One cause of these self-defeating behaviors is how we learn to cope with distress. It starts at an early age. Do you ever wonder why you did something that conflicted with your goals? You want to be ...

All the studies measured women's psychological distress during pregnancy (including stress, depression or anxiety) and then later measured their children's "externalizing behaviors" -- mental health ...

Even for people that don't have a history of mental health concerns, emotional distress — sometimes coined as "an emotional breakdown" or feeling "emotionally broken" — can happen in the face of ...

Repetitive behaviors are not an uncommon part of human experience, but not all repetitive actions serve the same purpose or carry the same meaning. Two types of behaviors that are often confused are ...

As a nonprofit that provides mental health care for children ages 3 to 17, Clarity Child Guidance Center has noticed for more than a decade that 90% of our patients have experienced trauma of some ...

Understanding human behavior can be incredibly complex. We all have unique personalities, quirks, and ways of interacting with the world. However, when certain patterns of thought, feeling, and ...

Additionally, I am trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy for adults and adolescents, specializing in high risk symptom relief including suicidal ideation, self harm and high emotional distress ...

Over the past two decades, suicide rates in the U.S. have increased 37 percent, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control. Fifteen percent of all deaths by suicide are among individuals ...

Individuals with checking OCD experience overwhelming urges to repeatedly check things, such as locked doors, appliances being turned off, or tasks being completed correctly. Obsessive-compulsive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Disordered eating and food addiction are rarely about food alone. A comprehensive treatment approach to ...