April 24, 2016, Sarah Knapton Marriage has long been thought to be beneficial – both in sickness and in health. But a study suggests that widows actually suffer less stress and frailty than wives whose husbands are still alive. The findings are in contrast to previous research which showed marriage has a protective effect on
Read moreBy Sarah Farnsworth, ABC News, Fri 18 Dec 2015 A 21-year-old Melbourne woman who challenged an insurer for failing to honour her travel insurance says she hopes her court victory will prevent others being discriminated against for having a mental illness. Key points: Ella Ingram cancelled a trip to US because she was too mentally
Read moreAlain de Botton The Age. July 8, 2016 It’s one of the things we are most afraid might happen to us. We know the horrors well enough and often devote inordinate efforts trying to skirt them. Yet, however hard we may try, it’s an error we’re highly likely to make all the same: we too
Read moreBy Cathy Johnson, 13 October 2016 Being awake at an ungodly hour, your mind a tangle of anxious thoughts, is a wretched experience. Whether you’re thinking about work or family worries, the events of the day, or tasks you face tomorrow, it tends to kill off the chance of sleep. It’s a common problem, with
Read moreSanchita Sharma, Hindustan Times, Dec 18, 2016 US-based Indian-American Paul Kalanithi was 15 months away from completing his training as a neurosurgeon at age 36 when he was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. The cancer was inoperable, he was going to die. “When Breath Becomes Air” is a memoir that begins with him examining
Read moreJennie Dear, Sep 9, 2016 – The Atlantic My mother and I sat across from the hospice nurse in my parents’ Colorado home. It was 2005, and my mother had reached the end of treatments for metastatic breast cancer. A month or two earlier, she’d been able to take the dog for daily walks in
Read moreA Guide For Clients by The EMDR Association of Australia Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful psychological treatment that has been used effectively for over 20 years in a variety of international settings and cultures with many different types of psychological distress. What Kinds Of Problems Can EMDR Treat? Scientific research has
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Read moreBy Lynn Margolies, Ph.D., PsychCentral The essential psychological effect of trauma is a shattering of innocence. Trauma creates a loss of faith that there is any safety, predictability, or meaning in the world, or any safe place in which to retreat. It involves utter disillusionment. Because traumatic events are often unable to be processed by
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