Holidays are a stressful time for almost everyone. We battle traffic to see family and friends, stretch our budgets on gifts and tips, deal with difficult family relations, face loneliness, fear of missing out, and in general, take stock of where we are in life. For those who battle addictions or disorders such as alcoholism,… Continue reading How to Navigate the Holiday Season if You Have These Common Addictions or Disorders
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A New Way to Deal with The Body Image Blues
Researchers know a lot about what makes a woman’s body image worse, but there are few proven methods of changing that attitude. Now, though, researchers have come up with a method that appears to work better than verbal affirmations: giving women writing exercises to address their own body. The issue of negative body image is… Continue reading A New Way to Deal with The Body Image Blues
Path for Better Diagnosis of Eating Disorders, the Deadliest of Mental Illnesses
A paper appearing in 2017 in the peer-reviewed journal Comprehensive Psychiatry details a “radical” new method for diagnosing eating disorders that predicts 68 percent of people’s problems in psychological and social functioning due to eating-disorder features. A release from the University of Kansas in Lawrence explains that by contrast, the method of identifying eating disorders… Continue reading Path for Better Diagnosis of Eating Disorders, the Deadliest of Mental Illnesses
Common Mental Health Issues: When To Go It Alone and When to Seek Help
Life gets stressful. We’re all guilty of habits and behaviors that aren’t exactly awesome for our mental health. Obsessing over something minor for no apparent reason, being too hard on ourselves because we can’t fit into those tiny jeans, having too many drinks at dinner… we’ve all been there. But how do you know if… Continue reading Common Mental Health Issues: When To Go It Alone and When to Seek Help
“Thinspiration” Images on Social Media May Be Harmful
Some of the most popular social media sites are filled with images of extremely thin women that might be harmful to those who view them, whether they are seeking them or not, according to research from the University of California, Davis. The images are often cropped to remove heads or focus on just a few… Continue reading “Thinspiration” Images on Social Media May Be Harmful