The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) is a multi-purpose tool for screening, diagnosing, monitoring, and measuring the severity of depression. The PHQ tool rates the frequency of symptoms, which is then used as a factor in the scoring severity index. The PHQ-9 and PHQ-2, components of the longer Patient Health Questionnaire, offer psychologists concise, self-administered tools […]

Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited, focused, and evidence-based approach to treat mood disorders. The goal of this therapy is to mprove the quality of a client’s interpersonal relationships and social functioning as well as reducing overall distress. The IPT is also effective in managing unresolved grief linked to the death of a loved one and […]

Norovirus infection is a condition characterized by nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, and in some cases, loss of taste. It occurs between 12-24 hours after being exposed to norovirus. Noroviruses are highly contagious and commonly spread through food or water that is contaminated during preparation. It can also spread through close contact with a […]

Nail fungus or onychomycosis is a common infection of the nail that begins as a white or yellow-brown spot under the tip of your fingernail or toenail. As the fungal infection goes deeper, the nail may discolor, thicken and crumble at the edge. Nail fungus can affect several nails. When fungus infects the areas between […]

Gambling Treatment an act of staking money or something valuable in uncertain outcome with the primary intention of getting more money or material thing in return. Addiction to gambling is characterized by  is the uncontrollable urge to keep gamble despite the loss. Many people view gambling as harmless and mostly do it for fun. However, […]

Otitis externa is a health condition that causes swelling and redness of the external canal-the tube between the eardrum and the outer ear. This condition affects between 1 and 3 percent of people per year, 95 percent of which are acute cases. About 10 percent of people develop the condition at some point in their […]

Claudication is a health condition in which the cramping pain is felt in the lower leg following exercise. Claudication is caused by obstruction of arteries or inadequate flow of blood to the muscles. The pain is felt while walking and subsides with rest. This condition is influenced by narrowed or hardened arteries, which is associated […]

Stress inoculation therapy (SIT) is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It intends to help patients prepare in advance to handle stressful events. SIT helps people to recognize and change incorrect and/or negative thoughts that have been influencing your behavior. This form of therapy prepares people to defend against […]

Mahler’s Separation-Individuation Theory proposes that successful completion of the developmental stages in the first few years of life results in separation and individuation. Mahler describes a series of stages occurring within the first three years of life aimed at the developmental goal of Separation and Individuation. It focuses on the mother-infant interactions within the first […]

Expressive psychotherapy is an approach to therapy that uses writing, art, music, drama, or dance to manage mental health conditions such as ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, & Autism. It is also a form of treatment that uses creative activities to help those affected share and process feelings and memories that may be hard to put into […]

The Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) is an approach to individual psychotherapy that was developed by Richard C. Schwartz in the 1980s. It combines systems thinking with the view that the mind is made up of relatively discrete subpersonalities. Each of the sub personalities have their own unique viewpoint and qualities. The sub-personalities consist of […]

Serious emotional disorders (SED) mean the presence of recognizable behavioral, or emotional disorder that impair function and interferes with the child’s functioning in family, school, or community activities. SEDs affect many children and interfere with their daily lives. People with this condition have inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health […]

Epigenetics is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. Epigenetic changes are reversible and do not change your DNA sequence. However, such changes can alter how the body reads a DNA sequence. While genetic changes can alter which protein is made, epigenetic changes affect […]

Life course theory is a multidisciplinary paradigm for the study of people’s lives, structural contexts, and social change. It also refers to a sequence of socially defined events and roles that the individual enacts over time. This approach encompasses ideas and observations from disciplines such as history, sociology, demography, developmental psychology, biology, and economics. Life […]

Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) is an innovative therapeutic approach for trauma. It is a biological model designed to teach wellness skills. The skills help clients to regulate emotional and physical states and reprocess traumatic experiences. This model also teach clients how to read the sensations connected to their distress and trauma. Through the TRM, client can […]

Stress inoculation therapy (SIT) is a type of psychotherapy or talk therapy that is used for people diagnosed with PTSD. It was developed in the 1980s by psychologist Donald Meichenbaum. SIT is approved for managing anxiety surrounding potentially stress-inducing events. This therapy prepares participants for stress-inducing scenarios so that they would experience less anxiety when a […]

Reminiscence Therapy (RT) involves the discussion of past activities, events and experiences with another person or group of people, usually with the aid of tangible prompts such as photographs, household and other familiar items from the past, music and archive sound recordings. It involves recalling past events as returning to these past incidents makes people […]

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a type of talk therapy for people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. This therapy is adaped for people who experience emotions very intensely. “Dialectical” means combining opposite ideas. DBT focuses on helping people accept the reality of their lives and their behaviors, as well as helping them learn to change […]

Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) is an evidence-based approach to treat mood disorders. The goal of this therapy is to improve the quality of a client’s interpersonal relationships and social functioning. It also aims to help reduce overall distress. One of the areas that IPT addresses is interpersonal deficits, including social isolation or involvement in unfulfilling relationships. […]