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An estimated five million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over. Traditionally OCD has been treated with Prozac or similar drugs. The problem with medication, aside from its cost, is that 30 percent of people treated don't respond to it, and when the pills stop, the symptoms invariably return.

Do you perform unnecessary rituals in your daily routine? Are you a hoarder, afraid to throw out anything, no matter how useless? Are you unable to control runaway thoughts? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you may be among the five million Americans who suffer from OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), a mental disorder that can wreak havoc in the daily lives of its sufferers and their families. Dr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz can help.

Top experts James Lock and Daniel Le Grange explain what you need to know about eating disorders, which treatments work, and why it is absolutely essential to play an active role in your teen's recovery - even though parents have often been told to take a back seat. Learn how to monitor your teen's eating and exercise, manage mealtimes, end weight-related power struggles, and partner successfully with health-care providers.

Parents are the first to know when their child starts behaving differently. Has your son stopped eating his favorite food, or does he refuse to eat out with friends? Has your daughter drastically increased her exercise regimen or become obsessed with health foods? These are among the telltale signs that your child, like millions of others, may have an eating disorder (ED). In this essential guide, registered dietitians Casey Crosbie and Wendy Sterling introduce an all-new strategy you can use to help your child at home.

A leading psychiatrist shows how the mysteries of the brain are illuminated at the extremes of human experience. A twinge of sadness, a rush of love, a knot of loss, a whiff of regret. Memories have the power to move us, often when we least expect it, a sign of the complex neural process that continues in the background of our everyday lives. A process that shapes us: filtering the world around us, informing our behaviour and feeding our imagination. As a practising psychiatrist, Veronica O'Keane has spent many years observing how memory and experience are interwoven.

Life is hard. This podcast was created to share relatable stories about the human experience to help you feel less alone.

Author, social critic, and “New York City’s career elegist” (New York Times), Jeremiah Moss felt alienated in a town that had become suburbanized and sanitized. Then lockdown launched an unprecedented urban experiment: What happens when an entire social class abandons the city? Out in streets made vibrant by New Yorkers left behind, Moss found a sense of freedom he never thought possible.

We are two men in Recovery who want to spread the message and have a laugh doing it. Each episode will feature a different speaker from different walks of life whose message is always the same: one of Experience, Strength & Hope.

Unleash the potential for a healthier, more balanced emotional landscape through our transformative course, "Mastering Anger: Understanding and Managing Your Emotions." Brace yourself for a journey that promises profound insights and actionable techniques, propelling you beyond the confines of anger's grip.

Barrow Poverty Truth Commission is an initiative in Barrow-in-Furness that has been launched to help people in poverty. In this podcast series, we hear from real people about their lived experiences with poverty.

This potent audiobook provides profound insights into these issues and practical ways to engage with them. Sophie teaches these by talking to real people about their lifeshocks and guiding them through the processes as well as by sharing her insights and experiences. It is a mini-workshop in a book, authored by someone who has been living with terminal cancer since 2014 and who has equipped thousands of people to find emotional freedom.

Have you tried endless other solutions but nothing seems to work for more than a few weeks or have you only ended up becoming dependent on drugs and other substances that you don’t want to be dependent on anymore? Do you finally want to say goodbye to living under the torment of a destabilized mind, negativity and perhaps experiencing relapses in your journey towards sound mental health and discover something, which works for you? If so, then you’ve come to the right place.

Overcome anxiety, stress, nightmares, flashbacks, and panic attacks and take back emotional and mental control with dialectical behavior therapy. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, is a form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that aids in the treatment of borderline personality disorder. However, since its development in the late 1980s, DBT has been used for treating other kinds of mental health issues and disorders as well. In this book, you will be able to use DBT to your advantage, so you can not just survive, but also thrive in life and relationships.

The year 2020 has been the year of the virus, and it will not be a mere footnote in history. This book reflects on the unprecedented changes to our lives and the impact on our behavior as we lived through social isolation during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Packed with guidance and coping strategies for lockdown, this book, authored by top psychologist David Cohen, explores the impact of this widespread quarantine on our relationships, our children, our mental health, and our daily lives.

Hello, and welcome to my guided meditation album! Want to become a meditator but not sure where to start? This is the album for you. These meditations each have a specific goal that you can find in their descriptions. They are simple practices that you may return to on different moments you feel you need them. None of them exceed 15 minutes, so it is perfect if you are on the go, or if you are nervous about sitting in meditation for a long time. I do A LOT of talking and explaining in order to transfer my energy to YOU - whoever and wherever you are. If sitting in silence scares you, you won't...

James Millar and Ian Dinwiddy are recording a weekly ‘show’ exploring the impact of lockdown, self isolation and social distancing on working dads. We’ll share tips, thoughts and stories with special guests, discuss our hopes for the future and the opportunities that all this represents, especially for dads who want to be more active and involved fathers but who until now have struggled with the expectations of what it means to be a man in the workplace.:https://www.inspiringdads.co.uk/lockdown-dads

The podcast which is recorded in some random gym, somewhere on between the Cities of Bristol and Bath, by two Personal Trainers that probably should be working and not hiding in a cupboard in the basement.

“When the psych. told me I had ADHD, I cried. With relief and grief”. Clare Catford. Diagnosed with ADHD, at 52. “ADHD (post) Lockdown Diaries”, is up front, honest and funny. Broadcaster Clare Catford, together with fellow ADHD'er, Author, Emma Mahony, explores the brilliance and the battles that ADHD's brought into their lives. Plus ‘useful bits’ that may help you, or someone you know, manage their ‘neurodiversity’, without (too many) tears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Firstly thank you for listening and viewing my podcasts. Step parenting can be crazy but also rewarding. My podcasts are for all step and biological parents within a step family who may need help and advice from myself and other parents. Take what you need from each podcast and share to anyone who you feel might need and benefit from these recordings. Overtime I will be trying to cover most step family topics and inviting some fascinating guests to join me to share their stories and parenting tips. Keep listening and thank you again for supporting Step Parent World.www.stepparentworld.com

Show is about my experience at Rikers Island and upstate Prison having spent most of my life there from an adolescent i tell my story and have others on show from time to time so maybe we can help others who are going to do time or doing crime stay away from the streets do the right thing in life and know what not to do and what they can do for them self if one ends up in Jail or Prison i tell my story with a little humor so we all have a few laughs on show all my content is for entertainment purposes and to Educate people on what goes on in the New York City Jails and PrisonsHope you like the...