Virtual reality exposure therapy to treat trauma-related PTSD

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-virtual-reality-exposure-therapy-military.html Clinical researchers in Emory’s Veterans Program will study the use of virtual reality exposure therapy to treat people suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma. The virtual reality exposure therapy system, called BRAVEMIND, has been used to treat combat-related PTSD in veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan with positive results. The…

Meditation

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-casano/meditation-secrets_b_7622272.html 2. It Doesn’t Have to Take More than a Few Minutes There are no hard rules that your meditation session has to take 30 minutes. Who says you can’t be present and meditate when you have a few spare moments to yourself? While a daily formal practice is preferable, you can be present while…

Sir John Kirwan: ‘Hope gives people life’

SPONSORED: Sir John Kirwan reveals how kindness from a stranger gave him perspective http://t.co/In7PwwjyzW pic.twitter.com/Dv5fnJk2kT — Stuff Life & Style (@StuffLifeStyle) June 25, 2015 Sir John, who also fronts the National Depression Initiative (NDI), was shopping for groceries when a woman approached him and asked if she could give him a hug. “She said, ‘you…

Jan Logie – Government social sector reforms

https://blog.greens.org.nz/2015/06/23/government-social-sector-reforms/ Government has prioritised MSD funding to three areas: vulnerable children, young people, and adult survivors. Almost all MSD funding will now be focussed on these three areas, with some remaining provision for disability and Christchurch. The Minister has said the funding quantum will remain the same – just be redirected. The intent is to…

If I’m not at that point, then it’s not wanted

http://money.cnn.com/interactive/pf/work-life-balance-quiz/ “You don’t want to be rude, you don’t want to be weird,” he said. “Definitely there’s an awkwardness to saying no.” When his friends saw what was happening, they moved the party elsewhere, and he was left alone with a girl he didn’t know. He knew he didn’t want to have sex with her,…

Why many rape victims don’t fight or yell

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/06/23/why-many-rape-victims-dont-fight-or-yell/ Freezing occurs when the amygdala – a crucial structure in the brain’s fear circuitry – detects an attack and signals the brainstem to inhibit movement. It happens in a flash, automatically and beyond conscious control. It’s a brain response that rapidly shifts the organism into a state of vigilance for incoming attacks and avenues…