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Gender identity: better understanding to better support

Questions of gender identity and inclusiveness have been at the heart of the media landscape for several years. From a health point of view, transgender people often suffer from significant therapeutic wandering due to poor education on transidentity and lack of information from professionals. A short introduction to better understand gender identity and how to better care for trans people.

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Gray's neurobiological model

Psychoeducation is done during the first group therapy session and consists of explaining the models of anxiety for patients: phobic, who have OCD, or who have generalized anxiety disorders. The models help explain the causes and mechanisms of anxiety, the goal is to help patients understand what is happening in their brains. Ignorance leads to fear. During group therapy, it is important to establish dialogue with patients and to establish an exchange; give patients the opportunity to participate as often as possible. In this article we will see Gray's neurobiological model and its implication in anxiety, phobias and OCD.

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High Intellectual Potential

HPI, Surdoué or even Zebra. All these terms overlap under the same principle. HPI is a term that we hear a lot about lately, whether on television through the news or series (eg: HPI with Audrey Fleurot), or even on social networks. Let's take stock of High Potentials together.

HPI stands for “High Intellectual Potential”. This indicates that people have higher cognitive intelligence than people in the same age group. For a person to be considered HPI, they must have an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) higher than 130, which corresponds to 2.3% of the population with the highest IQ.

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Hygiene and dietetic rules

In the context of anxiety (phobias, OCD, GAD) today we will discuss health and diet rules. These rules are intended to provide advice on lifestyle habits. These rules go very well with the therapeutic elements that you are going to teach him

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Imposter syndrome

Do you have a feeling of fooling the world around you, whether from a personal or professional point of view? Do you have trouble accepting compliments? Maybe you are prone to imposter syndrome! Although not considered pathological, imposter syndrome arouses a lot of curiosity in psychology. Indeed, it affects a large majority of people who may have this experience at least once during their life.

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Improve your concentration

Knowing how to concentrate is not something innate, you have to learn to develop it. And yet, it is the key to our development in our personal and professional life, and will help you achieve your goals. Therefore, it will bring you personal satisfaction and pride of accomplishment. However, it is not easy to cut ourselves off from all surrounding or internal distractors and pay particular attention only to our objective. Here are some tips on how to improve your concentration.

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Jacobson progressive muscle relaxation

This relaxation method has been around for a long time and has therefore already been scientifically validated many times. You can use it with your patients with all anxiety disorders, with all phobias, in particular agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder (chronically stressed people who need relaxation).

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Managing an anxiety attack

As the situation overwhelms us, our anxiety takes an important place in our life, sometimes going so far as to cause a panic attack. This situation is particularly unpleasant for the person experiencing it, with significant physical and psychological symptoms. But this feeling is not irremediable, and there are some tips for managing your anxiety attack in the urgency of the situation. It is also possible to reduce the risk of panic attacks in the longer term by adopting certain strategies.

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

What if your own development was not only dependent on you but on the fundamental needs present for every human being? What if understanding your needs made it easier to get closer to a feeling of well-being? Learn about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

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Mental health and climate change

You may be wondering what link there may be between climate change and mental health? After all, how can one impact the other? The WHO (World Health Organization) indicates that climate change represents a significant risk for mental health. So in addition to impacting our planet, these changes will have an impact on anxiety, depression, violence and even post-traumatic stress.

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Mindfulness meditation

When we are overwhelmed by our thoughts, mindfulness meditation is a breath of fresh air to find our bearings.

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My child is afraid to go back to school

Parents and guardians currently considering the choices to make when it comes to reopening schools during the height of a deadly outbreak may have an additional challenge on their hands: children afraid to return to the classroom. Feelings of agitation are common and expected in times of change or transition. This is especially true for children and adolescents returning to school or children entering kindergarten for the first time.