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##!%$# Curse Much? Could Just Be Your Brain in Pain
What do you usually do when you stub your toe hard or hit your thumb with a hammer instead of the nail you’re holding? If you’re like many of us, you probably let loose with an expletive you wouldn’t want your kids or grandmother to hear.
Alternatives to Long-Term Opioids Needed Following Surgery, Research Shows
The longer a post-surgical patient is on opioids, the greater the chances of misuse. New research out of Harvard shows that each week of opioid use coincides with a 20 percent increased risk of dependence, abuse or overdose. Also, every refill increased the risk by 44 percent, with the first refill more than doubling the risk.
Early CBT Intervention Changes Lives, Saves Money for WC Payers
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) uses a holistic approach to help people with delayed recoveries. It is short-term, goal-oriented, and has its roots in evidence-based medicine. It also enhances employee engagement and resilience. The following explains the success of this therapy:
Consider Trauma-Related Psychosocial Risks at Halloween Celebrations
It’s Halloween – a day that can be a great opportunity for team building and comradery at an organization. Many companies celebrate with costume and decorating contests, parties and pumpkin carvings. But for some employees, the day can evoke feelings ranging from mild discomfort to downright terror.
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,...
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