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3 Negative Thinking Patterns to Avoid—What to Do Instead

Rumination and mistrustful thinking won’t get you where you want to go. Posted August 29, 2017 by Melanie Greenberg Ph.D. How you think about the events and people in your life can either help you reframe things in more positive ways that help you cope or take you down a rabbit hole of negative thinking and feeling […]

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The Neuroscience of Anorexia Reveals Why It’s So Hard to Treat

Most of the anorexia patients Dr. Joanna Steinglass sees in the inpatient eating-disorders unit at the New York State Psychiatric Institute have been to treatment before. While in the hospital or a residential treatment center, they generally gained weight and began to eat a wider variety of foods. But after they left, their old anorexic […]

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Social Play Group for 7-9 years old Children with ADHD

Dear all, Life’s Workshop and Psychotherapy Services is conducting/ organizing a social play group. This group will start on June 20th, 2015 and go on for 6 sessions. There will be lots of fun filled activities while learning to make friends. Please find attached the information of the above mentioned workshop. Kindly circulate the email to clinicians […]

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Prevalence, Associated Factors and Predictors of Depression among Adults in the Community of Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract Introduction Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders and is an emerging public health problem. The objectives of this paper were to determine the prevalence of depression, its associated factors and the predictors of depression among adults in the community of Selangor. Methods A cross sectional study was conducted in three […]

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More mental health issues soon

PETALING JAYA: More Malaysians are expected to suffer mental health problems but treatment alone is insufficient to reduce this public health burden, according to the Health Ministry. The ministry’s Mental Health Unit public health physician Dr Nurashikin Ibrahim said as the country became more urbanised, Malaysians were facing more job-related stress, and a high risk […]

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