August 2014 – Nevada Equine Assisted Therapy (NEAT)

The role of sleep in treating mental health issues

Aug 27, 2014

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in Addiction, ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Bipolar, Depression, Grief, Mental Health, OCD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Teens

We have long known that getting a good night sleep is important, but all too often in our fast paced lives we try to get by on less sleep than we need so that we can get everything done. Even our kids are getting by on less and less, as they try to fit more…

PTSD may be a time bomb waiting to go off

Aug 19, 2014

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Laurie

in Addiction, ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Eating Disorders, Grief, Mental Health, PTSD, Seniors Program, Teens

Sometimes it seems that there is no ‘real reason’ for a person being hyper-vigilant, but new research, as reported by ‘Red Orbit – Your Universe Online‘ shows that PTSD can be founded on early experiences that may not even be remembered. The research, done by Dr. Andrew Poulos of UCLA’s Brain Research Institute, shows that even…

Tell me more about Asperger’s Syndrom

Aug 19, 2014

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Laurie

in Asperger’s, Autism, Children’s issues, Depression, Teens

Though I think that more and more people are becoming familiar with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) I also feel that there are still a lot of misconceptions as well. This BBC article is pretty good, though I take exception to use of the term ‘disability’ when talking about those who are challenged with this condition.…

Horses helping with healing

Aug 19, 2014

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Laurie

in Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Children’s issues, Mental Health, Other programs, PTSD, Teens

It has been a busy couple of weeks, but I want to get back to posting some things I think you might find interesting… First up, an interesting piece out of Orange, CA, where they are working with horses to help teens recover from addiction and address other issues… We find that they horses help…

And back to school we go

Aug 7, 2014

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Laurie

in Anxiety Disorders, Asperger’s, Autism, Children’s issues, Depression, Mental Health, OCD, PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder

Whether your child will be entering school for the first time or has been going for years, heading back to school can be stressful and many kids will display anxiety about this change in there routine. They may be more easily frustrated, or experience problems with things that are usually easy. They might have trouble…

Month: August 2014

The role of sleep in treating mental health issues

PTSD may be a time bomb waiting to go off

Tell me more about Asperger’s Syndrom

Horses helping with healing

And back to school we go