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How To Help a Teenager With Depression: A Guide For Parents

Depression, Parenting / Pareen Sehat MC, RCC

Learning that your teenage child is struggling with depression can feel overwhelming. As a parent, your instinct is to help them feel better immediately. But recovery takes time, and pressuring them often backfires. The key is providing compassionate support. You can guide them through the darkness by educating yourself, communicating non-judgmentally, helping them build healthy coping skills, and accessing […]

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Why Do I Hate Being Around People? 15 Reasons

Anxiety, Depression / Pareen Sehat MC, RCC

Feeling a sense of discomfort or even dread around the idea of socializing is not uncommon. “Why do I hate being around people?” you may ask yourself, and this question could stem from various psychological, physical health and emotional factors. The reasons behind your aversion to social situations can be complex, ranging from past traumatic

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How to Deal With Emotionally Abusive Parents

Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Relationships, Trauma / Pareen Sehat MC, RCC

To ensure that the prerequisites for meeting our basic psychological needs are given, the caregivers must build a secure home for their children. Yet, not every child feels safe at home. Experiencing emotional abuse from one’s parents can evoke strong feelings of fear, loneliness and helplessness. Going through this traumatic experience can have severe consequences

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Uninvolved Parenting – Psychological Effects on Children

Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Relationships, Trauma / Pareen Sehat MC, RCC

Now that I am a parent to my younger sister, I know how difficult parenting can be. It’s especially hard when I have my own issues to deal with. Honestly, I have my moments where I’m too busy wrapped up in my own problems to worry about her. There are times when I’ve probably neglected

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Avoiding Burnout as a Nurse: Mental Health Among Canada’s Nurses

Depression, Trauma / Pareen Sehat MC, RCC

It’s no secret that nurses are on the absolute front lines of humanity. Like most healthcare workers, going to work often means going to battle. Patient care is one thing, but many nurses risk facing high levels of stress, tremendous amounts of pressure, and downright exhaustion. In this case, recent research shows that 1 in

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Depression in Men: Signs, Symptoms and How To Get Help

Depression / Pareen Sehat MC, RCC

According to the World Health Organization, more than 264 million people are experiencing depression worldwide (WHO, 2020). But did you know that depression does not always manifest in the same way in women and men? Male depression has very particular traits that do not correspond with our assumption of depression as “feeling sad.” This lack

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Why Is Depression Often Mistaken for Dementia?

Depression / Pareen Sehat MC, RCC

“Where did I put my pills?” Memory problem in older adults is an alarming situation. For the person suffering the decline in their cognitive ability but also for the person’s family and caregivers. Our first reaction in this situation would be to associate a lack of memory with early signs of dementia. While this intuition

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How to Cope With Quarantine Fatigue During Covid-19

Anxiety, Depression / Pareen Sehat MC, RCC

If you’ve been feeling stressed, overwhelmed, tired, anxious, restless—or all of the above, you’re not alone. Most of us have been struggling with these feelings since the few first days of lockdown. COVID-19 has, without a doubt, turned all of our lives upside down. Canadians have lost their jobs, their loved ones, and millions more

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ICBC Subsidized Counselling – Everything You Should Know

Anxiety, Depression, Trauma / Pareen Sehat MC, RCC

When most people think of injuries caused by car accidents, they think of physical problems like whiplash and concussions. Mental health problems are every bit as serious though. Whether it’s short-term feelings of anxiety or something more pronounced like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), you need to be sure to take care of your mental health. Fortunately,

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Depression

How To Help a Teenager With Depression: A Guide For Parents

Why Do I Hate Being Around People? 15 Reasons

How to Deal With Emotionally Abusive Parents

Uninvolved Parenting – Psychological Effects on Children

Avoiding Burnout as a Nurse: Mental Health Among Canada’s Nurses

Depression in Men: Signs, Symptoms and How To Get Help

Why Is Depression Often Mistaken for Dementia?

How to Cope With Quarantine Fatigue During Covid-19

ICBC Subsidized Counselling – Everything You Should Know

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