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Goose Creek Consulting, L.L.C.
5675 Stone Road, Suite 230
Centreville, VA 20120
PHONE: (703) 574-6271
FAX: (703) 825-7968
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Observations on Mental Health Epidemiology
By Jayson Blair
Certified Life Coach
The Washington Post examines a report from the government called the National Survey on Drug Use and Health that says that we love in an America where mental illness is common and the demand for treatment is high. Some of the most interesting data comes from mental health statistics and epidemiology that has been so eloquently written by S. Nasser Ghaemi
Now that the Elf on the Shelf is Gone…
By Valerie Tunks,
Board Certified Coach
Congratulations!
You made it through the holiday season. Remember back in October when you had a
strange mix of excitement and dread about all the work ahead of you preparing,
shopping, wrapping, cooking, gifts and parties?
Well, now that there’s no elf on a shelf keeping the kids in line, the
glitter and lights are boxed up and in the
DiffDx: The Importance of An Accurate Diagnosis
By
Jayson Blair, Certified Life Coach
The
importance of a good diagnosis has become even clearer as pharmaceutical companies
have further refined their biological silver bullets for mental illness.
Medicines like, for example, serotonin reuptake inhibitors can be targeted to
treat depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and a variety of other illness.
But they can have dramatically
DiffDx: Anxiety About Anxiety
By
Jayson Blair, Certified Life Coach
It’s
a jungle out there.
And one of the
hardest forests to untangle your way through is the differences between stress
and anxiety, and the differences between the many anxiety disorders. It’s
enough to make you anxious. But no worries, we’ve put together a little guide.
Anxiety disorders
have one of the longest differential diagnosis lists of
2012 News Years Resolution: Resolve to Keep Your Resolution
By Valerie Tunks, Board Certified Coach
Happy New Year!
The beginning of 2012 brings the chance for a fresh start and visions of what we’d like to accomplish over the course of the year. January is often when we declare this is the year we’ll lose weight, quit smoking, exercise more, save money, finally run that marathon… Sound familiar?
How many times have you started
Questions and Myths About Mental Health and Security Clearances
By Jayson Blair
With our practice being the Washington, D.C. area, we often get questions from people who hold or applying for sensitive government positions. They are often concerned about the impact of their treatment for mental health problems on their security clearances. Many fear seeking help will cause their clearance to be denied or revoked. Others worry that sensitive private
From Holiday Stressed to Holiday Best
By Valerie Tunks
The Thanksgiving turkey hasn’t even been carved and Jingle Bells is already playing. It seems each year the holidays creep up more
quickly, making the holiday stress many of us feel start earlier as well. A 2008 holiday stress poll by the American Psychological Association showed that more than eight out of 10 Americans anticipate stress during the during the holiday season.
SAD and Blue: Ward off Winter Depression
By Valerie Tunks If short days and cold weather have you feeling down, you’re not alone. According to PsychCentral.com, the “winter blues” or clinically speaking, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), affects up to 5% of the population. Feelings of fatigue, sadness, increased food cravings and irritability are common symptoms and may be a sign that you are suffering from winter depression. If
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