White January: Mental Health Talk Month
Brazil occupies the 11th position in the ranking of the most anxious countries in the world: there are approximately 13.2 million Brazilians with some anxiety disorder....
January 14, 2020
Current Themes
Adolescent children of abstinent drug addicts: How do they relate to alcohol?
It is found that the family environment can both influence and protect adolescents from substance use, depending on their degree of (dis) functionality. Alcohol use by adolescents is of concern, and 50% of 9th grade students have tried it (IBGE, 2016). The aim of this study was to understand the perception of adolescents about alcohol consumption in their families, in which at least one parent was abstinent chemically dependent....
January 13, 2020Dry January
Dry January is a public health campaign that emerged in the United Kingdom in 2011 at the initiative of Emily Robinson, former CEO of the NGO Alcohol Change, who set out to drink alcohol in January as a preparation. to run a half marathon. The campaign aims to prevent people from drinking alcohol during the month of January. In 2013, Alcohol Change promoted the first edition of the campaign and in 2014 it was endorsed by the UK Department of Health. It has an application that helps the participant to commit to the goal, showing day by day the reduction of calories ingested by alcohol withdrawal, the amount of money that was not spent on alcohol, among other benefits. Apart from the United Kingdom, the proposal to abstain from alcohol, especially at the beginning of the year, is interesting because it stimulates a healthier lifestyle, promotes an improvement in the sleep pattern, as well as more awareness about the harmful effects related to alcohol consumption. alcohol as shown by a survey conducted in 2018 and 2019 in the United Kingdom at the University of Sussex. Most participants who underwent the study were gratified by the results provided by 1 month without alcohol, in addition to significant improvements in physical and mental health, were also satisfied with the financial savings and abstinence in January provided more commitment to abstinence in other months of the year. The month of January starts the year and the idea of starting the same without alcohol is a beautiful plan that can generate commitment in subsequent months. Take January to set goals that will benefit your physical and mental health, such as exercising, eating healthy, sleeping better, not drinking alcohol or better, not using alcohol or any other substance is to start the year on the right foot. full of actions that generate significant results for your well-being and better quality of life....
January 06, 202019 is already saying goodbye and there is a double 20.
19 is already saying goodbye and there is a double 20. Have you done that reflection on your year? Maybe you briefly reflect on your life so far: the gains that led to well-being, achievements, joys ... and also some sadness, disappointment, loss ... all that can make room for reflection and for other possible experiences. Take the opportunity to look forward to the coming year as a gift full of opportunities in which you can invest in peace and self-care. Reflecting on this, choose the gift you want to give and receive. Remember that day by day, moment by moment, you are building your life. Don't lose sight of the future, remembering that it is made of every present experience. Bring light to your experiences, live with awareness and fullness. We on the Integration Team wish you all the best so that you and your family can be happy and have a good and full life....
December 21, 2019"Merry Christmas
What if approaching Christmas the emotion I feel is not happiness? In a culture where Christmas means being in family, socializing, being happy, exchanging gifts, celebrating, what is it like to live the possible dialectic between many different and even “opposite” emotions during this period? In the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), developed by Marsha Linehan, we find some answers to this question. See the full text of psychologist Vanessa Stechow in the contextual blog via the link:...
December 13, 2019PSYCHIATRA'S ROLE IN THE CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICE TEAM
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December 11, 2019What to do when the will to "do nothing" overcomes you?
Have you experienced a desire to "do nothing" even though you have a large to-do list? Who never right? Thinking about this situation that many people experience, I will describe how Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) can help us. See the full text: http://terapiascontextuais.com.br/o-que-fazer-quando-a-von.../ ...
December 09, 2019Acceptance as a resource of adaptation to the death of a loved one - Text by Professor José Ignacio Cruz Gaitán
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December 06, 2019Understanding Our Emotions
Feeling emotions makes us human! While it is extremely unpleasant and difficult to tolerate certain emotions in certain contexts, we need them all to survive and have meaningful lives. Access the full text: http://terapiascontextual.com.br/understanding->>...
November 27, 2019Do you know the work of the addiction consultant?
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November 25, 2019