Mental Health Matters

Book: Conquer Worry And Anxiety

Published on 12/31/2020 by Andrew Marshall1 Comment

Book Title:

Conquer Worry And Anxiety – The Secret To Mastering Your Mind.

Author(s): Daniel G. Amen (MD).

Year: 2020.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: Tyndale Momentum.

Type(s): Paperback and Kindle.

Synopsis:

You can overcome worry and anxiety today. It is possible to feel better fast – and to make it last.

Many people, mental health professionals included, think therapy needs to be long, hard, and painful – a lifelong commitment. And while some people will need help longer than others, it is often possible for people to start feeling better right now. If you engage in the right behaviours and strategies, you will optimise your brain health – and see the benefits in your everyday life.

In Conquer Worry and Anxiety , renowned psychiatrist Dr. Daniel G. Amen will guide you to lasting change, teaching you how to make decisions that serve your brain’s health and set you on a path to a happier, healthier life. Each of us can make small changes that, over time, create amazing results.

Book: The CBT Anxiety Solution Workbook

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Book Title:

The CBT Anxiety Solution Workbook: A Breakthrough Treatment for Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Panic.

Author(s): Matthew McKay (PhD), Michelle Skeen (PsyD), and Patrick Fanning.

Year: 2017.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher:

Type(s): Paperback.

Synopsis:

You are stronger than your anxiety!

That’s the message best-selling authors Matthew McKay, Michelle Skeen, and Patrick Fanning tell readers in this evidence-based guide for moving past anxiety.

Based in proven-effective cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), this practical workbook offers a breakthrough exposure-based approach to help readers understand and overcome fears and worries-rather than avoid them.

Book: Building Resilience In Children And Teens

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Book Title:

Building Resilience In Children And Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings.

Author(s): Kenneth R. Ginsburg with Martha M. Jablow.

Year: 2014.

Edition: Third (3rd).

Publisher: American Academy of Paediatrics.

Type(s): Paperback, Audiobook, and Kindle.

Synopsis:

This invaluable guide from bestselling author and pediatrican Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, FAAP, offers coping strategies to help children and teens deal with stress due to academic pressure, high achievement standards, media messages, peer pressure, and family tension.

Recommendations guide parents to help kids from the age of 18 months to 18 years build the seven crucial “C’s” – competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping, and control – needed to bounce back from life’s challenges.

This book provides a wide range of tactics, including building on natural strengths, fostering hope and optimism, avoiding risky behaviours, and taking care of oneself physically and emotionally. This edition includes new chapters on the topic of grit, stress and how how one’s perception of stress affects what stress really is, toxic stress, and the protective role of nurturant adults. It also addresses the issue of adolescents responding to stress by either indulging in unhealthy behaviours or giving up completely, and the suggested solutions are aimed at strengthening resilience.

Book: Building Motivational Interviewing Skills

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Book Title:

Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook.

Author(s): David B. Rosengren.

Year: 2017.

Edition: Second (2nd).

Publisher: The Guildford Press.

Type(s): Paperback and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Many tens of thousands of mental health and health care professionals have used this essential book – now significantly revised with 70% new content reflecting important advances in the field – to develop and sharpen their skills in motivational interviewing (MI).

Clear explanations of core MI concepts are accompanied by carefully crafted sample dialogues, exercises, and practice opportunities. Readers build proficiency for moving through the four processes of MI – engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning – using open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summaries (OARS), plus information exchange.

In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the volume includes more than 80 reproducible worksheets. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

New to This Edition

Fully revised and restructured around the new four-process model of MI.
Chapters on exploring values and goals and “finding the horizon.”
Additional exercises, now with downloadable worksheets.
Teaches how to tailor OARS skills for each MI process.
Integrates key ideas from positive psychology.

Is Psychological Resilience Important for Later-Life Mental Health?

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Research Paper Title

The Impact of Military Service Exposures and Psychological Resilience on the Mental Health Trajectories of Older Male Veterans.

Background

The researchers examine the impact of exposure to the dead, dying, and wounded (DDW) during military service on the later-life depressive symptom trajectories of male United States veterans, using psychological resilience as an internal resource that potentially moderates negative consequences.

Methods

The Health and Retirement Study (2006-2014) and linked Veteran Mail Survey were used to estimate latent growth curve models of depressive symptom trajectories, beginning at respondents’ first report of resilience.

Results

Veterans with higher levels of resilience do not have increased depressive symptoms in later life, despite previous exposure to DDW. Those with lower levels of resilience and previous exposure to DDW experience poorer mental health in later life.

Conclusions

Psychological resilience is important for later-life mental health, particularly for veterans who endured potentially traumatic experiences. The researchers discuss the importance acknowledging the role individual resources play in shaping adaptation to adverse life events and implications for mental health service needs.

Reference

Urena, S. Taylor, M.G. & Carr, D.C. (2020) The Impact of Military Service Exposures and Psychological Resilience on the Mental Health Trajectories of Older Male Veterans. Journal of Aging and Health. doi: 10.1177/0898264320975231. Online ahead of print.

Book: A Little Bit Of Meditation

Published on 12/30/2020 by Andrew MarshallLeave a comment

Book Title:

A Little Bit Of Meditation – An Introduction To Mindfulness.

Author(s): Amy Leigh Mercree.

Year: 2017.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: Sterling Publishing.

Type(s): Hardcover, Paperback, and Kindle.

Synopsis:

In this new entry in the Little Bit Of series, spirituality author Amy Leigh Mercree explores the history of meditation and its origins as well as its practical applications.

She outlines how meditation can decrease anxiety and improve the quality of our experience on earth, in addition to discussing the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual ramifications of maintaining a regular meditation practice.

She also includes a selection of easy-to-follow guided meditations.

Book: A Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry

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Book Title:

A Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry.

Author(s): Edward Shorter.

Year: 2005.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: OUP USA.

Type(s): Hardcover and Kindle.

Synopsis:

This is the first historical dictionary of psychiatry. It covers the subject from autism to Vienna, and includes the key concepts, individuals, places, and institutions that have shaped the evolution of psychiatry and the neurosciences.

An introduction puts broad trends and international differences in context, with an extensive bibliography for further reading. Each entry gives the main dates, themes, and personalities involved in the unfolding of the topic. Longer entries describe the evolution of such subjects as depression, schizophrenia, and psychotherapy.

The book gives ready reference to when things happened in psychiatry, how and where they happened, and who made the main contributions. In addition, it touches on such social themes as “women in psychiatry,” “criminality and psychiatry,” and “homosexuality and psychiatry.” A comprehensive index makes immediately accessible subjects that do not appear in the alphabetical listing.

Bringing together information from the English, French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian languages, the dictionary rests on an enormous base of primary sources that cover the growth of psychiatry through all of Western society.

Book: Mental Toughness Training

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Book Title:

Mental Toughness Training: How to be Emotionally Strong, Overcome Adversity and Start Controlling Your Life (Positive Psychology Coaching Series Book 23).

Author(s): Ian Tuhovsky (Author) and Sky Rodio Nutall (Editor).

Year: 2020.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: Independently Published.

Type(s): Paperback, Audiobook, and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Did you know that your social, business, and romantic life are dictated and, in most cases, controlled by your emotions?

Did you know that mastering your emotions can lead to increased confidence, self-awareness, and self-motivation?

If you are looking for an easy way to develop emotional intelligence and reap its immense benefits, look no further.

“Mental Toughness Training” is Ian Tuhovsky’s latest mental toughness handbook that will take you behind the scenes of your mind and offer you an insight into your emotions.

Based on years of research, this eye-opening guide on controlling emotions, positive thinking, and emotional balance will help you deal with these stressful times and weather your emotional storm.

Book: Ayurveda for Modern Life

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Book Title:

Ayurveda for Modern Life – A Practical Guide to Understanding & Nourishing Your Body.

Author(s): Emine Rushton.

Year: 2020.

Edition: Second (2nd).

Publisher: Watkins Publishing.

Type(s): Paperback, Audiobook, and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Health expert and sceptic Eminé Kali Rushton was converted to an Ayurvedic approach during pregnancy, when she discovered how eating and living according to the ancient Indian principles of Ayurveda rebalances the body for the better. Ayurveda teaches that we each have a dosha a basic body type that defines our personality and physical wellbeing, from the foods we crave to those that spark allergies and increase weight gain.

This book is the first to decode this 5,000-year-old science of wellbeing specifically for busy, modern lives. It shows just how simple and practical a body-balancing seasonal lifestyle can be, helping you beat stress, lose weight and feel energised and positive every day.

After determining your dosha type, it teaches how to eat for your own dosha, to promote speedy and sustainable weight loss and make your body feel light, vital, energized and beautiful again. There is a simple 3-day diet plan and 30 seasonal recipes using supermarket ingredients. Includes expert advice from leading nutritionist Eve Kalinik, seasonality expert Annee de Mamiel and the founder of The Organic Pharmacy, Margo Marrone.