Sentences with phrase «reduce distressing symptoms»

I view therapy as an opportunity for clients not only to reduce distressing symptoms and overcome difficulties but also to gain a sense of mastery, understand themselves more fully, and live lives more in line with their unique set of values.»

In user - friendly, easy - to - follow style, it aims to reduce distressing symptoms, improve general functional health and promote well - being in people with Parkinson's disease.

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Although disasters that are particularly severe and cause substantial resource loss can elicit greater mental health distress and PTSD symptoms, to the extent that survivors can find spiritual meaning in such events, the deleterious effects of disasters on mental health functioning may be reduced.

Gluten - free diets have been credited with health benefits such as weight loss and other reduced symptoms of inflammation and gastrointestinal distress, though some of those reporting lower symptoms may have non-celiac allergies and disorders.

In fact, a recent meta - analysis argues that the only reliable finding is that breast - feeding reduces symptoms of gastro - intestinal distress.

All three interventions significantly reduced distress as well as depressive symptoms over a 12 - month period, and patients maintained those reductions over the course of the study.

But new research presented at the American Diabetes Association's 74th Scientific Sessions ® shows that symptoms of depression in people with type 2 diabetes can be significantly reduced through interventions for «diabetes distress,» suggesting that much of what is being labeled as depression may not be a co-morbid psychiatric disorder after all, but rather a reaction to living with a stressful, complex disease that is often difficult to manage.

Those who reported high levels of distress and high levels of depressive symptoms were assigned one of three interventions, all of which were designed to reduce the distress associated with managing diabetes, rather than symptoms of depression.

Since the health of the body affects the mind (behavior, mood, and learning), as we eat better and feel better, we often reduce the symptoms of autism, ADHD (and other childhood conditions), as well as address multiple food sensitivities and gastrointestinal distress.

It is particularly beneficial for reducing nausea, morning sickness, motion sickness and other symptoms of digestive distress.

Meditation is reported to lower symptoms of depression (43 %), anxiety (37 %), and general distress (35 %) and significantly reduce blood pressure1.

It's also a potent detox agent for mercury and other heavy metals, which is useful since one of the symptoms of mercury build - up is digestive distress and reduced ability to properly assimilate and utilize fats.

It's not something that happens overnight, but with effort, we can reverse debilitating diseases like diabetes, reduce the crippling effects of arthritis, and solve symptoms of respiratory distress.»

If the symptoms persist or they cause your dog distress, your veterinarian may provide tranquilizers to ease her anxiety or diuretics to help with fluid retention and reducing milk production.

Thus although individual CBT for persistent psychotic symptoms when added to medication may confer some modest benefits in reducing emotional distress, 2 and should continue to be offered, it is not efficacious in preventing further relapse among those recovering from a recent relapse.

In those publications, a blend of psychological techniques was applied, with particular emphasis on hypnosis.19 20 24 25 In fact, there is considerable evidence for the effectiveness of hypnosis as an empirically supported clinical intervention in managing symptoms such as pain, 26 — 35 and also in promoting psychological well - being across a variety of illnesses and disorders.36 — 43 Among PWH, studies have shown that hypnosis can contribute to control pain and to reduce frequency and severity of bleedings and factor consumption.19 20 24 Concurrently, by promoting better disease management, hypnosis can contribute to better coping and less distress.24

It facilitates the accessing and processing of traumatic memories, other adverse life experiences, and negative core beliefs to bring these to an adaptive resolution, resulting in distress relief and healing, reduced physiological symptoms, and empowerment.

Several psychotherapy treatments specifically developed for patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) have proven to be effective.1 General psychiatric management (GPM) is one of the therapies that have been shown to be effective for reducing recurrent suicidal and self - harm behaviour, symptom distress and borderline personality disorder features.2 However, these proven effective therapies1, 2 have generally been delivered over 1 — 3 years of therapy.

As well as reporting reduced symptoms of emotional distress and difficult behaviour in their children, parents in counties where Triple P was delivered were also more likely to use appropriate discipline strategies, their levels of psychological distress were less and they were more likely to find parenting a good experience.

Other findings for the person with the condition include improved adherence with medication, reduced symptoms and improved social functioning and vocational activity.1 In addition, these interventions have been shown to reduce distress and burden in primary carers and improve family functioning.7

MBIs in occupational settings may be more fruitful in reducing stress, and thereby possibly preventing subsequent distress, rather than reduced current symptoms of distress.

Self - awareness of one's internal conflicts between thoughts, emotions and feelings, will reduce symptoms of acute distress, which often result in mood imbalances such as, depression / anxiety.

Results indicated that MST - CAN was significantly more effective than EOT in reducing youth mental health symptoms, parent psychiatric distress, parenting behaviors associated with maltreatment, youth out - of - home placements, and changes in youth placement.

In research on teaching Mindfulness to adolescents conducted by Gina Biegel, MA, MFT, the teens reported reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression and somatic (physical) distress, and increased self - esteem and sleep quality.

In research on teaching mindfulness to adolescents conducted by Gina Biegel, MA, MFT, the teens reported reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression and somatic (physical) distress, and increased self - esteem and sleep quality.

Our finding that the severity of depressive symptoms in our sample of patients with chronic pain was best correlated with a combination of heightened catastrophising, reduced sense of control over life, increased physical disability, lower pain self - efficacy beliefs, higher use of unhelpful self - management strategies, and lower perceived social support (after controlling for the possible effects of age, sex and duration of pain) is consistent with previous studies of patients with chronic pain.26 Interestingly, and somewhat contrary to clinical expectations, pain severity, pain - related distress, and fear of movement / (re) injury were not significantly associated with depressive symptom severity.

Family therapy uses strategies to reduce the level of distress within the family that may either contribute to or result from the ill person's symptoms.