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Teaching emotional resilience
Counselor Magazine
If addicts and alcoholics use chemicals to avoid uncomfortable emotions, teaching them to feel and tolerate such emotions should be seen as primary in chemical dependence (CD) treatment. With this article, I hope to prompt increased focus on this objective and suggest a model by which it can be accomplished in the treatment milieu.
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A community-empowerment approach to addiction in Turkey
Counselor Magazine
This article, prepared with the assistance of program staff at the Avcilar Community Center in Istanbul, Turkey, chronicles the developmental process that we underwent while designing and implementing community-based addiction services on behalf of C4 Recovery Solutions and the Levenson Foundation. C4 Recovery Solutions has a long history of providing support services and developing programs while addressing the challenges presented by drug and alcohol addiction around the globe.
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Jobs in addiction and behavioral health
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Weekly Director Poll
Counselor Magazine
The Director Poll and Clinician Check-Ins are free, first-of-their-kind surveys. They’re already connecting program leaders and clinicians nationwide — helping them adapt to the new needs emerging weekly in our industry.
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Dear President-Elect Biden...
Our nation is undergoing an unprecedented addiction crisis. That is why we are urging a reprioritization of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), including the elevation of the Director to Cabinet-level.
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Doctors say more people are seeking counseling during pandemic
WFMZ News
Mental health professionals say the coronavirus has wreaked mental health havoc on nearly every age group in America. From the people who got sick, to their caregivers, to the rest of us being off a normal routine for eight months.
Now, many more are seeking counseling to help them get through it all.
There's a lot more panic, anxiety, depression, and many other symptoms that have been exacerbated because of the pandemic and the changes in our current culture of our society," said Dr. James James of St. Luke's University Health Network.
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Loneliness in youth could impact mental health over the long term
Science Daily
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated widespread social isolation, affecting all ages of global society. A new rapid review in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports on the available evidence about children and young people specifically, stating that loneliness is associated with mental health problems, including depression and anxiety-potentially affecting them years later.
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Facing a winter of discontent
Counseling Today
In 2005, a Welsh psychologist announced that he had created a formula combining factors such as weather, holiday debt, the amount of time elapsed since Christmas and the likelihood of already-abandoned New Year’s resolutions to determine the most depressing day of the year: the third Monday in January, aka “Blue Monday.”
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Reducing loneliness among older adults may prevent future depressive symptoms
Healio
Older adults with higher levels of loneliness were at increased risk for more severe depression symptoms, according to results of a population-based cohort study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.
“Many studies have examined the relationship between loneliness and depression in older adults, but these studies have had limitations,” Siu Long Lee, MSc, of the division of psychiatry at University College London, and colleagues wrote.
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Mental health experts raise concerns over increased video game, online gambling addiction during pandemic
Enid News & Eagle
As the pandemic and social distancing drag on, mental health experts are warning that excessive online gambling and video game usage could lead to addiction and negative social outcomes for some people.
“The COVID pandemic and need for physical distancing has forced many of us to stare at video screens for extended periods and spend less and less time with friends, family, and group activities,” said Sean Byrne, chair of Garfield County Mental Health Coalition and a local licensed counselor.
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