"Kids have PTSD. Women have PTSD. It's not just a disease of veterans, although they are a very important and poignant cohort of people who have it," says Judith Bentkover. "Sexual assault victims, abused children, …
Category Archives: Mental Health Awareness
The Social Cure For Mental Illness | Allen Frances – Huffington Post
As Aristotle pointed out, we are social animals who can be fully human only when interacting with others. In the US, we worsen the symptoms of our mentally ill by neglecting their needs and excluding them from society.
Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy | Bringing Technology …
Abstract: In general, as well as part of dissemination and implementation science, there is the need to focus on training of mental health professionals in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Unfortunately, the usual training …
Teachers to be trained as mental health awareness vanguards
The strategy, crafted by BasicNeeds Ghana, an NGO, with support from the UK's Department for International Development (DIFD), will see teachers in some 30 districts trained as mental health awareness vanguards under …
When the Sun Bursts: The Enigma of Schizophrenia – New Books in …
In his second visit with New Books in Psychoanalysis, Christopher Bollas elucidates his thinking about schizophrenia. But he also does more than that; because his beginnings as a clinician are intimately intertwined with the …