Mental Health in the time of COVID19

The news of the Coronavirus epidemic and the uncertainty surrounding it is leading to an increase in the experience of many mental health symptoms. Uncertainty itself leads us to ask an array of potentially unanswerable questions, which can cause feelings of overwhelm, fear, and helplessness. Trying to

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Dr. Ermshar lends expert advice to hit TV show Rizzoli & Isles

The Season 4 presentation comes with two good bonus features. Dr. Annette Ermshar, clinical, forensic and neuropsychology consultant, executive producer Tamaro and co-executive producer Ken Hanes delve into how stories are developed in “When Truth Meets Fiction.” Example: In a writers’ meeting, we see Tamaro in full

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Chronic Pain: The Search for Relief

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome characterized by a wide array of symptoms, generally deep in the joints and muscles. It affects approximately 5 million Americans a year and is most prevalent in women. Though chronic pain has been around for over a century, the cause has

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Using Drama to Teach Social Skills in Children with Autism

A psychiatrist at Vanderbilt University is using his previous experience as an actor to develop a new program to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder improve their social skills. According to an article by Makin (2014), Blythe Corbett, M.D., stated, “I knew from experience that acting can

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Can a Head Injury Cause Mental Illness?

Its every parent’s primary concern about contact sports: head injury. Whether head injury causes lasting effects has long been an area of heated controversy, but new research from the University of Copenhagen has just found startling results. According to Rodriguez (2014), this large-scale study—conducted over 23 years—determined

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There’s an App for That

The increased use of smartphones, tablets, and laptops in society is sometimes considered deleterious to mental health and social connection. But what if such technology could actually improve your mental health and provide you access to needed mental health resources? NPR published an article by Singh (2014)

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Breaking Down Stress

Stress, especially in our society, is a normal part of the human experience. Many of us live fast paced lives filled with work, long commutes, family dynamics and other factors that can be rewarding, but also stress inducing. Stress has a number of negative effects on our

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