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Cognitive-behavioral therapy log: use this worksheet to help work through automatic negative thoughts.

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Consider taking this online depression screening test.
: major depression and bipolar disorder (manic depression).


from a talk I gave for the Skyland Trail family program.



Additional Topics (also check out my alphabetical Psychiatric Topic Index)
Child Psychiatry
Human Behavior Tutorial:  an online tutorial I put together for the Emory School of Medicine Human Behavior course.
Medication Information  Drugs.com is a good site where you can look up information by medication or condition, including links to professional monographs, articles, side effects, clinical trials, and much more.
Medscape  for (relatively) unbiased, research-based medical information. Also check out www.webmd.com or National Institute of Mental Health.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Trauma in Children

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