area’s classic brownstones. A response to the borough’s increasing shift to an ambulatory healthcare landscape, the new facility marks the hospital’s “commitment to a healthier Brooklyn,” by creating a state-of-the-art facility in residents’ own backyard, says David Faren, corporate director of facilities for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York. For far too long, Faren says, Brooklynites were traveling healthcare
avril 4, 2022Like
4 steps for dealing with too much choice
Whether it’s what to put on the TV in the evening, or how to manage priorities at work, we’re breaking down how to make decisions when things become overwhelming It can be great to feel in control of our lives, making the call on the things that come our way every day as well as big-picture choices that shape the future. But, sometimes, all those decisions can become overwhelming, or even stifling – and when it comes to choices that happi
avril 3, 2022Like
Why you should listen to your emotions
So often we underestimate the impact that our emotions can have on our everyday lives. Here, expert columnist Andy Gill dives into the topic of emotions, and shares a practical exercise to help you tune-in to yours What if we could see our emotions as an important part of ourselves? How would it be if we could see them as key resources to living more authentic and connected lives? I believe that emotions are poorly understood, and often undervalued. Emotions happi
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What Is Pyrrole Disorder? How Is It Different From Bipolar?
Pyrrole disorder is a clinical condition with mental and emotional symptoms. Pyrroles are naturally produced molecules in our body which generally do not affect us in many ways but if the number of pyrrole molecules increases more than the required amount it starts to fiddle with your emotions. Pyrrole disorder has been observed to exist along with various mental health conditions but isn’t a symptom to any. Pyrrole disorder can be accompanied by Anxiety, Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc. In this calmsage