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Advice for Patients who Need Help Some beautiful advice intended for the patients that clinicians seek to help. These 50 tips are derived from 50 years of learning from my own patients, who were always also my best teachers: There are lots of different treatments—no one size fits all. Many treatments have a strong base […]
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Understanding a patient’s history provides insight into their coping mechanisms, unresolved issues, and patterns of abnormal behavior, which can help reduce further risks. While a formal childhood diagnosis isn’t always necessary, asking about past symptoms, significant events, and factors that have helped can be valuable when treatment isn’t effective. The following information offers an overview […]
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Violence in healthcare is somewhat difficult to discuss but the trends in nursing, particularly with mental health, in this year alone is getting very scary: Autistic Boy Stabbed with Syringes, Nurse Loses License New Jersey regulators have revoked the nursing license of a woman caught on security cameras stabbing an autistic teenager with syringes when […]
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The Hidden Isolation Hikikomori or to “shut-in” is a Japanese term that describes a person who seeks isolation or spends an abnormally amount of time socially and psychologically isolated. About half a million in Japan are affected but it can occur in any culture or country. However, hikikomori is not mainstream or rarely recognized in […]
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According to Bored Panda, a lady named ‘Maddie’ from Australia shared on Facebook a step-by-step guide about how to leave an abusive relationship. Although women are significantly more affected in these circumstances, some of the advice and considerations can be applied to anyone in such situations. Maddie started off by saying, This is for anyone […]
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