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Woe is Me! A Day in the Life of a Tapering Opioid User
Woe is Me! A Day in the Life of a Tapering Opioid User Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better. As much as we wish all injured workers who taper off long-term opioid therapy could feel terrific throughout the process, that’s just not the case. Most...
Time to Face the Music: The PTSD Survival Guide
Time to Face the Music: The PTSD Survival Guide After experiencing a traumatic event, a person often uses avoidance behavior to deal with the pain. The person will avoid people, things or sensations that spark horrific memories. In the case of a worker with...
Focus, Focus, Focus: The dangers of multitasking and how CBT can help
It’s very rare that an individual can actually perform two or more tasks at the same time. Most of us are serial unitaskers. Trying to multitask produces changes in the brain that can cause depression, anxiety and actually decrease productivity. You read that correctly– decrease productivity. In short, multitasking is bad for your overall mental health. Fortunately, you can train your brain to be more effective at focused serial unitasking.
Add this to CBT! Emotional awareness and expression therapy (EAET) technique
An interesting case decided in New York recently spotlighted fibromyalgia, and whether a traumatic event could have triggered a recurrence after 15 years of dormancy. The case highlighted the uncertainties surrounding fibromyalgia and points to the need to better...
Riding the Mood Rollercoaster: A day in the life of a tapering opioid user
Tapering off long term opioid use is difficult for nearly everyone. There can be a variety of symptoms, none of which are pleasant. While many people display physical symptoms, the majority of injured workers suffer from psychological ramifications such as depression,...
Back in Action: The PTSD Return to Work Guide
The ultimate goal of PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) therapy is to get the person back at work and functioning normally. This will be successful only if each step is done correctly.
The Medicine Cabinet in Your Brain
Emotions are powerful. They not only make a difference in how we feel and behave, but they directly impact our health as well. In fact, because of the science of the mind and body, we can actually block out viruses from our bodies when we are flooded with happy,...
Shots Fired! Police Officers and PTSD in Florida
Following the horrific tragedies at Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida legislature approved legislation to provide workers’ compensation coverage to First Responders who suffer from work-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Hyperalgesia—A Blessing in Disguise for Opioid Users
Injured workers who’ve undergone surgery run the risk of developing chronic pain. Researchers say up to 70 percent of patients experience chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP), depending on a variety of factors.
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