VA disability codes – The VA provides codes to indicate the kind and severity of the disability. It’s critical to understand your VA disability code so you can keep track of your service-related injuries. A large number of VA disability codes can be found. The best approach to find these is to use a search engine….
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Making EMDR Therapy Work for You In Recovery From Addictions
By Teresa Allen Why EMDR? EMDR is a type of psychotherapy which helps people recover from difficult memories, especially traumatic ones. Many people in recovery from addictions have difficult memories in their past–memories that led up to their addiction or memories that resulted from using and drinking. About 60 percent of people in recovery have…
Get Rid Of Stress With These Tips
Stress – There are many types of stress, including family stress, financial stress, and job stress. You will not be able to avoid all sources of stress. How do you develop successful strategies when stress is threatening to overwhelm you? The following article is designed to answer that and many other questions about…
About Autism and EMDR Treatments
By Rachel Evans EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. This is a technique that is supposed to be useful in helping people overcome things like anxiety, many phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol or drug abuse, schizophrenia, learning and eating disorders and disabilities, and other personality or mental problems a person may have. At…
EMDR Therapy
EMDR therapy involves focusing on three periods of time: yesteryear, present, and future. The focus is offered to past disturbing memories and related events. Also, it’s given to current situations that induce distress, and to developing the relevant skills and attitudes necessary for positive future actions. With EMDR therapy, these items are addressed having an eight-phase treatment approach.
Tactics To Use When Coping With Your Depression
Depression is a serious health condition affecting millions of people. In fact, clinical depression can lead to anxiety, insomnia, eating disorders and suicidal tendencies. Fortunately, there is some valuable information you can use to soothe your depression. If you would like to learn more about the options available to you, please keep reading. If you…
PTSD Awareness Month
What is PTSD? PTSD Awareness Month – PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) is a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, like combat, a natural disaster, a car accident, or sexual assault. It’s normal to have upsetting memories, feel on edge, or have trouble sleeping after this type of…
Power of the Brain
Harnessing the Power of the Brain by Glenn Patton Best practice for assessment and treatment of gait and balance after stroke. 2011 – What would you do if you couldn’t walk? To learn about the best practices for gait and balance recovery, it is helpful to imagine one morning you step out of the house,…
EMDR for PTSD
Practice guidelines have identified the treatments that have the most evidence for treating PTSD. The best treatments include different talk therapies (or psychotherapy) and medications. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is one of these treatments. What Type of Treatment Is This? EMDR is a psychotherapy for PTSD. EMDR can help you process upsetting memories,…
VA Compensation And Claims
VA Compensation – This document provides a quick, step-by-step overview of the VA claim process and the VA claim exam. Mental Health Exam Factsheet As a Veteran who may be planning to file or has recently filed a VA compensation or pension claim, we know that you may have questions about the claim process and…