GROUNDING EXERCISE! Purpose • Grounding is a calming and centering method that helps you to become more focused in your body and on the present moment. It reminds you of your strength and ability to cope in the present. Process • Sit in a chair with your feet flat on the floor and your hands […]
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Abdominal Breathing Exercise Purpose • Your breathing is directly related to the level of tension you carry in your body. • I f you breathe shallowly, in your chest, you will become more tense and more anxious. This kind of breathing stimulates the sympathetic branch of your nervous system, which is connected to the “fight, […]
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I am so fond of Vitamin D3. It’s clearly a fad that is refusing to die; and, like most medical fads, the journals overflow with evidence in favor of the snake oil cure of the day. I have to admit, though, that while I try to be skeptical, the tsunami of articles and studies make […]
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It’s True: You are What You Eat! Diet • Depression frequently affects appetite, either increasing or decreasing it. • Diet (not how much, but what we eat) can affect depression. • I t’s important to eat a healthy, balanced diet that is low in sugar, caffeine and junk food. • Snacks should be nutritious. • […]
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I have copy and pasted the CBIS manual handout on Sleep Habits for your review. Healthy Habits for Sleeping Depression often causes a disruption in sleep patterns. Poor sleep contributes to daytime fatigue, low energy, irritability, decreased concentration and increased depression. If sleep is a problem for you, practice the following tips. • Go to […]
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I briefly attach a complete manual designed in British Columbia to facilitate better mental health service delivery by family doctors in the province. It is a stand alone manual with all the key skills to get a person out of depression and back on track. There are modules for relaxation, activation, thinking differently (cognition), and […]
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Be it Ecclesiastes, where it is said “there is nothing new under the sun”, or the parable from Luke, that “no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles” (Wikipedia), the fact […]
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It could be like this. A person is born with unrecognized alterations in brain function; maybe it is genetics, maybe it was the pregnancy, but something is different. The child looks hyperactive, inattentive, and moody by elementary school. School performance is poor. The difficult social behaviors lead to bullying, harsh discipline, and trauma. The parents […]
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The world of genetics has come to psychiatry in the past five years. The Human Genome Project has generated millions of variations, and busy scientists all over the world are meticulously cataloguing them. No other disease has generated more enthusiasm in psychiatry than schizophrenia. The fabled goal to find the cause has thus far been […]
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Dr. Joris Wiggers 