Is It a Good Idea to Publicly Share Your Mental Health Issue?

Helping Patients to Understand the Potential Impact of Disclosing Their Condition According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 43.8 million adults in America experience this type of condition each year. That’s one in five adults who share the effects of mental illness on their social lives. What’s more, 18.1 percent of adults live with anxiety disorders each year. These …

Brief Therapy Eases Symptoms of Combat-Related Psychological Trauma

Science Daily | December 9 Accelerated Resolution Therapy, or ART, is a brief, safe, and effective treatment for combat-related symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans and U.S. service members, researchers at University of South Florida College of Nursing report in a new study. They found this newer treatment — a combination of evidence-based psychotherapies and use of eye …

Symptoms of combat-related psychological trauma eased by new brief therapy

Medical News Today Accelerated Resolution Therapy, or ART, is a brief, safe, and effective treatment for combat-related symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans and U.S. service members, researchers at University of South Florida College of Nursing report in a new study. They found this newer treatment – a combination of evidence-based psychotherapies and use of eye movements – …

The Need for Out of the Box Solutions in Mental Health Treatment

Marcus Bright | Huffington Post A recent Army Times piece explained that a mental health program aimed at reducing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will be expanded despite their own researchers finding no proven gains since 2009. This revelation is a vivid illustration of the need for out of the box solutions in mental health treatment and the delivery of healthcare …

PTSD therapy by West Hartford therapist gains national exposure

Kathleen Schassler | West Hartford News When West Hartford native Laney Rosenzweig first discovered the life-changing tool that was literally at her fingertips, the therapist’s first thought was not of the thousands, possibly millions of lives that would positively impacted by escaping traumatic memory triggers, but more along the lines of “I’d better be careful crossing the street,” she said. …