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The Good Guy Contract
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Twenty years ago, the first woman I ever loved broke my heart. Like many break ups, the end came in stutters and sine waves rather than as an abrupt but mercifully irreversible amputation. However, for reasons I couldn't understand yet quickly began to resent, my ex-girlfriend continued to ask favors of me. And I continued to grant them.Then one morning while chanting I found myself ruminating about how inappropriate it was of her to keep asking, and the more I thought about it, the more irritated I became. My indignation continued to intensify after I'd finished chanting and began showering, finally reaching a peak as I r...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alex Lickerman, M.D. Tags: Relationships addiction amputation boundaries break ups brick wall delusion ex girlfriend exact moment first woman heart indignation moment of clarity people pleasers roommates self esteem shampoo sine waves startling m Source Type: consumer
Business: Work/Life Balance: Part IIEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the September issue of Prime Business Alert!, I introduced you to my perspective on work/life balance: what it is, the causes of work/life imbalance, and the basic process for how you can create better balance in your work and personal lives. This issue will focus on specific and practical strategies you can use to actually establish better work/life balance.Warm FuzziesIf your life is out of balance, perhaps too many hours and too much energy devoted to your work and not enough time and energy available for other important aspects of your life, ask yourself what is missing. I call these the "warm fuzzies," namely, what...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jim Taylor, Ph.D. Tags: Work business alert businesspeople clarity commitments efficiency element family and friends focus food time good food inefficiencies multitasking open communication other important aspects personal lives perspective prim Source Type: consumer
Eight Tips for Feeling More Energetic.Email this article to a colleague.
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Feeling energetic is a key to feeling happy. Studies show that when you feel energetic, you feel much better about yourself. On the other hand, when you feel exhausted, tasks that would ordinarily make you happy—like putting up holiday decorations—make you feel overwhelmed and blue. When my energy feels at a low ebb, I try one of these techniques (well, first I drink something with caffeine in it, but if I feel like I need to take further steps, I try these strategies): 1. Exercise—even a quick ten-minute walk will increase your energy and boost your mood. This really works! Try it! 2. Listen to lively music. 3. Get ...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: Happiness Health Personality Resilience Self-Help Work blasts calories carton exercise good sleep holiday decorations introverts and extroverts lack of energy lively music low ebb low energy metabolism minute nap naps Source Type: consumer
Saying Goodbye to Anorexia — And Hello to Kate Le PageEmail this article to a colleague.
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Guest contributor Kate Le Page, author of Goodbye Ana, shares her experience of recovery from anorexia nervosa.Tags: book, CBT, eating disorders
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kate Le Page Tags: General book CBT eating disorders Source Type: news
The ‘Ten Commandments’ of Character Development, Number FourEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dr Simon's series continues with the fourth of 'ten commandments' of character development: be honest.Tags: character disturbance, communication, ethics, parenting and children, public health, relationships, responsibility
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General character disturbance communication ethics parenting and children public health relationships responsibility Source Type: news
Head Injury Could Amplify Psychiatric Impact Of TortureEmail this article to a colleague.
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Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a study from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), based in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Psychiatry.
Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
The Woman Who Refused to DieEmail this article to a colleague.
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The death and life of Amy Jones--domestic abuse survivor.
Source: Psychology Today - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jen Kim Tags: Relationships Love Hurts Source Type: consumer
Are You Dating An Abuser?Email this article to a colleague.
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Watch out for these warning signs.
Source: Psychology Today - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steven Stosny Tags: Relationships Love Hurts Source Type: consumer
Crazy LoveEmail this article to a colleague.
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Love shouldn't have to hurt.
Source: Psychology Today - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leslie Morgan Steiner Tags: Relationships Love Hurts Source Type: consumer
Don't Be the VictimEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ending emotional abuse.
Source: Psychology Today - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Satoshi Kanazawa Tags: Relationships Love Hurts Source Type: consumer
Libel in Fact: Intuitive JudgmentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In recent posts, I have been examining a 1964 poll conducted by Fact magazine. The poll asked psychiatrists to comment on then-Senator Barry Goldwater's personality. The comments published in Fact provide some useful illustrations of how people judge one another.In 2007, Arie Kruglanksi and Edward Orehek of the University of Maryland examined how "dual mode" theories are key to understanding person perception. Dual mode theories state that a person draws on two somewhat different mental systems when judging someone.The first of the two systems is fast-reacting, and involves largely automatic recognition and quick ca...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John D. Mayer, Ph.D. Tags: Personality arie automatic recognition damn fool dual mode dual mode processing fact magazine first impression illustrations libel logical analysis logical system magazine poll mammals pattern recognition person perception Source Type: consumer
A sense of autonomy is a primary reward or threat for the brainEmail this article to a colleague.
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This is the fourth in a series of five posts about the big drivers of threat and reward in the brain. So far I have posted about status, certainty and relatedness. This week let's explore the issue of autonomy. Autonomy is a feeling of having choices. This feeling turns out to be deeply upsetting when taken away from us.Teen angst is not universalAccording to Dr. Robert Epstein, teenagers in western cultures have fewer choices than a felon in prison. They can't drink, vote, have sex, marry, or choose where they go. I am not saying teens should be given total autonomy, they would probably make some pretty bad decisions. Yet...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David Rock Tags: Child Development Happiness Neuroscience Parenting 18 year olds autonomy autonomy SCARF bad decisions biological necessity deleterious effects dr robert drinking ages felon live bands maier relatedness robert epstein stev Source Type: consumer
Differentiating Social and Personal Power: Opposite Effects on Stereotyping, but Parallel Effects on Behavioral Approach TendenciesEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACT[mdash]How does power affect behavior? We posit that this depends on the type of power. We distinguish between social power (power over other people) and personal power (freedom from other people) and argue that these two types of power have opposite associations with independence and interdependence. We propose that when the distinction between independence and interdependence is relevant, social power and personal power will have opposite effects; however, they will have parallel effects when the distinction is irrelevant. In two studies (an experimental study and a large field study), we demonstrate this by show...
Source: Psychological Science - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joris Lammers, Janka I. Stoker, Diederik A. Stapel Source Type: journals
Reducing Narcissistic Aggression by Buttressing Self-Esteem: An Experimental Field StudyEmail this article to a colleague.
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We report a randomized field experiment that tested whether a social-psychological intervention designed to lessen the impact of ego threat reduces narcissistic aggression. A sample of 405 young adolescents (mean age = 13.9 years) were randomly assigned to complete either a short self-affirmation writing assignment (which allowed them to reflect on their personally important values) or a control writing assignment. We expected that the self-affirmation would temporarily attenuate the ego-protective motivations that normally drive narcissists' aggression. As expected, the self-affirmation writing assignment reduced narcissi...
Source: Psychological Science - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sander Thomaes, Brad J. Bushman, Bram Orobio de Castro, Geoffrey L. Cohen, Jaap J.A. Denissen Source Type: journals
The "Name-Ease" Effect and Its Dual Impact on Importance JudgmentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACT[mdash]We demonstrate that merely naming a research finding elicits feelings of ease (a "name-ease" effect). These feelings of ease can reduce or enhance the finding's perceived importance depending on whether people are making inferences about how understandable or how memorable the finding is. When people assess their understanding of a finding, feelings of ease reduce the finding's perceived importance. This is because people usually invest effort to understand important information but also mistakenly infer the reverse[mdash]namely, that information that requires effort to be understood is important. In contras...
Source: Psychological Science - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aparna A. Labroo, Soraya Lambotte, Yan Zhang Source Type: journals
Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortical Activity and Behavioral InhibitionEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACT[mdash]Individuals show marked variation in their responses to threat. Such individual differences in behavioral inhibition play a profound role in mental and physical well-being. Behavioral inhibition is thought to reflect variation in the sensitivity of a distributed neural system responsible for generating anxiety and organizing defensive responses to threat and punishment. Although progress has been made in identifying the key constituents of this behavioral inhibition system in humans, the involvement of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) remains unclear. Here, we acquired self-reported Behavioral Inhibiti...
Source: Psychological Science - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alexander J. Shackman, Brenton W. McMenamin, Jeffrey S. Maxwell, Lawrence L. Greischar, Richard J. Davidson Source Type: journals
Confusing One Instrumental Other for Another: Goal Effects on Social CategorizationEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACT[mdash]How do everyday goals shape the way people categorize others in the social environment? Research on social categorization has emphasized the role of feature-based categories such as race and gender, showing that people rely on such categories when perceiving and remembering others. We tested the hypothesis that social perception may depend on a new type of category[mdash]what we call "goal instrumentality," or the extent to which others are useful for an active goal. We demonstrate that people make more memory errors within the categories of "instrumental" and "noninstrumental," and fewer between-category er...
Source: Psychological Science - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gráinne M. Fitzsimons, James Y. Shah Source Type: journals
Reward Counteracts Conflict Adaptation: Evidence for a Role of Affect in Executive ControlEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACT[mdash]The conflict-adaptation effect has been observed in several executive-control tasks and is thought to reflect an increase in control, driven by experienced conflict. We hypothesized that if this adaptation originates from the aversive quality of conflict, it would be canceled out by a positive, rewarding event. Subjects performed an arrow flanker task with monetary gain or loss as arbitrary feedback between trials. As predicted, we found a reduction in conflict adaptation for trials in which conflict was followed by monetary gain. The strength of this gain-induced modulation was found to depend on subjects' ...
Source: Psychological Science - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henk van Steenbergen, Guido P.H. Band, Bernhard Hommel Source Type: journals
Provision of social support to individuals with chronic fatigue syndromeEmail this article to a colleague.
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The present study evaluated a buddy program designed to provide support for individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The intervention involved weekly visits by a student paraprofessional, who helped out with tasks that needed to be done in an effort to reduce some of the taxing demands and responsibilities that participants regularly encountered. This model of rehabilitation focused on avoiding overexertion in persons with CFS, aiming to avoid setbacks and relapses while increasing their tolerance for activity. Participants with CFS were randomly assigned to either a 4-month buddy intervention or a control conditio...
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leonard A. Jason, Nicole Roesner, Nicole Porter, Brittany Parenti, Jennifer Mortensen, Lindsay Till Source Type: journals
A diagnostic interview for acute stress disorder for children and adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The goal of this study was to develop a semistructured clinical interview for assessing acute stress disorder (ASD) in youth and test its psychometric properties. Youth (N = 168) with an acute burn or injury were administered the acute stress disorder module of the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (DICA-ASD). The DICA-ASD demonstrated strong psychometric properties, including high internal consistency ([alpha] = .97) and perfect diagnostic interrater agreement ([kappa] = 1.00). Participants diagnosed with ASD scored significantly higher than those not diagnosed on validated traumatic stress symptomatology ...
Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alisa Miller, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Wendy Reich, Glenn Saxe Source Type: journals
Enhancing clinical trial design of interventions for posttraumatic stress disorderEmail this article to a colleague.
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The 2008 Institute of Medicine review of interventions research for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) concluded that new, well-designed studies are needed to evaluate the efficacy of treatments for PTSD. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Defense, and the National Institute of Mental Health convened a meeting on research methodology and the VA issued recommendations for design and analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) for PTSD. The rationale that formed the basis for several of the components of the recommendations is discussed here. Fundamental goals of RCT design are describe...
Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Andrew C. Leon, Lori L. Davis Source Type: journals
Forgetting to forget: On the duration of voluntary suppression of neutral and emotional memories.Email this article to a colleague.
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Can we control the content of our memory and forget what we do not want to think about by an act of will? If so, is forgetting temporary or permanent, and is it independent of the nature of what we wish to forget? Using Anderson and Green's (2001) "think/no-think" paradigm with neutral and emotional nouns, we found in agreement with other studies that memory for neutral words was reduced instantly upon repeated attempts at suppression. However, the effect was temporary and vanished after a period of one week, which strongly suggests that intended memory suppression interferes with immediate retrieval but does not lead ...
Source: Acta Psychologica - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nørby S, Lange M, Larsen A Tags: Acta Psychol (Amst) Source Type: journals
What Does it Mean to Say "We'll Adapt" to Big Cities and to Little Nature?Email this article to a colleague.
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A reader posted the following response to an earlier discussion of mine [click here]. He said, "We can't turn back time, we need to adapt." But adaptation is many things. Sometimes when we adapt it's good for us - biologically and psychologically. And sometimes it's bad for us. I'd like to discuss different types of adaptation. This discussion forms part of the argument for smaller cities, fewer people, and bigger nature.One of the most common ways of understanding adaptation is in terms of genetic change through the process of natural selection. The basic idea here is that genes that lead to behaviors that enhance surviva...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter H. Kahn, Jr., Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Child Development Cognition Depression Evolutionary Psychology Health Social Life Stress adaptation assimilation and accommodation degrees fahrenheit dictionary equilibration fever genes genetic change habit her Source Type: consumer
My Runaway UnderpantsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Over coffee with friends recently, the conversation turned to embarrassing moments. The story I told involved an extra pair of underpants creeping out one leg of my jeans and onto a busy street in Lawrence, Kansas, where I was strolling with my husband, Steve.I reviewed my options: Should I back up and retrieve them from the sidewalk? Or should I just keep walking, as if someone else's underwear had magically parachuted down on Massachusetts Street?This very incident had happened to me twice before. I take my jeans and underpants off in one motion, and when I put my jeans back on the next day, I sometimes don't notice that...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Harriet Lerner, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Happiness Relationships Self-Help busy street conscience different meaning embarrassing moments embarrassment gulit healthy guilt imperfect human beings klutz lawrence kansas massachusetts street overcoming shame pe Source Type: consumer
Leadership Vs. Management: What’s the Difference?Email this article to a colleague.
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We just finished the Peter Drucker Centennial celebration in Claremont. The world's foremost leadership and management scholars spoke at the week-long event, including Jim Collins, Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Charles Handy, Frances Hesselbein, Warren Bennis, and a host of others.Several of the speakers discussed the difference between leadership and management. Typically this is that leaders engage in the "higher" functions of running the organization, while managers handle the more mundane tasks. But I think it's all about semantics. Successful and effective leaders and managers must do the same things. They need to set...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Work business centennial celebration charles handy critical roles difference between leadership and management everyday vocabulary frances hesselbein I/O psychology ken blanchard leadership management management departments managem Source Type: consumer
The role of depression, shame-proneness, and guilt-proneness in predicting criticism of relatives towards people with bipolar disorder.Email this article to a colleague.
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Discussion focuses on limitations and implications of the study and suggestions for future research.
PMID: 19892077 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Behavior Therapy - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: McMurrich SL, Johnson SL Tags: Behav Ther Source Type: journals
Randomized controlled pilot study of cognitive-behavioral therapy in a sample of incarcerated women with substance use disorder and PTSD.Email this article to a colleague.
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This randomized controlled pilot study compared a cognitive-behavioral therapy (Seeking Safety; SS) plus treatment-as-usual (TAU) to TAU-alone in 49 incarcerated women with substance use disorder (SUD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; full or subthreshold). Seeking Safety consisted of a voluntary group treatment during incarceration and individual treatment after prison release. TAU was required in the prison and comprised 180 to 240 hours of individual and group treatment over 6 to 8 weeks. Assessments occurred at intake, 12 weeks after intake, and 3 and 6 months after release from prison. There were no signif...
Source: Behavior Therapy - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zlotnick C, Johnson J, Najavits LM Tags: Behav Ther Source Type: journals
Can virtual reality increase the realism of role plays used to teach college women sexual coercion and rape-resistance skills?Email this article to a colleague.
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Discussion focuses on issues regarding the use of VR-enhanced role plays for helping college women resist sexual attacks.
PMID: 19892079 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Behavior Therapy - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jouriles EN, McDonald R, Kullowatz A, Rosenfield D, Gomez GS, Cuevas A Tags: Behav Ther Source Type: journals
Sudden gains in depressed cancer patients treated with behavioral activation therapy.Email this article to a colleague.
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Many patients who receive cognitive-behavioral therapy experience sudden gains that are associated with improved treatment response and decreased risk of relapse. Extending prior research, this study examined sudden gains among depressed cancer patients receiving brief (9-session) behavioral activation therapy. Fifty percent of patients experienced sudden gains of large magnitude (M=11.8 BDI-II points), with sudden gains associated with improved treatment response and maintenance of gains at 3-month follow-up. Relative to those without sudden gains, at pretreatment assessment, cancer patients with sudden gains were mor...
Source: Behavior Therapy - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hopko DR, Robertson SM, Carvalho JP Tags: Behav Ther Source Type: journals
An improved effect size for single-case research: nonoverlap of all pairs.Email this article to a colleague.
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Nonoverlap of All Pairs (NAP), an index of data overlap between phases in single-case research, is demonstrated and field tested with 200 published AB contrasts. NAP is a novel application of an established effect size known in various forms as Area Under the Curve (AUC), the Common Language Effect Size (CL), the Probability of Superiority (PS), the Dominance Statistic (DS), Mann-Whitney's U, and Sommers D, among others. NAP was compared with 3 other non-overlap-based indices: PND (percent of nonoverlapping data), PEM (percent of data points exceeding the median), and PAND (percent of all nonoverlapping data), as well ...
Source: Behavior Therapy - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Parker RI, Vannest K Tags: Behav Ther Source Type: journals
The influence of thought suppression and cognitive load on intrusions and memory processes following an analogue stressor.Email this article to a colleague.
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Ironic Process Theory and the role of thought suppression have been used in part to explain the phenomenon of intrusive memories in various disorders, including posttraumatic stress disorder. How thought suppression interacts with other cognitive processes believed to be instrumental in the development of traumatic intrusive memory is unclear. In an analogue study, thought suppression and cognitive processing was manipulated in 4 experimental groups after participants (n=80) viewed a trauma film. The impact of suppression was examined in relation to self-reported intrusive experiences as well as via more objective meth...
Source: Behavior Therapy - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nixon RD, Cain N, Nehmy T, Seymour M Tags: Behav Ther Source Type: journals
Treating youths with selective mutism with an alternating design of exposure-based practice and contingency management.Email this article to a colleague.
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Selective mutism is a severe childhood disorder involving failure to speak in public situations in which speaking is expected. The present study examined 9 youths with selective mutism treated with child-focused, exposure-based practices and parent-focused contingency management via an alternating treatments design. Broadband measures of functioning were employed, but particular focus was made on behavioral assessment of words spoken audibly and daily in public situations. Treatment ranged from 8 to 32 sessions and resulted in positive end-state functioning for 8 of 9 participants. Broader analyses indicated greater ef...
Source: Behavior Therapy - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vecchio J, Kearney CA Tags: Behav Ther Source Type: journals
The acceptability and representativeness of standardized parent-child interaction tasks.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study examined the acceptability and representativeness of 4 widely utilized, laboratory-based parent-child interaction tasks in a sample of 43 nonreferred, 3- to 6-year old children and their mothers, who were of European-American or African-American ethnicity. Mothers rated the acceptability of each task and the degree to which it was representative of "typical" interactions occurring with the child. Repeated-measures analyses of variance revealed high levels of acceptability and representativeness for all tasks, but consistent differences across tasks. These ratings were predominantly stable over a 2-week period. A...
Source: Behavior Therapy - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rhule DM, McMahon RJ, Vando J Tags: Behav Ther Source Type: journals
The effects of experimentally induced rumination versus distraction on analogue posttraumatic stress symptoms.Email this article to a colleague.
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Rumination has been suggested to be an important factor maintaining posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Using an analogue design, this study aimed to experimentally test the hypothesis that trauma-related rumination maintains PTSD symptoms. Fifty-one participants were first asked to give a detailed narrative of a negative life event and were then randomly assigned to a rumination or distraction condition. In line with the hypotheses, rumination about the event resulted in the maintenance of negative mood and intrusive memories immediately after the manipulation whereas distraction resulted in symptom reduction. Howev...
Source: Behavior Therapy - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ehring T, Fuchs N, Kläsener I Tags: Behav Ther Source Type: journals
Efficacy of a manualized and workbook-driven individual treatment for social anxiety disorder.Email this article to a colleague.
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Social anxiety disorder is a prevalent and impairing disorder for which viable cognitive-behavioral therapies exist. However, these treatments have not been easily packaged for dissemination and may be underutilized as a result. The current study reports on the findings of a randomized controlled trial of a manualized and workbook-driven individual cognitive-behavioral treatment for social anxiety disorder (Hope, Heimberg, Juster, & Turk, 2000; Hope, Heimberg, & Turk, 2006). This treatment package was derived from an empirically supported group treatment for social anxiety disorder and intended for broad dissem...
Source: Behavior Therapy - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ledley DR, Heimberg RG, Hope DA, Hayes SA, Zaider TI, Dyke MV, Turk CL, Kraus C, Fresco DM Tags: Behav Ther Source Type: journals
Don't Expect Co-parenting to be Easy Following DivorceEmail this article to a colleague.
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People are constantly taken by surprise and let down when their ex-spouse doesn't measure up as a co-parent after divorce - even when they weren't such a great co-parent before the marital dissolution occurred.Mark's wife, Ann, was a distant mother to their three boys when they lived together in that she never attended any of their school or sporting events. She was not very affectionate and she didn't help them with their daily activities such as homework, bathing and bedtime. Mark took care of all of his boys' needs in this regard.When they split, Ann was actually less involved with the boys than she had ever been. They ...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Pease Gadoua Tags: Relationships bedtime Career path co-parenting counseling disappointment divorce element of surprise fraction homework len marital dissolution marriage mothering quality time regard slack sporting events wife ann Source Type: consumer
Self-confidence: Less self-generated than you notice until you're unemployedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Unemployment has reached its highest level in 26 years. If you're un-, or under-employed this one's for you. It's for you too if your children recently moved out, if you just quit a club or ended a friendship or partnership. Really, its for anyone whose life somehow became less populated recently.Until a few months ago I taught thirty hours a week. That meant I had a lot of eyes on me, eyes expecting me to be and do certain things. It was easy to play teacher. I'd wake up around 7:00am maybe slightly disoriented. Coffee would open my eyes and then students would fill them with faces looking ba...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Sherman, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Depression Happiness Resilience Social Life Work bikeride coffee confidence faces friendship grief habit Impostor syndrome Job nbsp partnership reciprocation sadness self confidence self-confide Source Type: consumer
Why Mike Tyson Is Not A Serial KillerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Let's look at the construct of the serial killer persona for a moment. We carve nature at its joints and come to a conclusion that this persona is encapsulated by that sort of foreign and frightening aura carried by that individual who seems to not care, to not feel remorse, to not respond to reason. This is the kind of person that shoots dozens of classmates despite a nurturing familial environment, or the kind of person who kills people over the span of years and "the neighbors never suspected."The problem in popular culture, I believe, is that we too often make the mistake of over-simplifying this evil personality struc...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Clyman Tags: Child Development Media Personality Psychiatry Relationships Therapy afterthought assumption boxing classmates conclusions dirty laundry familial environment film film history heinous crimes intimate portrayal joints li Source Type: consumer
Reconciling DifferenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Her joys, her woes, Her highs, her lows, Are second nature to me now; Like breathing out and breathing in. . . .I've grown accustomed to the trace, Of something in the air; Accustomed to her face. -My Fair Lady Today, Frederick Loewe's My Fair Lady raises more than a few politically correct eyebrows, yet the musical persists and its closing song, I've Grown Accustomed to her Face, continues to evoke the tender sweetness of love's attachment. John Bowlby also celebrates relational bonds. His bardic trilogy, Attachment, Separation, and Loss, articulates a conceptual arc that has shown equal endurance. Attachment theory, the ...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gay Bradshaw Tags: Animal Behavior Cognition Evolutionary Psychology Morality Neuroscience Parenting Politics Relationships Social Life Stress animal minds animal psychology animal-assisted therapy attachment theory brain and mind british psych Source Type: consumer
In The Aftermath Of The Fort Hood Mass Shooting, A troubling MessageEmail this article to a colleague.
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There is a ubiquitous message we send to youths, over the ownership and use of guns in our society. That message is an eye for an eye. In the aftermath of the Fort Hood mass shooting, a lot of emphasis has being placed on the shooter's religion and his unhappiness about receiving orders to be deployed.Here's the truth, Maj. Hasan is a man with significant mental illness. A mentally ill man who found easy access to a gun, and who subsequently had easy access to use it on innocent people. The focus on Maj. Hasan's reasons for the shootings takes away from the psychological ramifications around the rampant availability of gun...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ugo Uche Tags: Child Development Law and Crime Parenting adolecents assault rifles collective psyche conflict resolution continuum Crime and Punishment easy access extremist views eye for an eye Fort Hood gun control gun rights guns rifles Source Type: consumer
Prior convictions and the end of ideologyEmail this article to a colleague.
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People get set in their ways as the years pass by. When we get older, we settle into routines, our beliefs crystallize, and we adhere more strongly to our ideological worldview (our personal set of beliefs and values). When we're young, by contrast, we need to be open to possibilities. A great deal of flexibility is necessary, for example, if we're to learn a first language and adapt to a million other things in our environment.
But flexibility becomes less important once we develop a stable understanding of the world. We then have years to build up justifications for our beliefs; we fill our lives with spouses and friends...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ilan Shrira Tags: Personality adolescence adulthood age assumptions beliefs clash destiny development developmental sequence first language fundamental convictions ideology justifications myths perceptions personal set protective functions Source Type: consumer
Crazy ShrinksEmail this article to a colleague.
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Are shrinks secretly the loony ones?
Source: Psychology Today - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Judith Sills Tags: Therapy Flags at Half-Staff Source Type: consumer
A Score to SettleEmail this article to a colleague.
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The case of Nidal Malik Hasan.
Source: Psychology Today - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henry Kellerman, Ph.D. Tags: Law and Crime Flags at Half-Staff Source Type: consumer
How to Avoid Being a VictimEmail this article to a colleague.
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Tips on how not to be a target of crime.
Source: Psychology Today - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chuck Hustmyre Tags: Law and Crime Flags at Half-Staff Source Type: consumer
Frustration, Madness and MisogynyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Does sexual frustration lead to violence?
Source: Psychology Today - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Stephen A. Diamond, Ph.D. Tags: Law and Crime Flags at Half-Staff Source Type: consumer
Ethnoracial Gap in Clinical Practice with LatinosEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract People of color drop out of mental health treatment after the first session significantly more often than others. Social workers
unfamiliar with the importance of race and ethnicity in the lives of Latinos can contribute to an ethnoracial gap in clinical
practice. Implicit racial bias is presented as a key element contributing to the gap. The origin of phenotypes in Mexico and
Puerto Rico prepared Latinos to cope with discrimination and colorism in United States. The influence of skin color on life
chances, the acculturation–assimilation process, and psychological well-being are analyzed to identi...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Clinical Social Work Journal Source Type: journals
Novel Deftly Explores the Sexual Mechanisms Men Use to Cope With Romantic LossEmail this article to a colleague.
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On occasion, after I read a book, I feel compelled to write about it. This happened after I read the new novel "This Is Where I Leave You," by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Tropper. What a punch this novel packs, replete with betrayal, death, and male existential crises. Specifically, the plot deals with the travails of the protagonist, whose wife falls in love with another man, and tracks the downward spiral that ensures.Few novels capture so accurately how the loss of a woman's love is often accompanied by the battling forces of possession and sexual fantasy. Torn apart by betrayal, and living alone after th...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Seth Meyers, Ph.D. Tags: Gender Relationships Sex betrayal crises downward spiral epiphanies fantasies favorite book gender differences jonathan tropper joyce carol oates male sexuality masturbation new novel New York Times plot deals protagonist Source Type: consumer
Fort Hood FalloutEmail this article to a colleague.
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Psychologists call it illusory correlation. The idea is that when we think about others, we tend to overestimate the association between groups and actions that are distinctive. It's one of the ways in which societal stereotypes are perpetuated and endure over time. And it's exactly what has many an American Muslim concerned in the wake of this week's tragic shooting spree at the Fort Hood Army base.Consider the following research study: you're shown flash cards with information about individuals from two different groups, X and Y. For both groups of people, 75% of the individuals are described as having engaged in some so...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sam Sommers Tags: Law and Crime Media Morality Politics Psychiatry Social Life Stress Work deviant behavior Eric Rudolph Fort Hood illusory correlation Muslim stereotypes Nadal Malik Hasan shooting terrorism Timothy McVeigh tragedy Source Type: consumer
Kellerman reply to Dr. Vee on Fort Hood violenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Yes, this is a good comment. I've referred to it directly in my blog entry in analyzing the issue of how anger and ideology is linked to acting-out and violence, to wit: "If the strength of the anger is stronger than the strength of the resilience of the person, then the anger is likely to be acted out. This is true even under the rationalized or intellectualized condition of seeing oneself as a messenger of goodness or justice. In such a case the acting-out is given 'permission' and the consicousness of the anger, although felt, is rather held in virtual state while an intellectualized ideological rational takes over that...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henry Kellerman, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Source Type: consumer
Darling, Should I Cry Over Spilled Milk?Email this article to a colleague.
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"There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?" (Sophocles)
"Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned." (W. C. Fields)
"It doesn't matter how much milk you spill, just so long as you don't lose the cow." (Mark Guilbeau)
Are emotional attitudes such as love liable to harbor regrets or dwell on past alternatives or what might have been? Intellectual considerations assume that this would constitute a waste of time and resources, but lovers quite often do experience regret or mourn lost romantic opportunities. Is there any sense in doing this? Should we sometim...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. Tags: Philosophy Relationships attitudes cow criterion crying over spilt milk emotions faulkner gaze guilbeau limited resources love negative attitude past regret regrets repudiation rest on your laurels romantic opportunitie Source Type: consumer
