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Self-harm sites and cyberbullying: the threat to children from web's dark side

Filed under: adolescent therapist

"You have people asking you how to cut yourself deep enough because their therapist said it wasn't bad enough," she says. "I have … Do they simply show teenage angst and creative expression, or highlight a worrying deterioration of teenage mental health?
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Cuts to Medicare support for PTSD cause sufferers more harm

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Jan began therapy for depression in 2009, seven years after ending regular in-person contact with her mother, but it took a year before she accepted the therapist's suggestion that she had PTSD. "I had previously thought of PTSD as something … ACPMH …
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Question by julwortham: Saints with addictions?
Were there any saints that struggled with an addiction like alcohol or an eating disorder like gluttony?

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Answer by george p
they learn from us

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Meth users need treatment, not prison

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Considered from this perspective — one that comes from a place of compassion with an eye toward treatment, rather than a place of outrage with an eye toward punishment — the proper legislative response to methamphetamine addiction becomes …
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Youths at LifeSpan treatment center: 'We're here to get help'

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The kids at LifeSpan day treatment center in Burnsville, at least the nine who volunteered to meet with me, have a lot in common: They are very self-aware; they can identify their feelings (good or bad); they can matter-of-factly and unashamedly …
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Overcoming Grief and Disappointment with God through Worship – Life Message – Testimony.

 

Olympic Failure: Bode Miller's Interview and American Sensationalism

Filed under: overcoming grief

The cameraman zoomed in on his face, and held the camera close to his grief. He wouldn't go away. It was an inexcusable breach of propriety. If the cameraman had turned away when Miller began crying, perhaps the incident wouldn't have been as painful.
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Family Counseling Services seeks logo better representing agency

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The issue came to the forefront over the last 6-9 months, as Family Counseling began to partner more with the Center of the Finger Lakes, a resource center for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Family Counseling's current logo does …
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Business salon opening dedicated to Ronald McDonald house

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Mila Chic Hair Design, owned by Mila Benhabib, says past experience with how Ronald McDonald House has helped her own family and the families of some of her clients influenced her to dedicate her day's profits to the organization. "My family has a …
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Question by sephia: I want a job counseling people?
My career counselor doesn’t know what filed I should enter. I know that, at minimum, I will need to get a Masters. But in what????

But first I must start with a undergrad program.

Should I enter Psychology or Social Work?

But I am confused because everyone keeps telling me that getting degree in Psychology is worthless. I have even heard people tell me that a master’s degree in Psychology is worthless. What do you think?

Best answer:

Answer by Lisa
What kind of counseling do you want to do? My aunt is a psychology bs/ma, and she works at an elementary school working with kids.

I have a friend who went into social work, and her job is more about helping families who have had problems get back on track.

 

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Most alcohol-linked deaths occur among working-age adults

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The United States also needs to confront the stigma it has regarding addiction, Kean said. Only 11 percent of people with an addictive disorder get treatment, compared with 77 percent of people with high blood pressure and 73 percent of people with …
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