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Teach and learn how to ‘live life to the full’

May 3rd, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Program utilizing a series of facilitated classes was created by psychiatrist frustrated by the limited time he had for patients

A course called Living Life To The Full was created by Glasgow psychiatrist Dr. Chris Williams, when he wanted to maximize the effectiveness of the limited time he had to spend with patients. The course is based on cognitive behavioural principles, and is designed for people who want to maximize their ability to deal with life’s challenges. The Canadian Mental Health Association’s British Columbia Division holds the exclusive license to present Living Life to the Full in Canada. The program presents cognitive behavioural techniques in an adult learning model, delivered by trained facilitators. (more…)

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Two questions to ask about kids’ anxiety

May 3rd, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Two questions to ask about kids’ anxiety)

Shyness, anxiety, and worry in Kindergarten-aged children can be indicators for potential anxiety disorders

A University of British Columbia research team has developed a simple two-question test to screen Kindergarten-aged children for future anxiety disorders—the most commonly reported mental health concern among children. The screening questions, which asked parents about shyness, fear, and anxiety in their children, had an overall accuracy of over 80% in diagnosing anxiety disorders in young children. (more…)

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Analysis and the grail of the unconscious

April 26th, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Analysis and the grail of the unconscious)

A form of psychotherapy, Jungian analysis is an interpersonal process of coming to terms with the unconscious

Carl Gustav Jung was a psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology. He is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as “by nature religious” and to make it the focus of exploration. Jung emphasized the individuation of a person. The process might be described as being all that we can be by uncovering the hidden parts of our personality through dreams, active imagination and self-observation. (more…)

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Dream analysis for the everyday dreamer

January 26th, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Dream analysis for the everyday dreamer)

C.G. Jung viewed dreams as offering a snapshot of our current mental condition, alerting us to problem areas

Carl Gustav Jung was a psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology. He is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as “by nature religious” and to make it the focus of exploration. Jung emphasized the individuation of a person. The process might be described as being all that we can be by uncovering the hidden parts of our personality through dreams, active imagination and self-observation.

A Nanaimo group interested in Jung’s approach to dream interpretation will hold a public lecture on the evening of Saturday February 4, 2012. (more…)

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Grieving in an online world

July 28th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Grieving in an online world)

Online grieving, whether on Facebook or other social media, is becoming the new normal…but does it actually help?

After the campus shootings in the U.S. at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois University in 2008, hundreds of affected students turned to social media websites to share their grief and search for solace. A study of these students found that their online activities neither helped nor harmed their long-term psychological health.

The study gave a first-of-its-kind portrait of student reactions to shootings on their campuses. It also documented both the online and off-line activities they engaged in to memorialize and recover from these events. (more…)

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The social construction of mental illness

June 23rd, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on The social construction of mental illness)

banner pfr“Mental illness”, diagnoses, and associated concepts are all social constructions, but the professions haven’t yet recognized it, psychologist says

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