Over aggression is a sign sometimes for deeper issues. Personality disorders, trauma, oppositional defiance and manic episodes can all emerge through aggression.
Aggression has many deeper causes with mental health. Please also review AIHCP’s Anger Management Consulting Program
The article, “Aggression is a Sign of Many Mental Health Conditions ” by Marie Miguel looks at how aggression can sometimes be a a sign of a far deeper issue. She states,
“Aggression can be an intense feeling and a hard one to manage. It’s challenging for the person who’s aggressive and frightening for the individuals around them. A person who struggles with aggression may feel out of control. They may be worried they will lose their temper and get verbally aggressive or even physically violent. The reality is that aggression isn’t something that stands alone. People with aggressive behavior are suffering from a variety of different mental health issues.”
Diagnosing why one is struggling with anger and aggression is critical not only to mental health but also in maintaining relationships and careers.
Please also review the Anger Management Consulting Program offered by AIHCP and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and is designed for qualified professionals seeking a four year Anger Management Consulting Program.
The importance of sleep can never be minimized. All living creatures sleep. Some mammals such as the Brown Bat, sleep up to 18 hours a day, while the Giraffe sleeps an hour in a half. Humans in their prime need at least 8 hours a day. Sleep is so crucial that without it, an animal would die.
Sleep not only repairs and rests the overall body, but it also repairs the brain and cleanses it. During REM sleep especially, the brain’s memories are sorted out. Issues, problems and other stresses are handled at the subconscious level to allow the brain to be ready for a new day of activity. It is hence critical to receive enough sleep to not only repair the body but also to help with stress.
Sleep and relaxation are essential for good health. Please also review AIHCP’s Stress Management Consulting Program
Without sleep, we cannot cope with stress. The brain must be given its rest to recuperate and refresh itself. Like any computer, restart is essential. A fresh mind can better categorize stress and respond to stress. This is one of the biggest reasons why sleep is so critical to any type of recovery from stress, grief or trauma.
The article, “How poor sleep and high stress levels make you less healthy” by Mercey Livingston looks at the poor health consequences of high stress and low sleep. She states,
“Addressing poor sleep and high or chronic stress levels is key to maintaining high HRV and in turn, good overall health. If you struggle from insomnia, sleep apnea, or have trouble falling or staying asleep, see your doctor and talk to them about getting checked out for any underlying health problems or if you need to seek testing and treatment for sleep disorders. ”
Please also review AIHCP’s Stress Management Consulting Program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Stress Management Consulting.
Stress is usually most found at work. While stress varies from job to job and person to person, each job presents it own unique challenges and hence stresses. It is critical to understand the types of stress that a workplace produces. Some stresses come with the inherent nature of the job while other stresses emerge from inter personal relationships on the job. Other stresses are due to management and the job tasks. Some job tasks are made more stressful due to time constraints, lack of necessary equipment or lack of adequate personnel. Other stresses emerge from lack of employee challenge or input. Burnout, lack of time for oneself and over working are a result.
Workplace stress is a combination of many factors. Please also review AIHCP’s Stress Management Consulting Program
The article, “How To Get To The Core Of Your Work Stress” by Jessica LaMarre reviews sources of stress found in the work place. She states,
“What I learned is that the root cause of our stress is the suppressing or repressing of our stress response. Bottom line: We are not listening to our body’s response to stress. We are not listening to ourselves! It’s not just a stress problem, it’s a disconnection problem. Which is not a surprise, as we have kids, significant others, employers, customers, etc. all demanding our time. So, we don’t take any time for ourselves. We may feel the stress in our body or sense it in our irritation or frustration, but we suppress it or repress it because we have too much going on – and who has time to slow down, right?”
Stress can kill. The stress response of the body is not meant to be a permanent reality. Furthermore the stress response is not one that is best for existence inside an office. Considering fight or flight is not an option for most jobs, many have to internalize stress. It is essential then to learn to cope and better respond to stress.
Please also review AIHCP’s Stress Management Consulting Program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification as a Stress Management Consultant.
ADHD can be a difficult problem for many adults. It is always present and can interfere with home, work, and relationships. It is important to identify it and understand how to cope with it.
ADHD can be a troublesome problem for adults. Please also review AIHCP’s ADHD Consulting Program and see if it meets you academic and professional goals.
The article, “My ADHD is Like Curious George — Only More Nefarious” by Max Darwin looks at ADHD from the perspective of the analogy of a monkey on one’s back. He states,
“To help me see the ADHD, I came up with a visual aid – of ADHD as a monkey on my back. Not a nice monkey from a nature documentary. This is a mischievous monkey who will pick my pockets and steal everything if I leave the window open. He’s so nimble that I never feel his physical presence, yet he’s constantly tapping me on the shoulder or putting his hands in front of my eyes to prevent me from seeing the full picture”
Please also review AIHC’s ADHD Consulting Program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in ADHD Consulting.
The Emotional Freedom Technique is utilized to help individuals overcome past trauma by hitting with one’s finger various points on the body, similar to acupuncture points, in the effort to move negative energy from the body. EFT as it is commonly referred to has been seen to be very effective for many people. However, like any technique, it must be utilized properly.
Are you properly using EFT? Please also review AIHCP’s EFT Training Program
The article, “Tapping” Is A Quick Way To Squash Stress — But Avoid These 3 Mistakes ” by Marianna Giokas looks at some common errors individuals make when using EFT. She states,
“Other novice tappers might start off with a “problem” or negative statement but still fail to achieve great results. This could be because they are not being specific enough. The more specific we are in defining our issue and getting in touch with what is bothering us, the better EFT works.”
With many possible errors, it is important to follow the process of EFT properly to enhance the power it has to remove negative energy and trauma. Please also review AIHCP’s EFT Training Program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in EFT.
Meditation has beneficial effects on overall mental health and physical health. The physiological effects are closely related to the relaxation response it triggers in the body. This response naturally lowers blood pressure, breathing and other functions of the body.
Eastern Meditation although spiritual in origin has many physical and mental benefits. Please also review AIHCP’s Meditation Instructor Program
The article, “The Science Behind Meditation” by Jennifer Wallis looks at the effects meditation has on brain waves, heart beats, blood pressure and breathing. She states in the article,
“According to a study by Harvard University, the physiologic benefits of meditation – in this instance the relaxing form of transcendental meditation – relate to quieting the sympathetic nervous system and the activation of the parasympathetic branch – otherwise known as ‘rest and digest’. Medical studies have shown that individuals who practice transcendental meditation daily had lower blood levels of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol”
From originally a spiritual discipline of the East, science has discover that meditation has many benefits physically. The spiritual needs of Eastern Meditation required the quiet of the body. This purpose had dual benefits to those of those Eastern faiths. For Westerners and those of a secular nature, meditation can supply a healthy option to control blood pressure, heart issues and other problems related to stress.
Please also review AIHCP’s Meditation Instructor Program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals.
It is bad enough when a pandemic causes enormous stress on employees, whether working in the office under safety guidelines or working through the obstacles of home, but it when the basic stresses of the job bury employees, it can even become worse. Employers need to be able to identify issues for employees by making work and the work place as least stressful as possible. Much of this has to do with how employers interact with their employees and respect them, as well as supplying them with the supplies and time they need to succeed.
Employers need to be able to identify frustration and keep the work place conducive for employees. Please also review AIHCP’s Anger Management Program
The article, “How to deal with frustrated employees” by Nurhurda Sayed looks at how employees can help frustrated employees succeed. The article states,
“So what can leaders do to manage these angry employees? If a blow out happens during a meeting, Micha suggested that leaders give some extra attention to the worker and say, “hey, I would like to know more about the root cause of your emotions. I’m happy to hear you out”. This personal conversation can be held after the team meeting and you can still retain a professional tone during the chat.”
Please also review both AIHCP’s Stress Management and Anger Management Program and see if they match your academic and professional goals. The programs are online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking four year certifications in both Stress Management and Anger Management
Individuals who experience chronic stress can also experience physical ramifications. The body when stressed is induced to react to stress. In doing so, the body through various hormones can increase blood pressure, muscular tension and alertness to react to the stressor. This is critical to survival in itself and when one can react with a fight or flight response, one is able to avoid or confront the stressor. Once the stressor is removed or conflict is avoided or defeated, the body naturally returns to pre stress levels.
The constant issue in modern society is that people cannot fight or flee everything. Jobs and relationships demand other ways to resolve stressful issues. If one is constantly besieged with stress and unable to properly cope with it, then the body is in an constant reaction to stress. This has shown in the long term to cause damage to the body, most notably the arteries and heart. Stress can kill over time and it is important to be able to regulate one’s response.
Meditation can invite the relaxation response to the body to overcome stress and other negative physiological results of stress upon the body. Please also review AIHCP’s Meditation Instructor Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals
Fortunately, through study and bio feedback, it has been shown that one with training can better react to stress and also lower the body’s reaction to stress. Primarily through meditation and other Eastern arts, one is able to learn to breathe properly when confronted with stress and to lower one’s reaction to it. In fact after a stressful encounter, one can be taught to use the relaxation response to lower one’s bodily functions to pre stress levels.
Meditation, breathing, hypnosis and other alternative tools can be utilized to learn to control one’s inner response to stress but this takes commitment and training. It has been studied that Transcendental Meditation, Zen Yoga, Autogenic Training, and Progressive Relaxation had similar with some variable responses to oxygen consumption, respiratory rate, heart rate, muscle tension, blood pressure and alpha waves.
Dr Hess in the later part of the 20th century was the first to distinguish the effects of meditation on the body. He came to the conclusion that many meditation practices create the opposite reaction as the body’s fight or flight response to stressors. Meditation hence has a great ability to physiologically alter the body’s reaction to stressors as well as return the body to pre stress conditions.
Another amazing element discovered was that meditation, like sleep, lowers oxygen consumption. Not even sitting calmly can lower this consumption like sleep, but what was discovered proved that meditation lowers consumption within minutes as compared to hours with sleep. Also, alpha waves in the brain remained constant during meditation unlike sleep. Meditation thus proved to be a great way to reduce the body’s flight or flight response and even as a way to prevent future stress reactions. The studies did point out that while meditation is important in reducing stress it nonetheless did not replace the necessity of the body’s need for sleep and the benefits of REM.
If you would like to learn more about Stress Management as well as meditation then please review AIHCP’s Meditation Instructor Program as well as AIHCP’s Stress Management Consultant Program. Both programs are online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking to earn a four year certification.
Readmissions is a big issue in Healthcare management. It is not only important to reduce readmissions for the overall health of the person but also to reduce penalties that limit Medicare funding. Many hospitals suffer from too high readmission rates and it is critical that hospital management encourage safe and efficient practices to reduce readmissions. Case Managers can play a big role in reducing unnecessary readmissions.
Good article on readmissions. Please also review AIHCP’s Healthcare Case Management Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals
The article, “Understanding your Readmissions: How to Reduce Penalties” by Marie Stinebuck looks closer at ways to reduce readmissions. She states,
“Hospitals already suffering from the financial hemorrhage of the COVID-19 pandemic will be hit again by the readmission penalty. More than 2,500, or 83 percent of hospitals in the U.S., will receive reduced Medicare funding for the 2021 fiscal year because of their readmissions from 2016 to 2019.”
Please also review AIHCP’s Healthcare Case Management Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to healthcare professionals seeking a four year certification in Healthcare Case Management
Losing a pet is difficult. Pets are family and losing one can make anyone struggle. This is true especially during the pandemic as individuals suffer the loss of pets. Individuals are home more and because of this the loss of a pet can even sting more. To many, during covid, the pet may be their only companion they see everyday.
Pets are our home life and with the pandemic they are even more part of our life than ever before. Please also review AIHCP’s Pet Loss Grief Support Program
The article, “9 Tips for Grieving the Loss of a Pet During the Pandemic, According to a Grief Specialist” by Erin Bunch looks at how individuals can better cope with the loss of a pet. The article states,
“And since pets tend to provide their owners with unconditional comfort and emotional support, their passing can leave a significant hole in our lives. Add this factor to the reality that many are spending more time at home with their pets than ever before due to COVID-19 safety measures, and the exacerbated sense of loss for those whose pets have died during the pandemic is much clearer.”
Please also review AIHCP’s Pet Loss Grief Support program and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Pet Loss Grief Support.
