How to Deal with Emotionally Explosive People

If there is an explosive person in your life, one or both of you may need help. Fortunately, treatment for psychological malaise ...

Emergencies Call 911 If there is a chance of imminent physical harm, don’t take chances; call 911, and let them decide. In most ...

Where to Get Help ❧ 273 Primary Care Physicians The explosive person’s primary care physician should be your guide in emergency ...

If an explosive person’s company has an EAP program, or if yours does, make the call. EAP programs are especially good with subs ...

Hospital treatment is for people who are so severely disturbed that they’re handicapped by their disorder. People who have been ...

Substance abuse and mental health treatment occupy parallel uni- verses, divided by law in many states. Each has its own version ...

difficult cases, which include patients who have psychotic symptoms, may require hospitalization, or have unusual responses to p ...

Social Workers Social workers have a Master of Social Work degree. Many use the desig- nation LCSW after their names to indicate ...

Professional Licensing Professional licensing assures that a therapist meets minimum standards of training and expertise. If a t ...

about what treatment involves and how it’s going. If you don’t, think like a therapist. Why should it be a secret? Who has somet ...

The Ability to Do More than Listen Important as it is, listening doesn’t require much effort or knowledge. Gone are the days whe ...

Therapists may be tricky, but unlike stage magicians, they are obligated to explain their tricks when asked. Therapy does not re ...

people with the same characteristics or experiences will share the same irrational beliefs, and so will not ask embarrassing que ...

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285 BENZODIAZEPINES Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) Diazepam (Valium) Flurazepam (Dalmane) Chlorazepate (Tranxene) Clonazepam (Klonop ...

AZASPIRONES Buspirone (BuSpar) SEROTONERGICS Tricyclics and other serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) Amitripty ...

Index Abuse anger control problems and, 241 dealing with, 244 PTSD and, 72 Acetylaldehyde, 213 Acetylcholine, 87 Addiction, 42-4 ...

Anger (Cont.): treatment of, 22–25 validation and, 236–237 Anger control problems, 205 abuse and, 241 alcohol and, 213–214, 241 ...

Cannabis. SeeMarijuana Catastrophic anxiety, 94 fear and, 105 Catharsis addiction to, 239 anger and, 218 Celexa, 89, 286 Chlordi ...

Dopamine, 82 alcohol abuse and, 213 buspirone and, 90 serotonergics and, 87 Doral, 285 Dream analysis, 38 DSM-IV (Diagnostic and ...