(1) Psychological symptoms of depression in patients with diabetes are more specific to depression than their somatic counterparts (2) Specificity of the somatic symptoms of depression is increased when the somatic symptoms are severe, start concomitantly with depressed mood or anhedonia, are unrelated to diabetes, or appear out of proportion to what is expected (3) […]
Tag Archives: seragpsych.com
Hints On managing Obsessive symptoms in Schizophrenic Patient
Insight: • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with poor insight should be considered a severe form of OCD and not be mistaken for a primary psychotic disorder; a careful history is required to ascertain for insight in previous OCD exacerbations • OCD with poor insight may respond to treatment with an SSRI without the addition of […]
Thinking in advance
1. Beware of your thoughts Our best friends and our worst enemies are our thoughts. A thought can do us more good than a doctor or a banker or a faithful friend. It can also do us more harm than a brick. Frank Crane Our mind is a double-edged sword. If we fill it with […]
How to win friends and influence people
How to Handle People Don’t criticize, condemn or complain. Arouse in people an eager want. Give honest and sincere appreciation. Don’t Criticize, Condemn or Complain One of the primary areas that Dale Carnegie focuses on is our ability to handle people effectively under different conditions and circumstances. He points out that we must never criticize, […]
Secret to Amazing Problem Solving (and 10 Specific Ways You Can Use It)
Einstein is quoted as having said that if he had one hour to save the world he would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. This quote does illustrate an important point: before jumping right into solving a problem, we should step back and invest time and effort to improve […]
The 6 hats thinkers
The Managerial Blue Hat Thinker An effective problem solver has to have a means of managing and directing their thought process in a proactive way. Likewise, they must have a way of processing and guiding each of their thoughts in a neutral and unbiased manner that’s focused on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the […]
Ways to Stay Productive When Working at Home
goals,parkinson,law,flexibilityHow do you stay productive when you are working at home by yourself? Although many people working from home enjoy the freedom and convenience, it is much easier to be lazy outside of a work environment. The flexibility of working at home gives you the potential to be far more productive, but it can be […]
How to Finish Your Work, One Bite at a Time
“How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” If you’ve ever ran more than a few miles, you probably understand why you need to pace yourself. Runners that sprint at the start of a race will be exhausted far before they cross the finish line. The same principle applies when trying to […]
Practical Tips for Solving Your Problems More Easily
TRY TO Accept the problem. This is the one you can try to do first when I run into a problem and I use it almost every time. When you accept that the problem already exists and stop resisting then you also stop putting more energy into the problem and “feeding it”. Now it just […]
Ideas For Sale. How can You create more ideas
Creativity is a strange, elusive creature. Sometimes is flowing like a river. Sometimes it’s all dried up and nowhere to be found. Here are some thoughts and ideas that I like and have found useful to spark or improve my own creativity. Most of them are pretty obvious, like so much advice, but I have […]
How Do You behave? It doesn’t matter what you said but HOW YOU SAID IT!
Your Behavior Shapes Your World Every day you make certain decisions and take specific actions that come about as a result of how you think, feel and the habits you tend to indulge in. Most of the time you probably don’t give these decisions or actions a second thought. You probably don’t even contemplate why […]
How to solve Problems? the solver’s attitude
Indispensable Problem Solver Attributes To become a great problem solver requires a little more then a set of effective problem solving strategies. In fact, your ability to solve problem starts in your head at a psychological level. If you do not take the time to fully condition your mind and prepare it for the act […]
Improve your Self-Concept
What is a Self-Concept? A self-concept is an understanding you have of yourself that’s based on your personal experiences, body image, the thoughts you have about yourself, and how you tend to label yourself in different situations. A self-concept can also be defined as an all encompassing awareness you had of yourself in the past; […]
Can you be Managerial Thinker
The Managerial Blue Hat Thinker An effective problem solver has to have a means of managing and directing their thought process in a proactive way. Likewise, they must have a way of processing and guiding each of their thoughts in a neutral and unbiased manner that’s focused on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the […]
Energize Yourself, Art of self Motivation
1. Make a deal with yourself. Good for overcoming procrastination and getting things done. You can make the deal small or large. You simple tell yourself something like: When I’m done with this chapter/these reports I can take a walk in the park and enjoy an ice-cream. 2. Act like it. If you don’t feel motivated […]
When You Fail doing something?…… Ask Yourself?
5 Great Questions to Ask Yourself After a Failure Yes, we failed, Let’s face it. We all fail. As we go through life we have relationships that don’t work out, jobs that just aren’t right, exams that we flunk, initiatives that don’t succeed. The more new things we try the more failures we are […]
More Maturity is More Emotional Mastering, How to Master your Emotions?
Did you know that your daily emotional experience shapes the decisions you make and the actions you take? It has been said that it’s not what happens to us, but rather how we respond to what happens that determines the results you will experience in your life. And how you respond is directly influenced by how you […]
No More Procrastination..
Reasons for Our Procrastination Habits For every action there is a cause — a trigger of sorts that instantly brings forth decisions and behaviors that lead to daily and lifelong consequences that many of us accept without question. For those of us who are not aware of these triggers, life can be very difficult to manage. […]
Silly question is silly Answer, How to ask better questions?
Benefits and Purpose of Inspired Questions Our questions could very well be the most powerful, motivating and equally de-motivating factors influencing our daily decisions and actions. In fact their influence over our lives is so profound that our entire thought process is completely and consistently absorbed and overwhelmed with the habit of asking and answering […]
10 ways to make others like you
The 10 characteristics of likeable people – Are you one of them? Likeable people can win you directly. Looking at someone in the eyes or speaking with them, you quickly feel familiar and positive feelings are created. Is it really a charisma the way that a person can earn the liking in their environment? […]
Are you a last minute man? living in Urgency
Living with a Sense of Urgency There are some real and tangible reason why you’re not where you want to be in your life. It could result from unhelpful beliefs, dreadful habits, conflicting goals or values, and a plethora of other ways you have found to sabotage yourself. You might in fact have worked through […]
Say it as Obama! Develop your Charisma
The Benefits of Charisma Charisma is a magnetic energy — a quality that expresses confidence and strength, arousing loyalty and admiration from others. Some people are born with a natural charisma and an outgoing personality that magnetically attracts others to them. However, charisma isn’t something that you necessarily have to be born with. It is […]
Feeling Disappointed, What to do?
Feeling Disappointed Disappointment is an experience of feeling let down and somewhat defeated. You held high expectations that something would work out your way, but unfortunately things didn’t turn out as expected. You are now holding onto an unsatisfactory outcome and finding it difficult to deal with your unfulfilled promises and expectations. Feeling disappointed in […]
Stop worrying and start living
Are You Feeling a Little Worried? Are you caught up in the habit of obsessively worrying about things? Sure, it happens to all of us as we preoccupy ourselves with negative thoughts about an uncertain future. Worrying helps us gain some semblance of control over the situation. Only by controlling the situation will you be […]
For More Self Confidence and More Self-Esteem
Are You Suffering from Low Self-Esteem? Are you lacking the self-confidence and self-belief you need to make your own way in this world? Is this destroying your spirit and preventing you from moving forward in the way you had once imagined? There are many people who suffer through periods of low self-esteem, and often for […]