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A world first: virtual reality for lung transplantation

For the first time in the world, a patient on the lung transplant list will be able to benefit from therapeutic virtual reality sessions to prevent post-operative psychological trauma, thanks to the unprecedented partnership between C2Care and AP-HM (Public Assistance – Marseille Hospitals).

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Assertive communication

These days, communicating well is an essential skill. First of all, it is transversal and affects absolutely all areas of our lives. But above all, contemporary means of communication mean that we tend to be in continuous contact with others (via social networks in particular). Consequently, our ability to exchange and express our emotions as well as our ideas in a way that is healthy for ourselves and for others becomes essential for our well-being. This is precisely the purpose of assertive communication.

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assertiveness: communication technique

assertiveness is a major tool of cognitive-behavioral therapy, particularly suitable for patients suffering from social phobia. Finding the balance between expressing your needs and listening to those of others can be learned through precise verbal and non-verbal techniques. Discover, with Dr. Malbos, how to teach these basics to your patients and help them progress using virtual reality.

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assertiveness: how to receive criticism and react to mockery?

Sensitive to criticism and mockery, social phobic patients, like many others, can be easily hurt. However, there are concrete techniques for learning to receive criticism, formulate it, and react to mockery without suffering from it. Overview of Dr. Malbos' methods to pass on to your patients to strengthen their assertiveness.

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August 31: International Overdose Prevention Day

It is International Overdose Prevention Day. In France, several hundred overdose deaths were recorded in 2022, affecting people aged 15 and over. Drug use is increasing, and both users and dealers are increasingly turning to hard drugs. Those who used to sell cannabis may now also sell cocaine. These drugs have become easier for users to obtain. Drug dealing now includes an on-demand delivery model: the police have noticed that some people have drugs delivered to them. Saving lives by preventing the use of illicit substances has therefore become a priority.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome, Heller syndrome, Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified: since the DSM-V all these qualifications have been grouped under the name ASD – Autism Spectrum Disorder. Is it a disease? What are the different shapes? How to detect it? Let's take stock of this disorder, which is still poorly understood today and which gives rise to a large number of questions and false beliefs.

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Barlow's etiological model

Barlow's etiological model presents itself during the second group therapy session. This model explains the causes of phobias, anxiety, OCD, etc. According to this model, there may be a hereditary biological vulnerability, that is to say a sensitivity to anxiety which is transmitted by parents. This sensitivity has advantages, it allows us to be sensitive to the environment and the people around us. This can be an advantage in human care (nurses, caregivers, psychologists), with animals (veterinarians) but also at the artistic level. Artists are often anxious people but also sensitive to the environment and this sensitivity is very useful in the creative world.

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Beck's cognitive model

Beck's cognitive model is taught in the second session as part of the treatment of anxiety disorders (OCD, phobia). These sessions are often practiced in groups with the aim of involving patients. Our brain works like a computer processor, its main function is data processing: it constantly processes sensory information.

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Behavioral activation

Faced with depression and its negative symptoms, behavioral activation is today a first-line treatment whose effects continue to be highlighted in the scientific literature. Theorized in the 1950s, developed in the 1970s and popularized in the 1990s, behavioral activation shows effects equivalent to anti-depressants and cognitive therapy, while simplifying the patient's therapeutic path. Spotlight on this still little-known technique.

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Better understand Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)

It is a disorder that we hear more and more about, with the impression, sometimes, that it is thrown around indiscriminately. It remains one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, which the constant improvement of diagnostics is bringing to light. However, it remains too little known in its operation and presentation. Shedding light on ADHD and what this acronym means.

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C2Care serving patients in intensive care

C2Care collaborated with the North Hospital of Marseille (AP-HM) as well as with Maryse Pour la Vie with the aim of preparing patients for their stay in the intensive care unit following a lung transplant operation. The very first patient to have contributed to this study was exposed before her operation. The results obtained are very positive.

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C2Care supports Mental Health Information Week

From March 16 to 29, 2020, the 31st Mental Health Information Weeks (SISM) will take place, with around a hundred events organized throughout France.