Aging and death are common sources of anxiety for many of us. Aging anxiety is described as a concern and anticipation of adverse physical, mental and personal losses during the aging process. Death anxiety as you would expect, is defined
Borderline Personality Disorder – A disorder of trauma or personality?
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) as the name suggests is a serious mental illness that is marked by unstable moods, behaviours and relationships. Although as the name suggests BPD is largely accepted as a disorder of personality, some experts have for
Life after mental illness
For many people, recovery from mental illness is a very real possibility. Constant fine-tuning of psychotherapeutic practices informed by clinical research means that more and more people are benefiting from therapeutic engagement. Before a person recovers from a mental illness
An introduction to Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT)
Depression affects approximately 11% of adolescents by the age of 18 and suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people aged between 15 and 24. Treatment for adolescent depression can be tricky and often involves a combination
The power of positive thinking
Many mental illnesses including depression and the anxiety disorders are maintained by intrusive negative thoughts. These thoughts generally fit into a cyclical process that usually includes behaviours, emotions and situations and for in the case of anxiety, bodily sensations. For
Can psychology do anything for the environment?
It is undeniable that human interaction with the planet has caused irreconcilable damage. Statistics released last year revealed that in the previous 30 years, approximately 30% of the world’s natural environment was destroyed. This damage has been a direct result
Psychological predictors of sustained weight-loss
The prevalence of obesity is growing exponentially with recent statistics suggesting that one in four adult Canadians will be recorded as over-weight or obese in their lifetime. Obesity has detrimental effects on an individual level in that it leads to
Should all children be screened for autism?
In 2014 the United States government body, the CDC reported that approximately 1 in every 68 children is born with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). ASD is something of an umbrella term that encompasses many types of autism disorders which can
Ground-breaking Alzheimer’s research reveals the root of the disorder
Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that causes a person’s memory to degenerate gradually. Onset generally occurs in older adulthood and estimates suggest that approximately 14.9% of Canadians over the age of 65 are affected by the disease
How healthy are health magazines?
How healthy are health magazines? This is the question that researchers from Appalachian State University posed in their research article that was published in the Sex Roles psychological journal. The team led by Doris Bazzini investigated how “health” messages are