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Embracing change is difficult for most people, but positive psychology can help make change easier. Particularly when it comes to making changes for health, diet, and lifestyle, positive psychology can have an extraordinary impact on how successfully people are able to make the desired changes. Change happens in steps: Recognizing the need for change. Thinking [...]
Mental health care services around the country are being cut at a rapid pace thanks to the economic condition of the country. From California to Mississippi, from Massachusetts to Texas, mental health services are suffering from slashed state budgets. Even though the need for mental health services continues to rise, most states in the U.S. [...]
Teens that live on the Internet are more likely to be severely depressed, according to a recent study. Teens that spend five or more hours per day on the Internet are classified as excessive Internet users, and as such, are 1.5 times more likely than other teens to develop depression. Lawrence Lam, a researcher from [...]
‘Normal’ is a word that may not apply to very many people, say mental health experts, when the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is published in 2013. This Mental Health Bible is being expanded to include so many minor disorders and conditions that nearly everyone in the world will be able [...]
