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December 31, 2008

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DBT Skills Emotional Empowerment

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Psychoactive/Psychotropic drugs

A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a chemical substance that acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior. These drugs may be used recreationally to purposefully alter one's consciousness, as entheogens for ritual or spiritual purposes, or therapeutically as medication.

There are 6 major classes of psychiatric medications:

1. Antidepressants, which are used to treat disparate disorders such as clinical depression, dysthymia, anxiety, and eating disorders and affect dysregulation, colloquially termed 'mood stabilization' in borderline personality disorder.
2. Stimulants, which are used to treat disorders such as attention deficit disorder and narcolepsy and to suppress the appetite.
3. Antipsychotics, which are used to treat psychoses such as schizophrenia and mania.
4. Mood stabilizers, which are used to treat bipolar disorder and schizoaffective di…

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Forgiveness

Study Skills by Personality Type

We all have different learning styles. The MBTI personality type indicator is used a lot for career choice selection, but can also be used for communication and now for understanding more about your learning and studying style.

Download the Keirsey version of the personality test.

What the MBTI Says About Your Learning Style and Study Skills
http://www.suite101.com/content/myers-briggs-types-students-a31907#ixzz1Gm9qkTU8
Lists a description of study skill strengths by each of the 16 personality types.

Study Skills Strategies
http://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/acad/strat/
"Knowing how to study is like knowing how to fish. It's a set of learning skills that lasts a lifetime and brings many rewards. Just as there are ways to know that you are a competent fisherman, there are also ways to develop study skills competency."

Oodles of Study Skills Links

Amby's Education Resources: Learning Styles & Study Skills
Teaching approaches that will appeal to different MBTI profiles…

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