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Are Seniors Enjoying Sex More Than the Rest of Us?
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Sexually active Americans aged 57-85 are having sex as often as those aged 18-59. But here is the surprise (or not so surprising) finding. Those enjoying sex are happier with their lives and their marriage regardless of health status and financial situation. read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 6, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rita Watson Tags: Aging Happiness Relationships Sex 90th birthday birthday celebration chicago sex daily mail dr jackson enjoying sex florida agricultural and mechanical university french silk general social survey gerontological society of americ Source Type: news
Superbowl XLVI Ads: A Biopsy of the American MindEmail this article to a colleague.
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Each year, companies spend a fortune to buy advertising time during the Superbowl game. They aim to make the biggest impact of the year and to cement powerful connections and images that will lead to vital consumer buying decisions. To accomplish that aim the creators of the ads know they have to engage the viewers on an emotional level.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - February 6, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Prudence Gourguechon, MD Tags: Anxiety Media Sport and Competition admen advertising american populace bear ads beer commercials common defense economic collapse emotional level emotional state frat house go daddy goodness sake naked women nostalgia po Source Type: news
Kids Making Too Much Noise?Email this article to a colleague.
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Try reading this story to your children if they sometimes make too much noise. Your discussion afterwards should be interesting. The story was written by a five-year-old boy who was trying to learn to tame his volume.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Heitler, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Creativity Education Parenting Relationships Self-Help Stress animal voices baby sister cat toys children ' s story good little boy grandma jacob little baby loud voices meow mice mom and dad mou Source Type: news
Register Now for National Eating Disorders Awareness WeekEmail this article to a colleague.
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Incidence of eating disorders rises; we all know someone affected.
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Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nancy Matsumoto Tags: Eating Disorders Parenting anorexia anorexia bulimia binge eating disorder causes of death childhood eating disorders dramatic rise eating disorders awareness week EDNOS females fraction marcia herrin mortality rate nancy matsu Source Type: news
'Morgellons IS real': Thousands claim to suffer from the agonising skin condition but doctors claim it is psychologicalEmail this article to a colleague.
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Victoria Vigors first noticed the condition when a strange oily substance leaked from her scalp and later tiny white granules started to 'come out' of her pores. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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Self-Diagnosing Your Marriage Problems? Beware!Email this article to a colleague.
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Eric Clapton's famed song suggests "Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself." If you are going to try to understand and fix problems that come up in your marriage, sit down and look inward instead of pointing fingers at your spouse's errors.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Heitler, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Depression Happiness Psychiatry Relationships Resilience Self-Help Stress Therapy addiction affairs agitation anger angrier aniety big mistake couple relationship escape from marriage problems marriage difficult Source Type: news
Summer Camps Make Kids ResilientEmail this article to a colleague.
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Speaking with 300 Camp Directors, I discovered that camps offer children 7 important things that make them more resilient. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael Ungar, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Relationships Resilience belonging camp directors camping Caregivers challenges confidence Coping Strategies counselors having fun high ropes course iPods life stress little creatures makeup Source Type: news
Heartbroken: My Friend Told Me She "Needs Space"Email this article to a colleague.
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I am struggling with a friend that said she needs "space." I realize she is in a trying time in her life. Her mother in dying of cancer and she's currently finishing up her master's degree. I am trying to give her the space she needs, but at the same time I am totally heartbroken in thinking that maybe she is pulling away from our friendship.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Social Life being dumped being friends decisions dying of cancer email friendship friendship advice half the time hump irene needing space painful experiences texting ties tincture of time Source Type: news
Lessons from the Court: What Basketball Can Teach Us About Overcoming Social AnxietyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sports represent the ultimate in reality television. In addition to the competition, there are the personal stories behind the events. This background adds a mythical subtext that exemplifies why athletes are sometimes seen as heroes. read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Greg Markway, Ph.D., Tags: Anxiety Resilience Self-Help Sport and Competition basketball basketball program case in point college athlete college basketball game compelling human interest ESPN fear of public speaking grief jayhawks basketball Kansas ka Source Type: news
5 Reflections for Women Who Do Too MuchEmail this article to a colleague.
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Five reflections from Anne Wilson Schaef, addressing everything from meaningful dialogue to the profoundness of silence, for those who do too much.
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Source: Psychology Today Work Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sherrie Bourg Carter, Psy.D. Tags: Gender Happiness Health Philosophy Self-Help Social Life Spirituality Stress Work anne wilson schaef Attitude of Gratitude burnout conversation with someone dread everyday life Facebook many things meaningful conversation Source Type: news
Would You Have "Pity Sex" With Someone Who Loves You?Email this article to a colleague.
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Pity sex happens when people have sex with other people because they feel sorry for them. Is it worth the effort? Do people on both sides feel good during such sex, and how they feel afterward? And what is the difference between pity sex and charity sex? read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Gender Philosophy Relationships Sex charity element emotional interaction faked orgasm genital stimulation girlfriend guilt love mercy sex night sex night stand occurrence one thing physical activity Source Type: news
Blissful Love Can Make You Sick or CrazyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Love, when it involves an initial state of bliss, can later make you feel sick or crazy, whether or not the object of your affection has left your life. Bliss is an emotion that people seek. A surge of extreme pleasure and rapture is felt when it is activated, and you seem to transcend your self or merge with another person.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mary C. Lamia, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Evolutionary Psychology Relationships Social Life affection anticipation blissful state brain chemistry dopamine and norepinephrine emotion euphoria evolutionary purpose fisher initial state long term relationship l Source Type: news
Smiling At StrangersEmail this article to a colleague.
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When I was s first-year medical student, my classmates and I used to go down to the hospital cafeteria between lectures to buy snacks. The women from whom we bought them at the check-out counters were all young and sullen, rarely even glancing up at their customers as they rang up purchases.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alex Lickerman, M.D. Tags: Relationships check out counters classmates curve different kinds expressions few days hospital cafeteria human consciousness joy medical student mouths passing strangers peace ruminating smiling snacks Source Type: news
Help a Self Centered, Bad Boss Change His TuneEmail this article to a colleague.
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Does this sound like your boss? "I'm just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off of me. . . At long last brains have arrived. And just thank ME I'm alive. . . I'm just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off me." If you have a bad boss who acts as if the universe was created solely for his own gratification, you may have to deploy some managing up techniques.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lynn Taylor Tags: Work absorption admiration bad boss brains conversations desire dialog egos emotional intelligence gratification intelligence methods Job light energy listener manage up self centered skills set snow white stepmother Source Type: news
Getting Your Lying Teen to Level with YouEmail this article to a colleague.
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"I'm infuriated, all she does is lie to me!" exclaimed Joan, about Allison, her not so angelic fifteen year daughter. She lies about what friends she sees at the movies, lies about completing her homework, and by the way, I am sick of policing her about it. And, you know what, I can't even trust if she really washes off her dishes. If she's like this now, how's she going to be as an adult?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr Jeffrey Bernstein Tags: Parenting Procrastination adult allison anger children different reasons discipline dishes Fears feelings of inadequacy hoax homework lying lying children nbsp nuts painful experiences parents peers pre teens pret Source Type: news
Giants vs. PatriotsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Super Bowl is compelling, but in ways that you may not imagine.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark Banschick, M.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Politics Relationships Sport and Competition athleticism bill belichick cheat divorce elie manning fairness Football football game grand scheme of things homo ludens human beings hunziger legitimacy li Source Type: news
The prevalence of children affected by parental cancer and their use of specialised psychiatric services: The 1987 finnish birth cohort studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study examined the prevalence of children affected by parental cancer at national level and whether these children use specialised psychiatric services more than their peers. The study is a retrospective population‐based registry study. All 60,069 children born in Finland in 1987 were followed up with various health and social registers from 1987 to 2008. The associations of parental cancer treatments with children's psychiatric service use were analysed with logistic regressions. During the 21‐year follow‐up 3,909 (6.6%) of the children had a parent suffering from cancer. The children of the cancer patients use...
Source: International Journal of Cancer - February 5, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mika NiemeläReija PaananenHelinä HakkoMarko MerikukkaMika GisslerSami Räsänen Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: research
Find Your Sweet Spot–and Stay ThereEmail this article to a colleague.
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There’s a simple way to assess an opportunity. Next time you’re given an “offer you can’t refuse,” ask yourself if it will place you squarely in your sweet spot. read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - February 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter Bregman Tags: Work business savvy cracks design sense doubts excel fashion company intersection Job magic mistake passions productivity quiz rare combination relationship strengths weaknesses sweet spot sync thirties young woman Source Type: news
Living Alone Is a Sign of Success – for the Individual and for SocietyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two things: (1) We live alone because we want to and because we can. (2) A survey in the Washington Post invites single people to describe their experiences. Go have your say. It is good to be asked what we think. read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Media Relationships Social Life accomplishment aging alone caring society caution chicken little cities communication technologies demise Eric Klinenberg falling sky going solo high profile introductory paragraph Source Type: news
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Are you a Mac or a PC? And just what does that say about you? (Source: Psychology Today)
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Longing for Change? How to Turn Nothing into SomethingEmail this article to a colleague.
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The experiences or achievements you long for the most can seem so overwhelming (and so far away) that you never even start. Life coach and self-development expert Dr. Susan Biali, M.D. shares tips from the great Jim Rohn, as well as her own strategies, for turning what seems like nothing into that great big something.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - February 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Susan Biali, M.D. Tags: Happiness Procrastination Self-Help Work achievability achieving goals attitude belief that bonus discipline faith goal-setting home today how to achieve the impossible how to achieve your dreams how to live the life of your Source Type: news
Love Online: Dating Expert's Advice and the Love Letter WishEmail this article to a colleague.
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The new world of social dating has replaced the family and friends introductions of days gone by. Putting one's best digital foot forward and finding a partner in this crowded marketplace is confusing but doable. Everyone knows someone whom they've met online. But is technology robbing couples of romance?read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rita Watson Tags: Happiness Relationships Social Life blogger building confidence college sweethearts dating site dating tips demise Facebook first date free advertising life friends looking for love love letter matchmaker montgomery college Source Type: news
To Procrastinate or Not: Do You Have A Choice?Email this article to a colleague.
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Almost everyone procrastinates about something, usually, tho not always, something we don’t like doing.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - February 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: F. Diane Barth, LCSW Tags: Anxiety Depression Procrastination Self-Help answering phone basic instinct behavior patterns bookkeeper complexities dining room table e e smith file folder human instinct ineptitude knaus len fisher mail psychological i Source Type: news
ErratumEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - February 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Editorial: Can we dissect the interplay of genes and environment across development?Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - February 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tobias Banaschewski Source Type: research
Ten Ways to Wow Your AudienceEmail this article to a colleague.
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From an informal toast to a high-stakes job talk, public speaking is part of our daily lives. Even if you hate giving speeches of any kind, you’ll find that these simple pointers will ease your mind and please your audience.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - February 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D. Tags: Education Self-Help Social Life Work performance anxiety political speeches powerpoint presentation public speaking social anxiety disorder social phobia Source Type: news
Genetic Connection To Traumatic ExperienceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Rutgers scientists have uncovered genetic clues as to why some mice no longer in danger are still fearful while others are resilient to traumatic experiences - knowledge that could help those suffering with crippling anxiety and PTSD. "Our work with mice demonstrates how genes play a role in developing and extinguishing pathological fear like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder," says Gleb Shumyatsky, an associate professor in the Department of Genetics in the School of Arts and Sciences... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 4, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Stress Proof the HeartEmail this article to a colleague.
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Behavioral Interventions for Cardiac PatientsEllen A. Dornelas EditorStress Proof the HeartBehavioral Interventions for Cardiac Patients That cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in America is widely known. Gaining in understanding is the role of the type D personality—characterized by chronic anxiety, depression, and negative emotions—as a risk factor in recurring cardiac problems and early death. Yet while ... (Source: Springer Psychology titles)
Source: Springer Psychology titles - February 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Health Psychology Source Type: news
What Are the Causes of Bipolar Disorder?Email this article to a colleague.
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In Part 2 of Bipolar for Beginners, we take a look at what scientists believe are the causes - genetic, physical and psychological - of bipolar disorder. For whatever reason you want to know more about this illness, here is information in clear English that will answer some of your questions about things like whether bipolar is inherited, the part brain chemistry plays in bipolar, and how researchers believe it all fits together. (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - February 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: bipolar.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news
My Wife Acts Like a TeenagerEmail this article to a colleague.
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What to do When Your Wife Gets Youngerread more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Barbara Greenberg, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting 18 years adult clothing belly ring clothes consequences dating embarrasses family fashion fathers friends fuddy duddy life friends makeup marriage moms mothers old lady parental divorce parents psycholog Source Type: news
My Mother Never Liked MeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dear Dr. Alasko: Since I was a little girl my mother has never been very loving. She was too involved in her own career and, I suspect, alcoholic. Even today she finds ways to ignore me or criticize me. I've tried everything to get her to appreciate me but nothing works. Finally, after a year in therapy, I confronted her.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Carl Alasko, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Relationships accurate diagnosis devotion emotional abuse fundamental need hard time little girl love loveless parent nothing works overcoming abuse painful situations parents sting Source Type: news
Believing Our Own LiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Why cognitive dissonance between what we believe and what we say and do causes us to change our belief rather than our behavior.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael Michalko Tags: Creativity Work central insight cognitive dissonance creative process expectation experimenter half an hour hasn imagine leon festinger liar lies participant participants pegs psychological experiments Puzzles social ps Source Type: news
The Power of Film as Storyteller: Oscar Nominee “The Help”Email this article to a colleague.
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Oscar nominee The Help tackles racism and sexism and views motherhood, daughterhood and friendship along the lines of authenticity.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Karen E. Dill, Ph.D. Tags: Media Race and Ethnicity Relationships Resilience abiline academy awards ajv black nanny black woman dinner party discrimination discrimination and prejudice female relationships film television indignities infectious disease Source Type: news
Friendship by the Book: Couples and Their Couple FriendshipsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Think it's hard to find a true friend? Multiply that complexity times two and try finding a couple with whom you and your partner can mesh pretty seamlessly.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Social Life author blogger book complexity continuum couple couple friends couple friendships drs emotion enjoyable time female friendships friendship advice Friendship by the Book good time greif holtz Source Type: news
"The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn"Email this article to a colleague.
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One of the great things about traveling, especially the kind of travel that takes you to far away places where people have customs, practices, beliefs and values that are different from your own, is that you get to see how different people can be in some ways and how similar we are in othersread more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Linda Bloom, L.C.S.W. Charlie Bloom, M.S.W. Tags: Happiness Relationships Self-Help aspirations challenges confusion customs desires divorce Fears fulfilling relationships human beings industrial nation longings Love; Relationships loving person overseas trip relationshi Source Type: news
Psychological Diagnosis: Dangerous, Desirable, or Both?Email this article to a colleague.
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Assigning a psychological diagnostic label to yourself or others can harm your emotional health. It can tarnish your relationships. At the same time, diagnostic clarity also can be a great benefit. Proceed with caution!read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Heitler, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Depression Ethics and Morality Parenting Personality Resilience Self-Help Therapy anger anxious person creativity derpession diagnostic categories diagnostic labels emotional health exercise regime fancy word fata Source Type: news
Our Thirst for WholenessEmail this article to a colleague.
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The majority of people's problems are caused by the fact that they are disconnected with the rest of creation. (C.S. Lewis) We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. We made a decision to turn out will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. (Steps 2 and 3 of the 12 Steps of AA)read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Samantha Smithstein, Psy.D. Tags: Addiction Happiness Resilience Spirituality 12 steps 12 steps of aa addiction treatment alcoholics bill wilson c s lewis charles alexander church attendance conceptualization evidence base group prayer impulses intellect Source Type: news
Claiming Territory Back From OCDEmail this article to a colleague.
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Why the only way for me to keep my OCD on the back foot is to do exactly what it's telling me I mustn't.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joanne Limburg Tags: Anxiety Self-Help cognitive behaviour therapy decades emotional baggage exposure therapy fashion fear imperfect body learner pool mid teens next twenty years ocd sufferers puffin strokes swimming swimming costume swimming Source Type: news
The Seven Year Itch: Theories of Marriage, Divorce, and LoveEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, a married man struggles with the temptation to leave his wife and small child to run off with the young woman next door, played by Marilyn Monroe. The title of the film refers to a time in a marriage when—according to the U.S. Census Bureau—a divorce is most likely to happen.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dario Maestripieri, Ph.D. Tags: Animal Behavior Behavioral Economics Evolutionary Psychology Relationships Angelina Jolie anthropologist brad pitt and jennifer breast milk Census Bureau divorce data evolutionary history helen fisher human societies hunter gathe Source Type: news
Child Abuse And Neglect Toll $124 Billion, USAEmail this article to a colleague.
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A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was published in Child Abuse and Neglect - The International Journal, reveals that the total lifetime estimated financial costs that is associated with just one year of confirmed cases of child maltreatment, including physical and sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect, is about 124 billion U.S. dollars. The researchers examined confirmed incidents of child maltreatment over the period of one year and found 1,740 fatal and 579,000 non-fatal cases... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
As If You Needed Another Reason to QuitEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nicotine changes the way genes are expressed, which may prime the brain for addiction.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Kayt Sukel Tags: Addiction Animal Behavior Eating Disorders Memory Neuroscience Stress cocaine addiction columbia university conjecture diseases and disorders epigenetic changes gateway drug genes home message landmark study molecular mechani Source Type: news
6 Ways to Start Your Own BrandEmail this article to a colleague.
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Thinking about creating your own brand? It's got to start somewhere. Here are six tips to get the ball rolling. read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Media Psych Careers Work branding brands business how to marketing money start-up Source Type: news
Who Is Left Out of the DSM-5 Debate? Of Course, ConsumersEmail this article to a colleague.
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To my ears, the current DSM-5 debate comes down to the question of who has the right to decide when an individual and a family have suffered enoughread more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Victoria Costello Tags: Ethics and Morality Parenting Psychiatry bipolar bipolar disorder congressional hearings dsm 5 DSM-5 early intervention fever pitch health care choices insurance reimbursement mental health care petitions precipice psychiatri Source Type: news
Cheap Shots at Your Partner Are Emotionally ExpensiveEmail this article to a colleague.
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It just happens. You don't think about it. You saw an opening and took a shot; you just had to get it out of your system. But you never considered the collateral damage.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Social Life collateral damage damage control dancing on the edge disrespect doubt feelings headway hurtful words irreparable damage mate mt everest potshots pound pack professional assistance repartee retort Source Type: news
Are You in a Real Relationship?Email this article to a colleague.
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You know the conundrum of whether the color blue you see is the same as what I recognize as blue? That's one of those questions that all but philosophers have to take on faith. Yep, the color of the sky is blue we agree, but whether it is gray blue or baby blue or even the particular shade known as sky blue will be a matter of personal interpretation and open to debate.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Isadora Alman, MFT Tags: Relationships communication defining terms sex Source Type: news
Criticizing (Common Criticisms of) PraiseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Over the last few years I've had the odd experience of seeing my work cited with approval by people whose views on the issue in question are diametrically opposed to my own. The issue I have in mind is praise. I'm troubled by it, as are the people who quote me, but for very different reasons. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alfie Kohn Tags: Child Development Education Parenting ally desire different reasons expression good job intention issue in question means to an end nbsp odd experience pra praiser rewards two books unconditional parenting unfortunate e Source Type: news
The Science of Concussion and Brain InjuryEmail this article to a colleague.
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How medicine, sports and society are trying to heal and protect the brains of millions amidst the growing awareness of the long-lasting effects of traumatic head injury [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Mind & Brain,Ethics,Mind Brain,Physics,Society Policy,Everyday Science,More Science,Science Education,Language Linguistics,Addiction Recovery,Neurological Disorders,Neuroscience,Psychiatry,Psychology,Thought Cognition,Biology,Health Source Type: research
Backhanded Compliments and Sugarcoated HostilityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Is there someone in your life who consistently makes you feel like you are on an emotional roller coaster? Do you know a person who is friendly one day but sulks and withdraws the next? Chances are you may be interacting with a passive aggressive person.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Signe Whitson, L.S.W. Tags: Child Development Parenting Self-Help aggressive person aggressive persons amp anger belief that compliance conversations early warning system emotional roller coaster expressing anger family member feelings honest communicat Source Type: news
Understanding risk governance: Introducing sociological neoinstitutionalism and Foucauldian governmentality for further theorizing - Lim WK.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article traces the career of risk across prominent theoretical approaches by highlighting their key assumptions and premises, specifically the technical approach found in the physical sciences, and economics, psychology, and sociology in the social sc... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
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Years ago, I was my wife's date to her high school reunion. Because we hadn't grown up together, everyone there was a stranger to me. On the other hand, my wife was eager to catch up with old friends. The room was a bustling scene: a band was playing music and groups of people were talking , laughing, and dancing. As I sat in the banquet hall, I decided to challenge myself.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - February 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Happiness Self-Help Spirituality banquet hall bustle calm place celebration chairs contemplation dedication high school reunion how to meditate human civilization meditation meditative state nonduality old friends Source Type: news
