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Veterans and Mental Health
It’s becoming more and more widely acknowledged that many of our US Veterans struggle predominately with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and clinical depression. A considerable number of the soldiers who
- by Olivia Gillespie
In the 1970s, a psychologist named Marsha M. Linehan was treating numerous female patients for borderline personality disorder (BPD). She relied mainly on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) but without much...
- by Olivia Gillespie
Borderline personality was a relatively new mental health disorder when it was first introduced in the United States in 1938. Originally, the concept traveled to North America from Europe. The...
- by Olivia Gillespie
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a behavioral disorder seen in children and adolescents. In the most general of terms, it causes perpetual hostility and brazen disobedience in kids. It seems...
- by Olivia Gillespie
To better understand how to help your child cope with peer pressure, let’s start by defining “peer.” A peer is anyone close in age to your child. Given the proximity...
