September 2024’s MHA YouTube channel video releases explored social media, neurodiversity, happiness, clinical notetaking, trauma and addiction.
- Happiness Before Success: An Unexpected Formula (watch video). Caroline Adams Miller examines the myth of finding happiness after success and uncovers a surprising twist – that the inverse is truer, something she found reflected in her own experience as a high achiever from a competitive background. Extracted from the Mental Health Academy course, The Myth of Finding Happiness After Success.
- Post Traumatic Growth: Avenues of Change (watch video). Sue Langley expands upon the capacity for life-altering change following traumatic events & experiences, and details the most common forms of change seen in those displaying Post Traumatic Growth (PTG). Extracted from the Mental Health Academy course, Post Traumatic Growth (PTG).
- Combatting Depression in Autism: “Alexi-persona” and Energy Accounting (watch video). Dr. Tony Attwood unpacks the concepts of “alexi-persona” and “energy accounting”, alongside a host of practical, strengths-focused, meaning-making tools to help combat depression & burnout in ASD & other neurodiverse clients. Extracted from the Mental Health Academy course, Autism and Depression.
- Trauma as a Risk Factor for Addiction: The Need for Trauma-informed Addictions Treatment (watch video). In this 2-hour workshop, Dr. Amanda Giordano explores the relationship between trauma (especially adverse childhood experiences) and addiction, as well as the importance of providing trauma informed addictions treatment.
- Q&A: Social Media, Mental Health & Cognitive Overload: Helping Kids Create an Information “Diet” (watch video). Jocelyn Brewer tackles the problem of information overload and the impact on our cognitive load and consequent mental health – particularly in children & teenagers. Extracted from the Mental Health Academy course, Too Much Information: Cognitive Overload in the Digital Information Era and How it’s Impacting our Mental Health.
- Notetaking for Therapists (watch video). This podcast-style audio conversation, based on the Mental Health Academy article, Notetaking for Therapists: Best Practices and Innovations, discusses important considerations for clinical notetaking in mental health care.
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