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Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. In DEEP WORK, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in...
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The world is evolving every day in newer ways than before. We see numerous discoveries made daily, while technology takes new leaps practically every day.
Human beings are living life in the fast lane and don't have time to look back to learn from their mistakes, or sit back and simply relax. In this time of mental and physical fluctuation, it is crucial to look within and understand what is going inside one's complex mind.
Everyday Lessons In...
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Mental Health Social Work provides students and practitioners in social work, human services and welfare studies with a thorough understanding of contemporary mental health theory and practice required for beginning practice as a mental health social worker. Testimonials from readers of previous editions are appreciative of the engaging style of writing that facilitates reflective practice for knowledge and skill development in mental health practice....
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If college is supposed to be the best time of our lives, why are so many students unhappy? What causes a well-adjusted and academically successful high school graduate to suddenly flounder when he reaches college? Why might she start to binge on alcohol or engage in unsatisfying hook-ups? Where does the anger and self-doubt come from, and why is it directed at loving parents? Drawing on years of experience treating college-age youth, Leibow provides...
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Youth are one of the fastest growing segments of the homeless population. Although there has been much research on how youth become homeless and survive on the streets, we know very little about their pathways off the street and the many challenges that present during this process.
This book relates the lived experiences of homeless youth as they negotiate the individual, sociocultural, and economic tensions of transitioning out of homeless and street...
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In "Clinical Social Work with Latinos in New York-USA;' Cesar M. Garces Carranza, PhD., offers a compelling exploration of the intersection between clinical social work and the Latino community in the vibrant city of New York. With over three decades of experience as a clinical social worker, Doctor Garces Carranza provides a profound understanding of the challenges and complexities Latinos face regarding mental health.
Throughout the book, Doctor...
7) Thrive: the third metric to redefining success and creating a life of well-being, wisdom, and wonder
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Our relentless pursuit of the two traditional metrics of success--money and power--has led to an epidemic of burnout and stress-related illnesses, and an erosion in the quality of our relationships, family life, and, ironically, our careers. In a commencement address Arianna Huffington gave at Smith College in the spring of 2013, she likened our drive for money and power to two legs of a three-legged stool. They may hold us up temporarily, but sooner...
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As a follow-up to the successful Connecting Paradigms, Talking about Trauma and Change: A Connecting Paradigms' Supplement provides analogies and models to help people understand the complexity of changing behavior and healing psychological trauma. Talking about Trauma and Change presents the approaches that Matthew Bennett has used in his training and clinical work in a format that is easily integrated into individual or group conversations. Change...
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Why are women more likely to be labeled borderline personalities? Is transphobia being treated as was homosexuality in the past? Has "protest psychosis," a term used to diagnose Black men during the civil rights era, simply been renamed schizoaffective disorder? How different is our current label of "intellectual disability" from the history of eugenics? What, in other words, does it mean to be diagnosed with a "mental illness"?
In his clear, empathetic...
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Do you take care of your mental health? How do you react, when you hear that term: mental health?
Even with increased awareness surrounding mental wellbeing, admitting to and receiving treatment for mental disorders still remains a stigma for individuals within most communities. Especially for overachievers in their career-professionals in positions of stature, asking for "help" can feel alarming.
Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Nicole B. Washington's debut...
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A quarter of the US adult population, 64.6 million people, live with a mental health disorder. But, shhhh, we don't talk about that at work-until now.
Having recognized that it's time to create a post-pandemic environment where everyone can do the job they were hired to do, including employees with a mental illness or psychiatric disability, Ashley Sides Johnson and Andrea Sides Herron are back with There's an Elephant in Your Office: Practical Tips...
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La sensación de crisis permanente, en especial tras el momento pandémico, ha potenciado la atención en la salud mental en la empresa. Fenómenos como renunciar a los puestos de trabajo (la gran dimisión), trabajar solo lo necesario (quiet quitting), desaparecer en el trabajo (ghosting laboral) y el absentismo sabático o días de desapego solo se pueden explicar por factores psicológicos y necesitan que los empresarios y directivos tomen...
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Somatic or "body-based" skills are at the cutting edge of wellness and stress reduction. This book offers do-it-yourself techniques designed to help you "reset" your nervous system, beat stress, and cultivate calm.
Stress-it's not just in your head. Whether you've experienced a racing heart, shortness of breath, a tense neck or shoulders, or a knot in your stomach, you know that stress is something that you can feel in your body. And that's why...
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"This book which can be presented as a "Rough Guide to Emotional Resilience" addresses the unspoken challenges of a business leader's journey. Business leaders often struggle with dark nights and suffer from anxiety, depression, and possible mental breakdowns. The author will help readers to identify early warnings, offers tools and techniques to build their endurance, the ability to be vulnerable yet stay resilient. Most importantly, this book draws...
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