by PsychNG Services | Oct 20, 2017 | Uncategorized |
The threshold for seeking help for mental health problems has become lower, but many people still suffer alone for far too long. A difficult situation in life can become too stressful for anyone to bear, and personal strategies and the support of friends and family...
by PsychNG Services | Oct 20, 2017 | Uncategorized |
According to DSM-5, a personality disorder can be diagnosed if there are significant impairments in self and interpersonal functioning together with one or more pathological personality traits. In addition, these features must be; (1) relatively stable across time and...
by PsychNG Services | Apr 30, 2017 | Uncategorized |
In addition to changing the core beliefs that cause faulty interpretations, CBT can be useful for modifying habitual, damaging patterns of thinking that may not necessarily result from a core belief. One such pattern is called black-or-white thinking. This pattern is...
by PsychNG Services | Apr 30, 2017 | Uncategorized |
The theorists from a different school of thought, cognitive-behavioral theorists, have taken a more pragmatic approach. It is not always necessary to know why something works the way it does, in order to change or correct it (e.g., a damaged personality). To...
by PsychNG Services | Apr 29, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is derived from cognitive-behavioral theory. CBT is a highly effective and evidence-based therapy. Therapists have successfully used CBT to treat a variety of mental disorders particularly depressive disorders and anxiety disorders...
by PsychNG Services | Apr 14, 2017 | Uncategorized |
What is Personality Disorder? Personality disorder is a relatively new diagnosis in the field of mental health.As its name suggests, it is a disorder linked to personality and, because of this, for a long time, it was not recognized or acknowledged as a mental health...
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