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How Long Should You Meditate For? And How Often?

November 30, 2020 by Dr. Paul Greene

There are a lot of different recommendations for how long you should meditate, as well as for how often you should meditate. Some sources say to do an hour every day, but you may not have that much time. Below you’ll find research-based recommendations for how long — and how often — to meditate.

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Filed Under: Anxiety, Mindfulness and meditation Tagged With: anxiety, meditation, Mindfulness, stress

Why You Can’t Sleep, and 15 Fixes Not to be Missed

September 5, 2015 by Justin Arocho, Ph.D.

From time to time, most people find themselves muttering (or screaming) at 4:00 a.m., “why can’t I sleep?!” For some, difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep can even become the norm. This is called insomnia — upsetting, disruptive, and a way of life for some. Insomnia can include trouble falling asleep, trouble staying asleep, or not getting restful sleep at least three nights per week. (Trouble falling asleep is defined here as taking more than 30 minutes to fall asleep. Trouble staying asleep is defined as being awake for more than 30 minutes during the night.)

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Filed Under: Insomnia Tagged With: anxiety, CBT-I, insomnia

How to Stop Procrastinating in College: 7 Tested Strategies

January 13, 2014 by Jennifer Chen, Psy.D.

Learn how to stop procrastinating in college from a behavioral psychologist. Break the cycle and reclaim your life!

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At some point, just about all college students have told themselves, “I’ll get it done tomorrow.” Many have fallen prey to putting things off until another “more convenient” time. For example, perhaps you’ve put off working on a paper that you know you won’t have time to do next week. Or maybe there are some projects that you have all semester to do, but just haven’t gotten around to completing. It is not uncommon to procrastinate. (That’s the reason post offices often stay open late on April 15! Every year millions of us wait until the absolutely last minute to file their income taxes.)

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Filed Under: Anxiety Tagged With: anxiety, college, procrastination

Feeling Overwhelmed? How to Know When to Get Anxiety Help

December 5, 2013 by Jennifer Chen, Psy.D.

Everyone experiences anxiety at some point during their lifetime. It’s natural to be concerned about a big test or interview or to feel anxious about your finances after losing a job. However, some people suffer from excessive worries or panic attacks that begin to affect their everyday functioning. When this happens, it can be hard to complete daily tasks. Constant worry may become physically exhausting. So how do you know when to get help for anxiety?

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Filed Under: Anxiety Tagged With: anxiety, Mindfulness

Be an Informed Consumer!

October 30, 2012 by Dr. Paul Greene

Much attention has been cast on the relationships between clinical medicine and the pharmaceutical industries. How much has the pharmaceutical industry been influencing the treatment of depression and anxiety?  The rate of use of prescription medication in the United States is higher than in other industrialized nations.  The use of prescription antidepressant medication has drastically increased in the past 20 years. 

In fact, a 2007 study by the CDC found that in the United States, antidepressants were prescribed more often than medications for high blood pressure or high cholesterol! It is likely that the effects of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical marketing, such as television and radio commercials, have played an important role in the increased use of many patented antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications.  These medications have been very profitable for pharmaceutical companies. In recent years, television commercials even advertise serious antipsychotic medication – even for use with depression – despite the fact that many in the field consider these drugs to be overused and to cause problematic side effects.

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Filed Under: American mental healthcare, Depression, Evidence-based treatment Tagged With: antidepressants, anxiety, depression

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