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Daily Archives: October 18, 2018

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Suicide: A Psychiatrist’s Perspective

Mental HealthBy Insight Into Action Therapy October 18, 2018

We have recently heard news of high profile celebrities completing suicide. As tragic and eye opening as such news is, this psychiatrist’s opinion is that the discussion has been superficial and speculative. It also, rather unsatisfyingly, concludes by only offering up the national suicide hotline. What appears to missing from the discussions is not the…

Is Smart the New Average?

Family, Mental Health, SchoolBy Insight Into Action Therapy October 18, 2018

You’ve heard it from friends, family, relatives, neighbors, other parents, teachers and you’ve possible said it yourself: “My kid is smart.” But what does smart mean? What is it? How do you quantify it? Depending on the context in which it is used, Merriam–Webster defines smart as an adjective, verb, and a noun; i.e. bright, knowledgeable, witty, clever.…