Posts Categorized: Serious Physical Illness

PTSD and The Parents of Seriously Ill Children

Posted by & filed under Anxiety OC PTSD, Intervention: Adults-Couples, Intervention: Children Adolescents, Intervention: Identifying Key Elements of Change, Moral Development, Prevention, Psychological Health, Serious Physical Illness, Stress, Stress Coping - Health, Stress: Coping Reducing, Treatment of Psychological Disorders.

Description: PTSD is an issue for first responders (Police, fire, ambulance etc.) and for soldiers in the military, right? Well yes, that IS correct, BUT they are not the only ones at risk for developing symptoms of PTSD. If you looked at my previous post about PTSD in general, you will have understood that the… Read more »

Oliver Sacks on Feelings of Disorder (or Dis-ease)

Posted by & filed under Aging Psychological Disorders, Assessment: Self-report Projective Measures, Chronic Illness, Clinical Assessment, Clinical Health Psychology, Consciousness, Health and Prevention In Aging, Health Psychology, Managing Pain, Serious Physical Illness, Stress: Coping Reducing, The Self, Uncategorized.

Description: What subjective/psychologically experiences do we associate with disease? Oliver Sacks, the deeply respected physician and professor of neurology discusses about how patients with migraines talk about the psychological experiences associated with their migraine headaches. The 81 year old Sacks goes on to talk about his own experiences with a particular palliative treatment for the… Read more »