Good morning (or afternoon, evening, or night?) lovely readers!
If you checked in with me last week, you know I was dreading a weekend of snow; well, Mother Nature smiled on my little neck of the woods and gave us a few inches only on Sunday.
All in all, not a raw deal.
Anyway, I’m probably working this weekend (boo!), but I have some great tips, resources, and other updates from the mental health community to share with you first. Read on to get the latest on tips for anger management, find out which of your seemingly harmless common daily habits could actually hurt your health, why sarcasm could be good for creative thinking, and more!
8 Ways to Manage Anger — and Know When Yours Is a Problem: The folks over at The Stir spoke with Perpetua Neo — a doctor of clinical psychology, master of philosophy, and chartered psychologist — about ways to recognize whether you have an anger problem, and offers a few tips for anger management (yes, seeking help is definitely one of them!).
Avoiding These 10 Common Habits Will Improve Your Life, According To Science: From wearing high heels to removing your eyeglasses with one hand, some of these extremely common habits could be damaging to your health, according to several doctors at Keck Medicine of USC.
e-Cigs Cut Tobacco Use in Patients With Serious Mental Illness: After a study that involved providing 36 smokers (aged 18 to 70 and diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective or schizophreniform disorders) with e-cigarettes for six weeks (and encouraging those smokers to use the e-cigs instead of regular cigarettes), researchers from the London South Bank University and King’s College London claim e-cigarettes may be “useful in supporting smoking reduction/cessation in patients with serious mental illness.” While we still have a long way to go regarding the research of the e-cig safety (specifically the long-term effects of their ingredients), some experts agree they’re safer than traditional cigarettes because they reduce tobacco exposure; however, there’s still that nasty risk of explosion, isn’t there?
How It Feels When the Person You Love Has Depression: VICE Australia writer Louise Mapleston shares the stories of her various relationships with depressed partners, and how she learned the truth about healthy, sustainable ways to help. “The truth is, though, you can’t help someone who’s drowning if you don’t know how to swim. You cannot be the best support system for someone else if your own mental health is impacted from their depression.”
Sarcasm Spurs Creative Thinking: Many professionals advise us to steer clear of sarcasm (it can wreak havoc on relationships, current or otherwise); however, a few behavior scientists (Li Huang, Adam D. Galinsky, and Francesca Gino) believe when “used with care and in moderation, clever quips can trigger creative sparks.”
Improving Muscular Fitness May Benefit People With Bipolar Disorder: Most of us know exercise works wonders for our mental health; however, new research published in the Nordic Journal of Psychiatry suggests beefing up muscle fitness can help folks with a specific mental illness: bipolar disorder.
from World of Psychology http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/04/16/psychology-around-the-net-april-16-2016/
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