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What is the 5-4-3-2-1 Method for Anxiety in Children?

Dr. Dowtin

Mar 1
5 min

What is the 5-4-3-2-1 Method for Anxiety in Children?

The 5-4-3-2-1 technique is a grounding strategy used to help a child in heightened moments of anxiety or emotional distress when no physical

How Do I Know If I Have Postpartum Depression?: Black Perinatal Mental Health

Dr. Dowtin

Feb 14
6 min

How Do I Know If I Have Postpartum Depression?: Black Perinatal Mental Health

If you are experiencing concerns regarding mental health during the perinatal period (before conception, during pregnancy, or up to two year

5 Ways to Manage Your Mental Health in 2021

Dr. Dowtin

Jan 31
6 min

5 Ways to Manage Your Mental Health in 2021

Self-care is carving out even just a few seconds a day to remind yourself that you are a person who matters. We need that. The best way to e

What is Racial Trauma: From Fetus to Adulthood?

Dr. Dowtin

Jan 24
6 min

What is Racial Trauma: From Fetus to Adulthood?

Racial trauma is formed from experiencing or even learning about upsetting racial events such as violence, threats, discrimination, and all

Dr. Dowtin

Dec 13, 2020
3 min

What is the Brain's Control Center?

Have you ever wondered about the relationship between the brain and emotions? Read this article to learn about the brain's control center.

Dr. Dowtin

May 30, 2020
4 min

Black Lives Matter - Period: A series

You may feel helpless. You may feel enraged. You may feel guilty. While we are not okay, there are steps you can take toward healing.

Quiet the Panic in a Pandemic: Phone-Based Apps for Everyone

Jesús O. Barreto Abrams

Apr 6, 2020
5 min

Quiet the Panic in a Pandemic: Phone-Based Apps for Everyone

You will find a review of free phone-based applications (apps), for Android and iOS devices, that may be used during social distancing.

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