Posted on June 15th, 2010 by nmolitor
The ongoing recession has been tough on all Americans, but new data suggests men are especially being hit hard, both physically and psychologically. The unemployment rate for men is higher than for women, and men stay unemployed longer. Men account for 60 percent of the long-term unemployed, people who have been out of work for more than six months.
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Posted on June 14th, 2010 by Dr. Chris Ebberwein
A recent Stress in America survey shows pretty convincingly that women bear the brunt of stress. I don’t have a hard time believing that. So, I’m inclined to ask myself, “As a husband and father, should I take on more stress by taking on more responsibility?” Not exactly. The answer to how a family deals with stress can be complex but solutions can often be found by looking to the role models around us. For me, that role model is my own father.
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Posted on May 18th, 2010 by Dr. Chris Ebberwein
A professor of mine once shared his opinion that a one-word definition of mental illness might be “rigidity.” To me that means that mental health must have a lot to do with flexibility.
I wrote in a previous post about having flexibility in our approach to work life, but flexibility can obviously apply to every part of our lives. One of the “tricks of the trade” for psychologists is to help people rethink how they see the world around them and how they see their place in it.
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