NEW INSIGHTS INTO HOW THE BRAIN RESPONDS TO TRAUMA BY ANUSHA KRISHNAN Mrs. M would never forget that day. She was walking along a busy road next to the vegetable market when two goons zipped past on a bike. One man’s hand shot out and grabbed the chain around her neck. The next instant, she […]
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Women who had acupuncture treatments after breast cancer surgery at Abbott Northwestern Hospital had a greater reduction in pain, nausea, and anxiety and were better able to cope on the first post-operative day compared with patients who had traditional care, according to a study published in the Oncology Nursing Forum in November. “We are always
Important Practical and Ethical Considerations for Practitioner and Client Physical and Emotional Safety There are several options around where to hold your client’s sessions with pros and cons to each. And since each practitioner is in a unique situation, each will need to assess the pros and cons for themselves. What is most important, however,
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by David Feinstein Newly appointed to the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins in 1970, I wasn’t sure what to expect when the department chair called me into his office to discuss a special assignment. “I keep hearing about these ‘new’ therapies coming from the West Coast,” he told me. “Are they just more California
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Study Shows EFT is Effective for Treating PTSD In 2015, the Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & Treatment published a randomized controlled study of 60 Iraqi male students, comparing the effectiveness of emotional freedom techniques (EFT) and narrative exposure therapy (NET) for treating PTSD. EFT was found to be …”significantly more effective than NET
