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This training manual for patients who have a trauma-related dissociative disorder includes short educational pieces, homework sheets, and exercises that address ways in which dissociation interferes with essential emotional and life skills, and support inner communication and collaboration with dissociative parts of the personality.

This playlist brings together candid conversations about mental health, experience and the realities of life with psychosis, anxiety and lived experience. These videos are personal reflections grounded in honesty and vulnerability, shared in a calm, supportive space. They’re not advice, but they may help you see familiar experiences in a new light.

When it comes to helping patients manage chronic and acute conditions and make healthier choices in such areas as medication adherence, smoking, diet, and preventive care, good advice alone is not enough. By using MI techniques, doctors, nurses, and other providers can transform conversations about change. The book shows how even the briefest clinical interaction can serve to build trust, clarify patients' goals as well as reasons for ambivalence, and guide them to take positive steps.

An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect . . . a skier submerged for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake . . . a comatose brain surgery patient whom doctors have declared a "vegetable." Twenty years ago all of them would have been given up for dead, with no realistic hope for survival. But today...

Le syndrome borderline : comment enfin vraiment comprendre la maladie en tant que personne concernée ou proche et découvrir les possibilités simples d'auto-assistance et de thérapie qui s'offrent à vous - y compris des conseils pratiques pour la vie quotidienne et une partie BONUS avec des « histoires encourageantes ».

The Patient Story is led by a dedicated team of medical, editorial, and video experts, committed to authentically portraying the cancer patient experience. Sharing your story holds transformative power, culturally and personally. We handle each narrative with utmost care, compassion, and scientific rigor. Our editorial process adheres to the highest journalistic standards, ensuring medically researched, vetted, and fact-checked content. Backed by experienced medical professionals, we offer insights into the latest medical advancements. Beyond patient narratives, we provide ...

A survivor’s story is meant to inspire us; we learn of their tragedy, self-doubt, and eventual triumph. But what about the story of an individual who has survived by cheating death three times? Well, R.J. Windham is that person. His story is not only motivational; it is inspirational. Through the Patient to Patient Podcast, you will be captivated and taken on a real survival adventure, meeting global experts and cancer survivors just like you - where no topic is out of bounds.

Just how do you navigate life with a mental illness? What effect does it have on day-to-day activities and future plans? I’m the Patient Not the Shrink takes you on a journey through an ordinary life lived against extraordinary odds. You won’t find easy answers in this book, but you’ll be given a unique insight into the raw and devastating pain of a mental breakdown. Author Cal Kennedy opens a window to the daily struggle of living with polar disorders and dyspraxia.

Overmedication, police brutality, electroconvulsive therapy, involuntary hospitalization, traumas that lead to intense altered states and suicidal thoughts: these are the struggles of those labeled “mentally ill.” While much has been written about the systemic problems of our mental-health care system, this book gives voice to those with personal experience of psychiatric miscare often excluded from the discussion, like people of color and LGBTQ+ communities.

Welcome to The Patient Physician, a space for doctors to explore their physical, mental, and financial wellness. Your peers and industry leaders will destigmatize institutional perceptions while redefining success, money, and personal care. Get ready to pull back the curtain - because here you are both patient and physician.

Our small group of local Tallaght people voluntarily came together, with the hope to effect positive change for people experiencing similar gaps in community services. Our group’s first initiative is to address common experiences & feelings of mistreatment by health care administration staff & professionals. Our efforts are not looking to tarnish professional practice, instead, to support a better understanding of impact of approach on potentially very vulnerable people.

Interviews with executives at innovative healthcare companies on what they hear from patients they serve. And how their innovations will improve the patient’s journey. Our podcast is unique because it combines Business innovation with the Patient angle. - Patient insights - The process/approach to solutions - How patients are involved in development - Product/service/device innovations - How to accelerate a patient's journey - What is needed to elevate or advance innovation - Future vision

Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans un­der the age of 50, claiming more lives than the AIDS epidemic did at its peak. Opioid abuse accounts for two-thirds of these overdoses, with over 100 Americans dying from opioid overdoses every day. Now Overcoming Opioid Addiction provides a comprehensive medical guide for opioid use disorder (OUD) sufferers, their loved ones, clinicians, and other professionals. Here is expertly presented, urgently needed in­formation and guidance

A podcast for people struggling with their mental health, and anyone else who wants to learn about the reality of living this crazy, busy life while battling mental illness. A support system and a community for all of us out there battling our brains for our lives; a place to learn from each other’s stories and a place to share quotes, and books and music and coping skills that have helped others with their mental health fight.

Compassionate and comprehensive, Dr. Francis Mondimore's path-breaking guide has helped thousands of people and their loved ones cope with bipolar disorder. Now in its third edition, Bipolar Disorder has been thoroughly updated with new information about the causes of the disorder, tools for diagnosis, and advances in treatment.

A podcast that examines how today’s healthcare system affects the doctor-patient relationship and impacts how doctors and patients experience it.

Stanford-trained psychiatrist David Carreon, MD, reveals what it takes to move from nagging disappointment, dissatisfaction, or depression to a life of thriving. One of the pioneers of the use of an intense form of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in severely depressed patients, Dr. Carreon was astonished by how quickly and dramatically most of them recovered. But he also saw very clearly that just eliminating the symptoms of depression wasn't enough. To live a truly fulfilling life, his patients needed to leave old habits behind and embrace the patterns of flourishing.

You may have noticed a new trend lately. Everyone is loud and proud about their mental health struggles (and thank goodness)! For practitioners, this movement is as exciting as it is frustrating. As each mental health taboo falls by the wayside as it enters the cultural zeitgeist, a new aspect of our specialty thus emerges. One we just don’t have enough hours in the day to keep track of, let alone engage with. From better understanding our patients’ (and our own) relationships with their conditions in a changing world, it’s more important than ever that we learn: HOW TO BE PATIENT! Each ...

Then one day at clinic, she noticed patients trading stories in the waiting room, sharing not just valuable advice, but empathy and encouragement. That was the genesis of the support group, a safe place where people dealing with cancer and its aftermath could talk openly about what they were going through. It was a lightbulb experience for Dr. Blackmon. Once she saw the difference a committed ally could make in a patient’s long-term survivorship, Dr. Blackmon sought to extend the principles of support to her colleagues.

Zweifel, Ängste, Scheitern, Versagen oder Scham – All das sind Themen, sind Zustände, sind Dramen, die wahrscheinlich niemanden gänzlich unbekannt sind. Die einen begegnen ihnen häufiger, andere glücklicherweise eher selten. Doch einige wenige drohen gar daran zu zerbrechen… führen einen täglichen Kampf… Einen schier aussichtslosen Kampf. Einen Kampf, in dem es nichts zu gewinnen gibt, den keine Seele je austragen sollte. Es gilt sich nur noch von Runde zu Runde zu hangeln, zu mogeln, zu schummeln, zu tricksen. 365 Runden – jedes Jahr. 365 Runden – harte, bittere, brutale ...