Teens exhibiting record levels of stress-related mental health problems
The mental health crisis among teens has prompted an urgent quest for preventive interventions. Researchers believe they have one. As the team explains in a recent study, the 30-minute online training...
View ArticlePatients with dissociation following trauma more likely to experience PTSD
Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that for individuals who experience trauma, the presence of dissociation -- a profound feeling of detachment from one's sense of self or...
View ArticleNew study asks: Does watching the news make us sick?
High risk individuals frequently became so immersed and personally invested in news stories that the stories dominated the individual's waking thoughts, disrupted time with family and friends, made it...
View ArticleAre you ready for therapy for a change!
Dr. Holland is a psychotherapist practicing in Sonoma County, California, providing cutting edge, integrative and evidence-based mental health care, proven effective with depression and anxiety, life...
View ArticleOverworked doctors at higher risk of depression
The more hours someone works each week in a stressful job, the more their risk of depression rises, a study in new doctors finds. Working 90 or more hours a week was associated with changes in...
View ArticleDemand for anxiety and depression treatment at an all-time high
Survey indicates that demand for anxiety and depression treatment remains high for the third consecutive year while demand for treatment for trauma- and stressor-related disorders and substance-use...
View ArticleStudies look at how to improve the health impacts of stress
Dealing with constant stress can hurt our physical health. Now two new studies find that adults who take steps to respond to stress in a timely manner are better able to avoid negative health outcomes....
View ArticleProfessional Stress, Burnout & Exhaustion
Every job situation will come with varying degrees of stress and frustration that ebb and flow. Burnout, however, is more than that. It is an all-encompassing feeling that you are being pulled in every...
View ArticlePsychosocial stress and emotional well-being may play roll in development of...
As women live longer, a new study looks at how exposure to psychosocial stress over time may contribute to the potential development of heart disease. Source
View ArticleA safe place to process the pressures that accumulate on a daily basis
"I am benefiting from having a place to process all of the pressures that accumulate on a daily basis." Dr. Holland offers expertise to adults for successful aging, overcoming depression and anxiety,...
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