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Tips For a Healthy and Happy Marriage
A good marriage takes a concerted effort from both partners. Love is a verb; you have to action to keep the spark alive. Here are our marriage counseling tips on how you can actively and positively love your partner and contribute to your marriage. Show physical affection. When you make contact with your spouse, whether…
Does Your Child Need Counseling?
It is always difficult to see your child in pain, but when the issue is mental, not physical, it can be particularly devastating. When your child scrapes their knee, you can give them a band-aid and a kiss, but when your child is suffering emotionally, it isn’t so cut and dry. It is hard to…
Who Benefits From Psychotherapy
From time to time everyone can use a little help. When times get difficult and problems seem to spiral out of control, professional help is often sought. Mental health problems can affect men, women, and children of every age. Many problems are taken to a professional psychiatrist because their expertise and experience usually means that…
Differences Between Medications
Psychopharmacology is a branch of medicine that deals with the impact pharmaceuticals have on brain chemistry and neuroreceptors. Certain medications can have a very positive (or negative) impact on the brain when prescribed to certain patients. While not every mental health patient utilizes psychopharmacology, it is important to understand how the different medications that are…
Training in Psychopharmacology
Training to practice psychopharmacology takes years of work and even more experience. The brain is an incredibly complicated organ, and when using medication to alter brain chemistry, problems can arise if a qualified medical professional is not in charge of a treatment program. A psychopharmacologist is not just an individual that has specialized training in…
What Is Psychopharmacology?
Psychopharmacology is a little known aspect of psychiatry that is highly specialized. According to the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, “Psychopharmacology is the study of the use of medications in treating mental disorders. The complexity of this field requires continuous study in order to keep current with new advances.” This highly specialized field should not…
Stigmas and Mental Illness
Speaking openly and honestly about mental illness is extremely difficult within the United States. This is partly due to the fact that there are very serious stigmas surrounding mental illness. The public’s lack of knowledge towards mental illness makes breaking through these stigmas incredibly difficult. Societal stigmas also cause some individuals who are affected by…
Understanding PTSD
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that can affect men and women of any age. Most commonly, we hear about PTSD in regards to military personnel. In fact, PTSD can affect anyone who has witnessed or experienced a traumatic event; rape, war, death, bombing, kidnapping, etc. This disorder can cause an individual to have flashbacks…
Improving Couple’s Communication
Communication is one avenue of a relationship that may need to be improved upon. Bad communication skills can lead to arguments, unhappiness, and more. Many people who are dissatisfied with their relationships often cite communication as one of the main sources of dissonance. Long set, poor communication patterns can be difficult to overcome without the…
Falling Out Of Love
It is no secret that marriage can be difficult. Often times many people enter into marriage with the false notions that marriage changes everything, and no problems will ever occur. In fact, marriage can be just as difficult as it is rewarding. Just as falling in love is easy, falling out of love can be…
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