Stress management and relapse prevention: Proven strategies for a balanced life

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Stress and anxiety are two of the most significant mental health challenges in today's world. In this insightful video, we explore:  🔹 Causes and triggers of stress 🔹 Practical strategies for managing stress and anxiety 🔹 The power of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) 🔹 Coping with co-occurring mental health conditions 🔹 A holistic and balanced approach to treatment, including the role of medication 🔹 Tips to prevent relapse and maintain a healthy lifestyle  Discover effective techniques to regain control, build resilience, and thrive. Watch now to take the first step toward a healthier, stress-free life!  Read the full story here:   See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km

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00:00Stress and anxiety are two of the most important mental health challenges people face.

00:16It could be work-related, it could be personal-related, or it could be some family-related struggles

00:22that people face on a day-to-day basis.

00:25When it comes to managing stress and anxiety, it's important that we deal with the root

00:31cause.

00:32Every person's struggle is different, so the treatment is in a more personalized way.

00:37The most common therapeutic approaches that we develop is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy,

00:41or what we call as CBT, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, what we call as MBSR.

00:49In CBT, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, we sit with the patient and try to identify

00:55the stress factors and the negative thoughts the patients face when they are stressed.

01:00We then help them in challenging those negative thoughts and developing skills to overcome

01:05those thoughts and thus reduce the stress.

01:09In MBSR, or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, patients are advised to stay and think about

01:16the present, not worry about the past or the future.

01:20In that way, they are able to calm their thoughts and develop a more healthy way in

01:24managing the stress.

01:26For some patients, stress need not occur in an isolated way.

01:31It can sometimes co-occur with other illnesses like depression or substance abuse.

01:39In these cases, it is a challenge to manage different psychiatric conditions at the same

01:43time.

01:44What we do is we do it in a holistic way where we involve psychologists and social workers

01:50to help them manage each of the conditions in a separate way.

01:55The anxiety sometimes can be aggravated by the depression or vice versa where depression

02:00can sometimes aggravate anxiety.

02:03So we need to have a multi-holistic approach where social care workers and psychologists

02:08are involved in managing these conditions.

02:12Mindfulness can sometimes be part of the treatment but not necessarily the only treatment.

02:17A balanced approach is necessary to maintain between pharmacological and non-pharmacological

02:22therapies.

02:24Medicine therapy can help in immediate relief of the symptoms and give patient immediate

02:28relief in the anxiety as well as in the depressive symptoms.

02:32One of the biggest challenges patients with stress and anxiety face is relapse.

02:38Even after successful completion of treatment, there can be some setbacks.

02:42Therefore, we do encourage the patients to practice the CBT skills like coping skills,

02:49the mindfulness-based stress reduction that they had earlier developed in their day-to-day

02:55life.

02:56Along with that, we do also encourage a healthy lifestyle like good sleeping habits, good

03:02physical exercise and a healthy diet.

03:06If at all the patients do develop stress and they see the early warning signs like

03:10sleep reduction or change in their mood, they are encouraged to come and visit the mental

03:16health professional or the doctor as early as possible.

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