This summary provides the key points about a new treatment model called CBT-IA (cognitive behavioral therapy for internet addiction):
1) CBT-IA is a three-phase treatment model that applies cognitive behavioral therapy and harm reduction therapy to treat internet addiction.
2) The first phase uses behavior modification to gradually decrease the amount of time spent online and remove triggers for excessive internet use.
3) The second phase involves cognitive therapy to address denial and combat rationalizations for excessive internet use by challenging cognitive distortions.
4) The third phase applies harm reduction therapy to identify and treat any co-occurring psychiatric issues or relationship problems contributing to internet addiction.
Cultivating Mindfulness to Support RecoveryDawn Farm
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âCultivating Mindfulness to Support Recoveryâ was presented on Tuesday December 17, 2013; by Libby Robinson Ph.D., MSW. Mindfulness practices can help support an individualâs recovery from substance use disorders. This presentation will describe mindfulness, provide opportunities to experience and cultivate mindfulness, and review the evidence of its positive effect on recovery. Dr. Robinson has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction since 2003. She has practiced mindfulness meditation since 1979 and was trained to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction by Jon Kabat-Zinn and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness, where he developed this program for cultivating mindfulness. She recently retired from the University of Michigan, where she was a U of M Research Assistant Professor, carrying out NIH-funded research on the role of spiritual and religious change in recovery. She also did an NIAAA post-doctoral fellowship at the U of M Addiction Research Center and was on the social work faculty at Case Western Reserve University and the University at Buffalo. Dr. Robinson has an MSW and MPH from the University of Michigan, as well as her Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Work. This program is part of the Dawn Farm Education Series, a FREE, annual workshop series developed to provide accurate, helpful, hopeful, practical, current information about chemical dependency, recovery, family and related issues. The Education Series is organized by Dawn Farm, a non-profit community of programs providing a continuum of chemical dependency services. For information, please see http://www.dawnfarm.org/programs/education-series.
"Codependency" was presented on Tuesday March 22, 2011, by Ronald E. Harrison; Chemical Dependency Therapist. This program discusses the symptoms and progression of codependency and describes actions and resources that help codependent people to recover from codependency. This program is part of the FREE, annual Dawn Farm Education Series. The Education Series is organized by Dawn Farm, a non-profit community of programs providing a continuum of chemical dependency services. For information, please contact Matt Statman, LLMSW, CADC, Education Series Coordinator, at 734-485-8725 or info@dawnfarm.org, or see http://www.dawnfarm.org/programs/education-series.
Mental Health and Mental Illness should be known to everyone. Unfortunately, it is still a stigma and not many people would talk about it, let alone learn about it.
I hope that this could spread information and awareness especially to the younger generations who are not taught about this.
All drugs, including alcohol, chemically alter the mind and body. As a result, use of drugs and/or alcohol can impair motor skills, hinder judgment, distort perception, decrease reaction time and interfere with other skills necessary to do a job safely and efficiently.
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Examines codependency in terms of its function to help the codependent survive, identifies common cognitive pitfalls and proposes some basic interventions to get people started addressing their codependency issues.
Cultivating Mindfulness to Support RecoveryDawn Farm
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âCultivating Mindfulness to Support Recoveryâ was presented on Tuesday December 17, 2013; by Libby Robinson Ph.D., MSW. Mindfulness practices can help support an individualâs recovery from substance use disorders. This presentation will describe mindfulness, provide opportunities to experience and cultivate mindfulness, and review the evidence of its positive effect on recovery. Dr. Robinson has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction since 2003. She has practiced mindfulness meditation since 1979 and was trained to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction by Jon Kabat-Zinn and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness, where he developed this program for cultivating mindfulness. She recently retired from the University of Michigan, where she was a U of M Research Assistant Professor, carrying out NIH-funded research on the role of spiritual and religious change in recovery. She also did an NIAAA post-doctoral fellowship at the U of M Addiction Research Center and was on the social work faculty at Case Western Reserve University and the University at Buffalo. Dr. Robinson has an MSW and MPH from the University of Michigan, as well as her Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Work. This program is part of the Dawn Farm Education Series, a FREE, annual workshop series developed to provide accurate, helpful, hopeful, practical, current information about chemical dependency, recovery, family and related issues. The Education Series is organized by Dawn Farm, a non-profit community of programs providing a continuum of chemical dependency services. For information, please see http://www.dawnfarm.org/programs/education-series.
"Codependency" was presented on Tuesday March 22, 2011, by Ronald E. Harrison; Chemical Dependency Therapist. This program discusses the symptoms and progression of codependency and describes actions and resources that help codependent people to recover from codependency. This program is part of the FREE, annual Dawn Farm Education Series. The Education Series is organized by Dawn Farm, a non-profit community of programs providing a continuum of chemical dependency services. For information, please contact Matt Statman, LLMSW, CADC, Education Series Coordinator, at 734-485-8725 or info@dawnfarm.org, or see http://www.dawnfarm.org/programs/education-series.
Mental Health and Mental Illness should be known to everyone. Unfortunately, it is still a stigma and not many people would talk about it, let alone learn about it.
I hope that this could spread information and awareness especially to the younger generations who are not taught about this.
All drugs, including alcohol, chemically alter the mind and body. As a result, use of drugs and/or alcohol can impair motor skills, hinder judgment, distort perception, decrease reaction time and interfere with other skills necessary to do a job safely and efficiently.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Unlimited Counseling CEUs for $59 https://www.allceus.com/
Specialty Certificate tracks starting at $89 https://www.allceus.com/certificate-tracks/
Live Webinars $5/hour https://www.allceus.com/live-interactive-webinars/
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Examines codependency in terms of its function to help the codependent survive, identifies common cognitive pitfalls and proposes some basic interventions to get people started addressing their codependency issues.
Internet Addiction & Psychopathology (Recent Advances in Psychiatry)Dr Nikhil Gupta
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Journal Club presentation on Recent advances in Internet Addiction, evolution, nomenclature, prevalence, associated psychopathology, strategies, interventions.
This is a group project for a Social Work and Technology course. It was created with a collabortive effort by Caroline Duggan, Melissa Hatfield and Kristen Montour. Enjoy! (There is sound on the first slide and the 15th slide, however, it does not work on some computers).
REVIEW ARTICLE
Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for symptoms
of depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis
VIOLA SPEK1 ,2*, PIM CUIJPERS 3, IVAN NYKLIÌCÌEK1, HELEEN RIPER4,
JULES KEYZER 2 A N D VICTOR POP 1,2
1 Department of Psychology and Health, Tilburg University, The Netherlands; 2 Diagnostic Centre Eindhoven,
The Netherlands; 3 Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
4 Trimbos-instituut, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, The Netherlands
ABSTRACT
Background. We studied to what extent internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
programs for symptoms of depression and anxiety are effective.
Method. A meta-analysis of 12 randomized controlled trials.
Results. The effects of internet-based CBT were compared to control conditions in 13 contrast
groups with a total number of 2334 participants. A meta-analysis on treatment contrasts resulted in
a moderate to large mean effect size [fixed effects analysis (FEA) d=0.40, mixed effects analysis
(MEA) d=0.60] and significant heterogeneity. Therefore, two sets of post hoc subgroup analyses
were carried out. Analyses on the type of symptoms revealed that interventions for symptoms of
depression had a small mean effect size (FEA d=0.27, MEA d=0.32) and significant heterogeneity.
Further analyses showed that one study could be regarded as an outlier. Analyses without this study
showed a small mean effect size and moderate, non-significant heterogeneity. Interventions for
anxiety had a large mean effect size (FEA and MEA d=0.96) and very low heterogeneity. When
examining the second set of subgroups, based on therapist assistance, no significant heterogeneity
was found. Interventions with therapist support (n=5) had a large mean effect size, while inter-
ventions without therapist support (n=6) had a small mean effect size (FEA d=0.24, MEA
d=0.26).
Conclusions. In general, effect sizes of internet-based interventions for symptoms of anxiety were
larger than effect sizes for depressive symptoms; however, this might be explained by differences
in the amount of therapist support.
INTRODUCTION
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a widely
used and effective form of therapy for a wide
range of psychological disorders, including
depression and anxiety disorders (Hollon et al.
2006). In the industrialized societies, the internet
has become integrated into the daily lives of
a large part of the population. The number of
people using the internet is still rising. Internet
use has even spread among the groups that
are not usually the first to use a new technology,
namely women, elderly people and minority
groups (Lamerichs, 2003). The expansion of the
internet offers new treatment opportunities.
CBT is very suitable for adaptation to a com-
puter format. It is a structured treatment ap-
proach with the aim of developing new types of
behaviour and cognition.
Internet-based CBT has advantages over tra-
ditional CBT for both clients ...
Excessive use of the Internet has been found by various studies to disrupt individuals' time use
and have a series of health consequences. However, the existence of Internet addiction as a mental disorder is
not yet well recognized.
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Introduction
Media is always pointed at having negative effects on mental health. Media, including social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, among others, have rapidly developed. Facebook is considered to be the largest social networking site used globally. In the past decade, media has caused various changes, especially in the way individuals interact as well as communicate. However, it is not clear whether these changes may have an impact on the usual human characters. Previous research carried out shows that prolonged use of media may be associated with signs of depression. In addition, studies have also shown that the effects are associated with low self-esteem, and this mainly affects adolescents and children.Â
However, other studies differ and have shown that media does not affect negatively and no mental problems associated with the use of media. Thus, the relationship between media and mental health is controversial, and many questions have remained unanswered. Moreover, the research on this topic has experienced a lot of challenges. This paper focuses on findings regarding the association between the media and mental health issues such as internet addiction, depression signs and symptoms and low self-esteem.
 Media and Signs and symptoms of depression
Various reasons suggest that media users are at risk of getting depressed. This is because there are many factors that may cause a depressed individual to increase their use or begin to use a social networking site. Among the reasons why media is associated with depressive symptoms is that it may lead to negative changes in the personality characteristics of other users. Generally, internet use affects the social relationship to the extent of affecting participation in community life.
      According to a study done by Kraut et al ., 1998 shows that increased time online is associated with reduced communication with other members of the family. This may result in an increased feeling of loneliness as well as depression. Further research suggests that computer use may have various negative effects, especially on the social development of children.Â
This research focused on investigating possible impacts of internet browsing and other online uses such as email checking on mental health.
As a result of the development of social networks, for example, Facebook in 2004, time spent online has greatly increased. On the other hand, time on interpersonal interaction has reduced, including among the family members. However, research on the relationship between the use of various social networking sites and depression has not been properly investigated. This is because most social networks and upgrade in the media are recent discoveries. According to a study carried out on high school population, it was found that there is a relationship between time spent on social networking sites and depressive symptoms(Pantic et al ., 2012).
 However, different authors have found that media is no ...
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Watch âSick Around the Worldâ (either at http://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-sick-around-the-world/ or at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfusssJW7TI) and answer the following questions:
1) What does âuniversal health careâ mean? Which countries in the film have universal health care?
2) How do the British pay for their National Health Service? What, according to the film, might Americans not like about the British system?
3) Japanese citizens visit doctors three times more often as Americans, and have longer life spans and lower infant mortality than Americans. How do the Japanese pay for their health care system?
4) In Germany, the rich pay for the poor, the ill are covered by the healthy, health insurance continues with or without employment, and doctors, who are private entrepreneurs, make less money than they did before reform. Why will doctors in Germany accept less money? Should the rich pay for the poor when it comes to health insurance? Why or why not?
5) Taiwan designed its health care system in 1995, after looking at health care in 10-15 other countries. What do you think works well in the Taiwanese system?
6) Evaluate the U.S. health care system in comparison to some of the other systems explained in the film. How does the U.S. system compare, in terms of access, cost, and equity? Compare the U.S. on each dimension to at least two other countries. Do you think the U.S. should adopt universal health care? Why or why not?
This assignment is participant observation, âethnographyâ. On the topic of cyberbullying
For the red paragraph, do the following :
- Relate the articleâs participant observation method with my method at the end of the
paragraph.
For the blue paragraph, do the following
- Imagine you are doing the participant observation (going through tik-tok video
comments), and you are taking notes while doing it, for example, offensive comments,
etc.
1. Add summaries of relevant scenes, and behaviors you witnessed and quotes of offensive
comments in the paragraph.
2. Then develop a self-reflective âauto-ethnography.
3. Change one of the questions to â How does the offensive comments effect your
mental health?â then provide an answer for it
For the green paragraph,
- Write a paragraph discussing the ethnographic findings in relationship to the
thesis statement. This would be a âdiscussionâ or âanalysisâ paragraph.
For the pink paragraph,
Conclusion paragraph,
1. Provide summary of the argument,
2. Provide the significance of your research for anthropology,
3. Respond to a potential critique of your argument, .
Cyberbullying
Every day, the majority of US teenagers use the internet. Crimes and offenses against
young people, particularly children and teens, are common. Cyberbullying is among the crimes
majorly done by young people. Cyberbullying is the use of any electronic medium, including
social media, to harass another person to cause harm. It is the online victi.
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Internet Interventions: In Review, In Use, and Into the Future
Lee M. Ritterband, Linda A. Gonder-Frederick, Daniel J. Cox, Allan D. Clifton,
Rebecca W. West, and Stephen M. Borowitz
University of Virginia Health System
The provision of health care over the Internet is a rapidly evolving and potentially beneficial means of
delivering treatment otherwise unsought or unobtainable. Internet interventions are typically behavioral
treatments operationalized and transformed for Web delivery with the goal of symptom improvement.
The literature on the feasibility and utility of Internet interventions is limited, and there are even fewer
outcome study findings. This article reviews empirically tested Internet interventions and provides an
overview of the issues in developing and/or using them in clinical practice. Future directions and
implications are also addressed. Although Internet interventions will not likely replace face-to-face care,
there is little doubt that they will grow in importance as a powerful component of successful psychobe-
havioral treatment.
With the advancement of computer technologies over the
past 20 years, a flood of new ways to communicate, provide, and
deliver psychological treatments has emerged. The Internet has the
ability to reach people all over the world and provide highly
specialized psychological interventions otherwise not sought or
obtainable. There is a new but growing literature on the use of the
Internet as a means of delivering treatment. These Internet treat-
ments are typically focused on behavioral issues, with the goal of
instituting behavior change and subsequent symptom improve-
ment. They are usually self-paced, interactive, and tailored to the
user, and they make use of the multimedia format offered by the
Internet. Individuals with computer and Internet access who use
these treatments may also overcome many of the barriers to
obtaining traditional care because they can seek such treatments at
any time, any place, and often at significantly reduced cost.
Clearly, people are using computers and the Internet in greater
frequency and with the specific purpose of obtaining mental health
information (see Crutsinger, 2000; Employment Policy Founda-
tion, 2001; Pew Research Center, 2002; Rabasca, 2000). This new
field of Internet interventions is only going to grow and expand.
The benefits are vast, as there is the potential for greater numbers
of people to receive more services than ever before. However, to
meet this potential, Internet interventions, like any other treatment,
must first demonstrate feasibility and efficacy through rigorous
scientific testing. In this article we present a critical examination of
the current state of the available literature focused on the devel-
opment and testing of these types of interventions. In addition,
issues that should be addressed when constructing Internet inter-
ventions are enumerated, followed by a discussion of possible
future directions and implications.