February 16, 2008
Crises
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The recent story in the NY Times about a psychiatrist who was stabbed to death
and another who was critically injured brings up many fears about the mentally ill. It is a horrible very sad event, but it is important to keep in perspective the facts regarding mental illness and violence. Here are the numbers that may help to do that.
Violence in male persons with schizophrenia is 5.5% higher then in the “normal population”
Violence in women with schizophrenia is 5-9 times higher. (Women have much less violence rates to begin with)
Persons with Schizophrenia who are violent are most often off their medication and psychotic (hearing voices or delusional)
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Violence and Death in NY Psychologist’s Office
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February 11, 2008
Communication
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We will talk alot on this blog about communication.
Communication that works is the basis of all successful relationships: family, friends, business and more. Many relationships have been broken due to poor communication and miscommunication. If you are in the helping profession (or even not) and trying to calm someone who is in distress there are many communication techniques that you can use. My book Behavioral First Aid: Managing Emotions During Crisis is built around how to communicate with certain kind of crisis.
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Good Communication is Critical At All Times But Especially at Times of Crisis
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February 10, 2008
Stress
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In an earlier post I wrote about innoculating yourself against stress with exercise and other techniques. Well, if you are like me, statements like the one above annoy you and make you feel kind of helpless. In response, I usually tell myself, “I will never be able to stick with an exercise program”. My history confirms this belief, if I last a month on any exercise program I have done very well. Ok, so how will I ever get enough exercse? Well truthfully, maybe I never will, but I have found something ( a mindset really) that seems to help me get some exercise. It starts with getting rid of the word program (its kind of like the word diet)! When the reports started to surface indicating that minutes of exercise could be cumulative I started to feel some hope. I told myself I could do almost anything for a minute or 5!
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Increase Your Stress Resistance with Lots of Exercise– Yea Sure!!!
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February 6, 2008
Anger, Stress
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Many of us avoid allowing ourselves to feel anger for a variety of reasons.
Our culture teaches us that anger is a bad feeling, perhaps a sign of poor character or even a sin. For these reasons many of us have learned to hide our anger so well we may not even be aware of it ourself.
Hidden anger is often a result of old hurts and many years squashing your feelings
Review this list of symptoms to see if hidden anger may be a problem for you.
- Procrastination
- Being late all the time
