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American Health & Wellness Institute to Host Conference May 8-12 LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Health and Wellness Institute, a multidisciplinary health and wellness evaluation and treatment provider, today announced that registration is now open for the First International Conference on Mindfulness. The conference will be held May 8-12, 2013, at the Sapienza - Universita di Roma in Rome, Italy. Clinicians, researchers, academic leaders,...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Meditation may carry with it the connotations of otherworldly mysticism, high-minded elitism, or a discipline of the slightly aloof, but studies have also shown that it can convey real-world benefits for personal health. According to a new study in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity, so-called “mindfulness” meditation techniques can provide relief for those with chronic inflammatory conditions—such as rheumatoid...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prototypes, a Southern California-based non-profit that supports women, children and families confronting abuse, addiction and other behavioral health issues, is preparing to help its clients (patients) battle the 'holiday blues' by deploying new online and mobile depression and anxiety management tools. Known as myStrength.com, the technology was introduced on a pilot basis last summer and now will be used at its residential...
American Health and Wellness Institute to Host Conference in Rome, Italy LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Health and Wellness Institute, a multidisciplinary mental health evaluation and treatment provider, today announced that the First International Conference on Mindfulness will be held May 8-12, 2013, at the Sapienza - Universita di Roma in Rome, Italy. Presenters and participants in the First International Conference on Mindfulness will...
In-person and web video-based training with DBT experts, Shari Manning, PhD (author of “Loving Someone with BPD”) and Charles Swenson, MD – Both have extensive experience training directly with Dr. Marsha Linehan, the treatment developer. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) October 05, 2012 The Treatment Implementation Collaborative, LLC (TIC) is offering Core Clinical Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy©, an intensive training designed to support individual practitioners and/or teams...
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The musician Paul Simon came to fame collaborating with his childhood friend Art Garfunkel, yet launched another chapter with his Graceland album, collaborating with musicians from Soweto. Ratan Tata made his name expanding his family's firms in India, yet in recent decades has reached even greater success helping foreign firms such as Daewoo and Jaguar find new markets. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120905/NY68578LOGO )...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Slow breathing. Long stretches. These are just a few of the characteristics of yoga. Researchers from the University of Michigan recently revealed that yoga helps pregnant women have less depressive moments and also increases feelings of maternal bonding. The study, featured in a recent issue of Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, is particularly helpful for expectant mothers, many of whom suffer from depression. According...
For older adults, loneliness is a major risk factor for health problems — such as cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's — and death. Attempts to diminish loneliness with social networking programs like creating community centers to encourage new relationships have not been effective. However, a new study led by Carnegie Mellon University's J. David Creswell offers the first evidence that mindfulness meditation reduces loneliness in older adults. Published in "Brain, Behavior &...
PITTSBURGH, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For older adults, loneliness is a major risk factor for health problems -- such as cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's -- and death. Attempts to diminish loneliness with social networking programs like creating community centers to encourage new relationships have not been effective. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020422/CMULOGO) However, a new study led by Carnegie Mellon University's J. David Creswell offers the first...
Recently launched by Hamish C.J. Holmes, Online-therapy.com assists people with their own mental-health challenges, by leading genuinely interested people from start to finish, through a proven to be highly effective 8-week long online-program of C.B.T. (Cognitive Based Therapy.) The company (http://www.online-therapy.com) who offer the therapy to Clients/Therapists, have recently ended their offer of $250 for the 8-week program (instead of the usual $350.) This offer though, is being...
