Perfectionism more important characteristic in mental health problems than most behavioral health professionals recognize

From Science Daily on 09/25/14:

Experts are calling for closer attention to perfectionism's potential destructiveness, adding that clinical guidelines should include perfectionism as a separate factor for suicide risk assessment and intervention. 'There is an urgent need for looking at perfectionism with a person-centered approach as an individual and societal risk factor, when formulating clinical guidelines for suicide risk assessment and intervention, as well as public health approaches to suicide prevention,' says one researcher.

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Mental health treatment teaching stress management techniques help people with COPD

From Science Daily on 09/25/14:

Coaching patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to manage stress, practice relaxation and participate in light exercise can boost a patient’s quality of life and can even improve physical symptoms, researchers report.

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September is pain awareness month

September is Pain Awareness month. The National Institute on Drug Abuse Director, Dr. Nora Volkow, describes NIDA's role and participation in pain research. This is one in a series of videos with NIH Institute and Center Directors discussing priorities for pain research.

Presence of school counselors improve school outcomes

The presence of school counselor's improve school outcomes of schools.

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Brain development and learning activities

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Social psychology at its best - The Dancing Traffic Light

Poverty rather than bias accounts for higher incidence of child maltreatment among black children

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Poverty -- rather than biased reporting -- seems to account for the higher rates of child abuse and neglect among black children, reports a study in the September Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, the official journal of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

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