Opinion | The Danger of Binary Thinking in Mental Health Care
Background: “Either/Or” Thinking Binary thinking — either/or thinking — is the opposite of quantified, dimensional thinking and it is especially dangerous in medicine and mental health. It is the thinking of division. It falls short of even one dimension of complexity. For example, who can deny the ever-present tendency to identify flank fullness with or […]
What Are the 10 Types of Mental Disorders? Symptoms & Causes
Mental disorders can negatively affect a person’s mood, behavior, and thinking ability. These abnormalities can impact personal and professional relationships, sometimes creating an unhealthy environment for both the person and the people in their lives. The CDC reports that 1 in 5 Americans suffer from mental health disorders each year, which is over 19% of […]
10 Ways Therapists Prevent Themselves From Catastrophizing
Do you always find yourself thinking and stressing about the worst possible outcome in any situation? Or do your friends sometimes tell you that you’re being dramatic or unrealistic when you express your fears about what could happen? If you answered “yes,” you might be catastrophizing. “Catastrophizing is that not-so-fun trick your brain tries to […]
Stop Resisting the ‘Imposter’ Inside of You
The problem with feeling like an imposter is thinking there’s something wrong with it. I know this is different from any way you have thought about it, but humor me. What happens when we are offered an opportunity, but we feel like an imposter? We hide. We overwork to compensate. We look around at our […]