Recent Mental Health Blog | June 2009 Posts

Post-birth Weight Loss and its Psychological Impact

by Beth McHugh

I read an interesting article recently about new mothers and their struggle to regain their figures after childbirth. Actually, it was more sad than interesting.

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Reassuring a Suicidal Person

by Beth McHugh

In our continuing series on suicide, we look today at how to give reassurance, information, and hope to a person at risk of suicide. Suicide claims the lives of tens of thousands of Americans each year, and victims are of both genders, and come from a multitude of backgrounds.

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Suicide: Why Do the Neighbors Talk but do Nothing?

by Beth McHugh

This weekend I happened across a woman who needs help. She had a For Sale sign out front of her block of units and I stopped to ask her which one was for sale. She told me but it became obvious that she was distracted, depressed and anxious.

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Denying the Father's Role when Mother is a Narcissist

by Beth McHugh

One of the more painful aspects of detaching from a narcissist mother is acknowledging the role that the father plays in the family dynamic.

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Sexting: Harmful or Harmless?

by Beth McHugh

Teens and pre-teens are increasing sending explicit images of themselves via texting using cell phones, a phenomenon known as "sexting".

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