According to Dr. Paul Putman there are certain habits and living patterns which one needs to be careful about in order to have a happy and healthy life. Most important ones amongst them are sleep and exercise. One needs to take that 8-9 hours of regular sleep and tell oneself that sleep is important and […]
Your mental health is very closely linked to the physical health in a wide variety of ways. But the connect between the mental health and physical health is often misunderstood. They are both considered to be separate entities but there is a very fine line that separates the two. Even WHO defines health as a […]
Mindfulness and Meditation
Your Personal Journey to Stress Reduction by Jennifer Shapiro-Lee, MSW, LCSW-R Jennifer is a certified Mindfulness and Meditation Instructor, Mindfulness workplace trainer and an educated Psychotherapist. She takes holistic approach to mental health integrating traditional therapies with mindfulness, meditation and self-care to help clients cope up with real life challenges and transitions. She teaches individually […]
Few Reasons Why how Yoga can Benefit your Mental Health and Well-Being
In major depression, remission rate in response to monoaminergic antidepressant is around 50%. The lack of strong synergies between classical antidepressants and psychotherapy may be due to the molecular effects of classical antidepressants. They modulate synapses but they do not substantially influence synaptogenesis. They also increase brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). However, for activity-dependent plasticity, BDNF […]
David Larsen is a mental health coach and in this particular webinar he shared light on the topic – “Arresting and Reversing Cognitive Decline (session 3)” wherein he discussed how to maintain a healthy brain and escape the epidemic of Alzheimer’s. He began by giving a brief insight about the past sessions for the new […]
Moshe Sakal currently works as a Mental Health and Peer Coach. In his private practice, The Mind Within, he supports individuals through their journey of recovery from mental health crisis to mental well-being. He also works with mental health organizations and trains Peer Support Workers to run peer-led programs, including Recovery College courses. In the […]
In this particular webinar David shared light on the topic – “Reversing Cognitive Decline” wherein he discussed how to maintain a healthy brain and escape the epidemic of Alzheimer’s. He explains why traditional medical approaches aren’t very helpful. He says that American medical model relies on drugs but drugs don’t usually provide the bio-chemistry cells […]
It has become increasingly clear recently that there is a continuing mental health crisis in the world. Every fifth child, adolescent, and adult suffers from mental health problems and the fear has grown to the point where people have admitted to being in such a situation. If mental health problems are not identified, they are […]
Currently, we are all our in challenging times. There is no learning from any past experiences and the world is changing everyday. The ability to thrive through change and come out stronger is the key factor to increasing our mental strength. What is resilience? It is the capacity to recover quickly from unwanted situations. In […]