If you want your partner to
be in the mood for physical intimacy, be affectionate all day.
Not exact matches
Launched
in August after a year - long clinical study, MoodHacker
is essentially a Fitbit
for the neck up, tracking a person's emotional
mood as opposed to their
physical fitness (though that
is part of it).
A poignant note sounded by those engrossed
in threading through cybertalk
is how they
are forced to use words to substitute
for all the other
physical cues of face - to - face conversations and IRL (
in real life) settings — no
mood music, no roaring sports fans, neither candlelight nor disco strobes.
For all these occasions but the last there should
be a definite and regular place — not merely a place
in one's time schedule but an accustomed
physical location
in which one cultivates the habit, forms appropriate associations, finds reminders inducing the
mood of prayer.
Because exercising
in natural areas
is not only good
for your
physical health — it can improve your
mood and sense of well -
being in as little as five minutes.
Enhancing circulation, boosting metabolism, and engaging
in mild cardio
are excellent
for strengthening immunity, reducing
physical tension, and improving
mood.
Yogic breathing exercises and targeted movements used
in yoga
are given credit
for the
physical benefits,
mood benefits and overall positive experience
for those suffering from depression symptoms.
PMS
is nothing new;
in fact a woman's changes
in mood and behaviour and
physical complaints have
been associated with menstruation
for many thousands of years.
Four years ago, my acupuncturist put me on a copper - zinc balancing program, but it
was only about a year ago that I learned about pyroluria from the Resource Tool Kit
in The
Mood Cure by Julia Ross, MA.29 Those of us with this condition, affecting 11 percent of the population, produce excessive amounts of a metabolic toxin called pyrroles, which requires vitamin B6 and zinc
for detoxification.30 Significantly, this condition
is found disproportionately
in those with alcoholism, 31 schizophrenia32 and
mood disorders.33 It can also produce baffling
physical symptoms due to heightened deficiency of these two nutrients, as well as manganese, 34 a nutrient that
is crucially needed to activate arginase, 35 the enzyme that converts ammonia to urea
for excretion from the body.
In addition, it
is a well - known fact that exercise greatly improves
mood and metabolism, and according to Professor McArdle, energetic
physical activity keep on improving the metabolic rate even
for up to 15 hours after the exercise
is finished!
Research indicates that marriage and family therapy
is as effective, and
in some cases more effective than standard and / or individual treatments
for many mental health problems such as: adult schizophrenia, affective (
mood) disorders, adult alcoholism and drug abuse, children's conduct disorders, adolescent drug abuse, anorexia
in young adult women, childhood autism, chronic
physical illness
in adults and children, and marital distress and conflict.
Although recommended
for GDM treatment, guidelines do not specify the type of
physical activity or its timing
in regards to meal intake.66 67 Aerobic and resistance exercise can
be accomplished during pregnancy
in the absence of contraindications, 68 but motivation, compliance, perceived health and lack of time appear to
be major limiting factors.48 69 A recent review concluded that
physical activity, both aerobic and resistance exercise, may improve glycaemic control and / or limit insulin use
in women with GDM.70 Regular
physical activity can also limit pregnancy weight gain, stabilise maternal
mood and reduce fetal fat mass (FM) and physiological stress responses
in the offspring.27 69 71
Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics
in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60)
for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales
in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure
is often difficult to assess
in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability
for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC -
R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS -
R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or
physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which
is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric
physical conditions because
physical symptoms may
be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which
is particularly problematic
for the self - related rating scales and
for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS
is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap
mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).
If you
are not
in the
mood for a full - blown hug, you may
be able to establish that
physical connection by sitting next to your child and reading a book.
Research indicates that marriage and family therapy
is as effective as, and
in some cases more effective than, standard and / or individual treatments
for many mental health problems such as: adult schizophrenia, affective (
mood) disorders, adult alcoholism and drug abuse, children's conduct disorders, adolescent drug abuse, anorexia
in young adult women, childhood autism, chronic
physical illness
in adults and children, and marital distress and conflict.