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Our intention for this blog space is to provide you with informational posts about various topics in the mental health care realm. We will post writings from Dr. Kane Tung, including links to articles written by our peers. We hope you find this section to be a valuable supplement to your mental health care.
Echoism: When you have too little Narcissism
Narcissism, like Anxiety and Anger, has an important role in our functioning, identity, and life. We know what it can be like when someone has too much of any of them. But what happens when someone has too little Narcissism? It's called Echoism and usually seen in...
Radical Acceptance: Making a space for your COVID-19 Anxiety, Part 1
By Kane Tung, PhD and Xinyu Sun We are coming to realize what the experts have known: This is not a blizzard that will blow over in a few days but something that has hold of the world and will take a few months to get over. And with that realization is the growing...
How to Transition from Face-to-Face to Online Therapy – or just start it
As clinics and practices begin moving to Telehealth services (given over Video Chat or the phone), here are a few tips to smooth the transition or start a new online therapy on the right virtual foot. Click here for the full story:...
Your Coronavirus Social Distancing is about Courage and Altruism – Not Fear: What the anxiety is all about.
by Kane Tung, PhD The Coronavirus is spreading, a lot of toilet paper is disappearing, shopping lines are growing, and businesses – including mine – are shutting down, but if there is one thing we want to make clear, even as our own staff report feelings of...
Five Ways To Look After Your Mental Health This Holiday And New Year
Even with the holiday cheer, many individuals encounter a high amount of stress due to loneliness, family issues, grief, and more. Sustain Health gives 5 recommendations to help those in less than festive conditions to get through to the New Decade: 1. Talk about...
Child Psychiatry Experts Says Mentally Strong Kids Have Parents Who Taught Them These 4 Traits
UCLA Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Daniel Siegel explains what and how the 4 traits of 1. Balance, 2. Insight, 3. Resilience, and 4. Empathy help make children psychologically healthy and successful - works with adults too! For full article, click here:...
Dear Therapist: I’m Hiding Something From My Therapist
Sometimes when we hide issues from our therapists, it could mean we just don’t feel ready to face them. Sometimes it’s just that it’s too big - too overwhelming for us to put into words. The fact is that this is a common occurrence, and there are approaches which...
5 Common Struggles Children of Narcissists Face in Adulthood
Sometimes long standing anxieties and feelings of shame do stem from childhood - especially when growing up under parents with Narcissism. For full article on the impact of Narcissistic Parenting, click here: ...
When it comes to job training for youth with autism, where they live matters
Studies showed that the success of state services helping individuals with autism hinges on the age where they begin transitioning to independence. Pennsylvania was found to have 90% of eligible individuals getting training, while NJ only had 50%. At least 70 percent...
GI Symptoms May Herald Mental Illness in Traumatized Kids
Sometimes it’s hard to tell your child’s mental state with so many changes growing up, but there are certain medical symptoms that are more associated with mental state than others. Gastro-intestinal symptoms are among the most associated with changes in mental state...
Want to Boost Your Productivity? Science Says Listen to Music With These 6 Rules In Mind
Music can help you get through work, even make you more productive... if you follow certain conditions according to science For the full story and list, click here:...
TV’s Most Accurate Depictions of Mental Illness
In the past, movies and TV often portray mental illness inaccurately either due to lack of awareness or for the sake of creating drama in their story, which can create inaccurate negative stigma. Fortunately, more and more shows have become aware and more real in...
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