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How Your Mindset Can Have Profound Impacts on How You Live Your Life

You may not realize just how much your mindset can impact your life. This can impact job choices, family life, and even attempts at learning a skill. There are two main mindsets that people usually fall into. There is a Fixed Mindset and the Growth Mindset.

Anxiety & Depression Treatments

What Is Stress Inoculation Therapy and can it help treat Behavioral Issues?

Stress Inoculation Therapy also is known as SIT is a form of therapy with an emphasis on helping patients deal with stressful situations.

This is to ensure the patient is able to respond with minimal anger and behavioral issues.

How does it work?

The overarching goal of the treatment is for patients to be educated about stressful situations and the negative outcomes that may result from their behavior when they are stressed. 

11 Ways to Be a Better Person

11 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2019

See number 10!  Happy New Year!

1.
Do it.

A recurring theme each year is that sex is important and we should all try to have it*. In a much-read Modern Love, Karin Jones shares what she learned by having affairs with married men: “What surprised me was that these husbands weren’t looking to have more sex. They were looking to have any sex.”

Which isn’t to suggest that if you don’t have sex your partner will cheat, but just to confirm what we all basically know: Sex is good for humans (and their relationships).

COGMED - Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Alternative Therapies for Managing Chronic Pain

Although opioid medication is a common treatment for Chronic pain and can be a safe and effective treatment for pain relief, there can be complications. That is why it is important to know all of your options.

Psychotherapy | OCD | Psychologists & Brain Injury Specialists | Pathways Neuropsychology Associates | Psychologists | Toms River, Manahawkin, Freehold, NJ

Is Psychotherapy Useful If You Have OCD?

Psychotherapy is a form of therapy that focuses on using psychological methods to help treat patients. It is an umbrella term for a variety of therapies such as Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), Psychodynamic therapy, and Psychoanalysis among many more.

Resilient Dyslexia | Psychologists & Brain Injury Specialists | Pathways Neuropsychology Associates | Psychologists | Toms River, Manahawkin, Freehold, NJ

What is Resilient Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a reading disorder characterized by a difficulty in navigating between the visual form and sounds of a written language. Resilient dyslexics differ in that, they exhibit remarkably high levels of reading comprehension despite difficulties in being able to decode language.

adhd evaluation

Health Experts Say Parents Need to Cut Kids’ Screen Time

Children are spending way too much time in front of screens, says the American Heart Association, and it’s urging parents to drastically cut the hours their kids are allowed to use their phones, computers, tablets, and video games…

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How Do Concussions impact young athletes with ADHD?

A preliminary study indicates that those with ADHD who have suffered concussions are at a higher risk of developing depression and anxiety. The more immediate symptoms of concussions include a headache, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, and confusion. Typically, they improve within a few days, according to the CDC. But for some people, recovery may take weeks or months.

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Youth Concussions Deserve Attention

What is a Concussion?

A concussion can be direct or indirect forces to the head. This can be in a car that stops really fast. A concussion may or may not involve a loss of consciousness. Most concussions do not even appear in CT or MRI scans which mainly focus on determining whether there is internal bleeding. The recovery time can vary from days to months to even longer.

Modern Technology Contributed to ADHD

Has Modern Technology Contributed to ADHD?

A new study has just come out that indicates that teenagers who use technological devices regularly like phones, and computers are more likely to develop ADHD.