Archive for the ‘Mental Health Tips’ Category
Resilience for Teens
10 Tips to Build Resilience What are some tips that can help you learn to be resilient? As you use these tips, keep in mind that each person’s journey along the road to resilience will be different – what works for you may not work for your friends. Get Together Talk with your friends and, [...]
Recovering from the Wildfires
Wildfires can be particularly stressful because the factors that influence their strength and direction can change at any moment. Communities that seem clear of danger can suddenly need to evacuate. Despite well-orchestrated and persistent fire fighting by emergency services personnel, sometimes destruction of life and property is unpreventable. It is common for people who have [...]
Recovering from floods
Wildfires can be particularly stressful because the factors that influence their strength and direction can change at any moment. Communities that seem clear of danger can suddenly need to evacuate. Despite well-orchestrated and persistent fire fighting by emergency services personnel, sometimes destruction of life and property is unpreventable. It is common for people who have [...]
Rebuilding Communities
MIND/BODY HEALTH: rebuilding communities in mind and body Whether you were directly affected by or witnessed the coverage of the hurricanes or a natural disaster, you may have experienced traumatic stress. Feeling physical or emotional symptoms in response to a traumatic event is common and is called a traumatic stress reaction. Anyone who has been [...]
Raising Children to Resist Violence
Nearly every day the news reports stories about children committing acts of violence, often against other children. Research has shown that violent or aggressive behavior is often learned early in life. However, parents, family members, and others who care for children can help them learn to deal with emotions without using violence. Parents and others [...]
Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Sleep I haven’t been able to sleep well for some time. Could this be a symptom for a physical or emotional condition? I’m having a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. All I want to do is sleep. Could this be related to a physical or emotional condition? Interests I’ve lost interest [...]
Psychology -After a Heart Attack
For many who have suffered a heart attack, the key to recovery is paying attention to the relationship between the body and the mind. Psychologists have conducted studies that show that changing behavior after a heart attack can improve the chances of recovery. Sixty percent of those hospitalized for heart disease experience elevated levels of [...]
Law Enforcement – Criminal Profiling
If you’ve seen the movie “Silence of the Lambs” or seen the television show “Profiler,” you’ve heard of criminal profiling. Profiling a criminal – trying to find a criminal by using his behavior to define his personality – is called many things. The FBI is generally credited with developing much of the criminal profiling within [...]
More Than Money in the Bank
Everywhere one turns today there is information about the importance of saving enough money for a comfortable and secure retirement. Sufficient financial resources in retirement are important, but according to psychologists who study retirement, money is only one part of the equation for a happy and productive life after one stops working. You also have [...]
Communication Tips for Parents
Be available for your children • Notice times when your kids are most likely to talk–for example, at bedtime, before dinner, in the car–and be available. • Start the conversation; it lets your kids know you care about what’s happening in their lives. • Find time each week for a one-on-one activity with each child, [...]