Sentences with phrase «says health psychologist»

«If you are experiencing stress and anxiety during the day, then it is most certainly going to come to bed with you at night,» says health psychologist Dr Marny Lishman.

«Our bodies exhibit a preference for habits because of efficiency,» says health psychologist Dr Helen Lindner from the Australian Psychological Society.

«It's important for students to hear a diversity of views,» says health psychologist Cathie Atkins, an associate dean at San Diego State University, who notes that the university's MARC program includes workshops that are open to non-MARC students.

Not exact matches

Dr. Brian Wansink, a food psychologist at Cornell University and author of Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life, says, «People who are attracted to meat - shaped veggie foods are vegetarian for health reasons, not animal - rights reasons, and they're the biggest growing part of that market.»

«A mother's self - image greatly influences how her daughter views herself,» says D'Arcy Lyness, PhD, a child and adolescent psychologist and behavioral health editor at KidsHealth.

«When considering feeding options, it's important for you both to assess, in an ongoing way, what you each expect to do, and, ultimately, what is realistic for you and your new baby,» says Shara Marrero Brofman, PsyD, a reproductive and perinatal psychologist at the Seleni Institute, a nonprofit organization that specializes in women's maternal and reproductive mental health.

«Know that it's always OK to seek support from a mental health professional to navigate these potentially complicated issues and to engage in self - care,» says Shara Marrero Brofman, PsyD, a reproductive and perinatal psychologist at the Seleni Institute, a nonprofit organization that specializes in women's maternal and reproductive mental health.

«We are in the process of discussing its implications with teachers in the field, including school psychologists, social workers and guidance counselors who, along with school nurses, actually deal with mental health issues on a long - term basis with students,» Korn said.

He says schools also need a greater investment in mental health services, school psychologists, social workers and guidance counselors to better identify students in crisis before they may become violent.

In part, that may be because health care professionals are focused on helping people who are struggling, says clinical psychologist George Bonanno of Columbia University's Teachers College.

Their rates of these mental health issues are at least as high as those reported by victims of both child abuse and bullying, say psychologist Dieter Wolke of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, and his colleagues.

«Cinema is a therapy because it touches everyone singularly and subjectively,» says Capt. Laurent Brulin, a clinical psychologist in the health department of the army near Bordeaux, France.

«Learning about the review process gives you a completely different perspective when you're writing yourself,» says Angela Dougall, who is a health psychologist at the University of Texas at Arlington and became an ECR last year.

«Our study shows that the early stress of separation from a biological parent impacts long - term programming of genome function; this might explain why adopted children may be particularly vulnerable to harsh parenting in terms of their physical and mental health,» said Szyf's co-author, psychologist Elena Grigorenko of the Child Study Center at Yale.

Daydreaming seems to be bad for your mental health, say the psychologists who used an iPhone app to track the moods of more than 2000 people.

In addition to laying groundwork for accounting for personality traits in gamifying chronic illness management, the study «also shows the strength in multidisciplinary research that brings together clinicians, health IT researchers and psychologists,» Dugas says.

«Locomotors, more than assessors, benefited from the app, as the relationship between locomotion and performance over time was a bit stronger,» says one of the researchers, Michelle Dugas, a social psychologist and post-doctoral researcher at UMD's Center for Health Information & Decision Systems (CHIDS).

«More people than ever are surviving cancer due to the development of targeted and effective treatments,» said Shelley Johns, Psy.D., the clinical health psychologist and health services researcher who led the Regenstrief - IU study.

Dr Neesha Patel, the health psychologist who led the study, said: «Many of the people we interviewed have conflicting views about the causes of their diabetes which seems to have an impact on how they manage it.

«This kind of intervention study is exactly what we need more of,» says Megan Moreno, a clinical psychologist at Seattle Children's Hospital in Washington who uses Facebook data to study adolescent health and well - being.

Many parents talk about rumored health risks from immunizations or their negative view of the pharmaceutical industry, for instance, but those may not be the true reasons, says psychologist Stephan Lewandowsky of the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.

«When we think about quality of life for older adults, and improving quality of life, it seems like targeting the individual is only part of the story, and our findings suggests that for older adults, a larger part of individual well - being is defined by our partner's health and cognitive functioning as well,» said UA psychologist David Sbarra, a co-author of the paper, which will be published in Psychology and Aging, a journal of the American Psychological Association.

«Loss of control eating is related to a variety of psychological health concerns, including depression and anxiety,» said Richard E. Boles, Ph.D., pediatric psychologist in the Bariatric Surgery Center at Children's Colorado.

«It's not unusual for women — even if they are very excited about and empowered by pregnancy — to be frustrated by a shift in weight,» says Colorado - based psychologist Helen L. Coons, PhD, president and clinical director of Women's Mental Health Associates & Healthy Psychology Solutions, where she specializes in improving body image and sexual health in Health Associates & Healthy Psychology Solutions, where she specializes in improving body image and sexual health in health in women.

Hang in there: «With more customized advice, I can almost guarantee that your sleep will improve,» says clinical psychologist Michael J. Breus, PhD, author of Good Night: The Sleep Doctor's 4 - Week Program to Better Sleep and Better Health.

«However, over half of Americans with severe psychological distress were not seen by a psychiatrist, psychologist or another mental health professional,» Olfson said.

Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University, says that guilt is one of the leading causes of diet «slip - ups.»

And don't be afraid to seek professional help: «I always encourage someone to seek out the chance to speak with, or meet with, either a therapist, a psychologist or a social worker — but a licensed mental health professional,» Engle says.

«With some couples where there is a large age difference, energy levels may differ,» says Rachel Needle, a psychologist at the Center for Marital and Sexual Health of South Florida in West Palm Beach.

«Weighing yourself is a mood predictor rather than improving health and it's not really about looking after your body,» says clinical psychologist Louise Adams.

«Female empowerment is not only about equality and being able to achieve greatness, but also about living authentically and individually,» says psychologist and nutritional health coach, and founder of Fermentanicals, Jayta Szpitalak.

«There's a perception that people with higher IQs might be more neurotic, more anxious, and more depressed — Woody Allen style,» says Karestan Koenen, PhD, a clinical psychologist and associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health.

«The weight is distributed in a standing position,» says Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., a health psychologist at Stanford University and a leading expert in neck and back pain.

The yoga program used in the study is a low - impact way for fibromyalgia patients to get moving, and it may even change the way the central nervous system responds to pain, says James Carson, PhD, the lead researcher and a psychologist at the Oregon Health and Science University, in Portland.

Dr. Brian Wansink, a food psychologist at Cornell University and author of Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life, Â says, â $ People who are attracted to meat - shaped veggie foods are vegetarian for health reasons, not animal - rights reasons, and theyâ $ ™ re the biggest growing part of that market.â $

Assistant Psychologist at HMYOI Feltham, Mental Health Team, Kumar Birch said: «The MAST training was well structured and engaging.

But psychologists and mental health practitioners say that the impact of trauma goes beyond the kids and reaches into the lives of educators who work closely with them day to day.

He said: «We know that early intervention is crucial but many local authorities have repeatedly had their budgets slashed on things like social workers, support programmes for parents, educational psychologists and targeted mental health services in schools.

McGonigal, a professor at Stanford University, and a health psychologist with a background in medicine and psychology, says that for most of her career she believed that stress was bad too, until she dug into the research.

«Mental health diagnoses in children are relatively easy to treat and take a relatively short amount of time compared to older children, adolescents and adults,» says Dr Nicole Milburn, Clinical Psychologist and Infant Mental Health Consuhealth diagnoses in children are relatively easy to treat and take a relatively short amount of time compared to older children, adolescents and adults,» says Dr Nicole Milburn, Clinical Psychologist and Infant Mental Health ConsuHealth Consultant.

Mental health difficulties in the young look quite different to those in older children, says Dr Sophie Havighurst, Clinical Child Psychologist.

«It's hard for me to be with this,» says psychologist Mary Claire Heffron, clinical director of the early childhood mental health program at Children's Hospital, as she looks away from the video monitor.

Jackie Burke Assoc MAPS *, a psychologist and clinical director of Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia, says while vicarious trauma is extremely common it's not classed as a mental health disorder.