For mental health resources, including a list of links and hotline numbers, see our National Helpline Database. Trauma therapy is a branch of psychotherapy (talk therapy) designed to manage the impact ...

The annual University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future (MTF) study highlights key trends in substance use among teens and young adults in the United States. According to the 2023 MTF study ...

Pet therapy involves the use of animals to support the treatment of physical and mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and high blood pressure. The American Veterinary Medical ...

Therapeutic touch is sometimes referred to as touch therapy. However, this is a more general term for modalities that involve manual manipulation of the body’s tissues. Therapeutic touch is ...

Advocates of ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) therapy for autism cite its success in helping autistic people learn behaviors and skills to navigate everyday life. ABA uses a variety of techniques to ...

This includes therapy progress notes, which typically provide information about the client’s appearance and mood, a diagnosis, the treatment plan and any progress the client has made toward ...

28 Oct 2017 by Jeremy Sutton, Ph.D. Scientifically reviewed by Gabriella Lancia, Ph.D. As with all forms of counseling, evidence-based therapy (EBT) seeks to ensure clients receive the best possible ...

Plans to outlaw so-called conversion therapy in England and Wales have been announced in The King's Speech. The Labour government wants to ban what it calls "abusive" practices intended to change ...

16 Oct 2022 by Jo Nash, Ph.D. Scientifically reviewed by Tiffany Sauber Millacci, Ph.D. Expressive arts therapy is a multimodal holistic health intervention that mobilizes creative expression in the ...

According to the British Psychological Society (BPS), conversion therapy - sometimes called "reparative therapy" or "gay cure therapy" - tries to change someone's sexual orientation or gender ...

Red light therapy (RLT) is a type of photomedicine, which is “the use of light to treat skin and other health conditions,” says Jared Jagdeo, MD, the founding director of the Center for ...