MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'goldstein'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:33:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4566139&cid=t_224295_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F09%2Fhomer-simpson-and-the-8-attitudes-of-mindfulness%2F I’ve long been a fan of Elisha Goldstein’s work on mindfulness because, more than any author on that topic, he seems to communicate the practice in a way that doesn’t totally overwhelm me and make me want to run the other way. With Forrest Gump. I know this isn’t a very sophisticated image, but I keep going back to Homer Simpson in the Simpsons movie on his roof trying to hammer down the roofing, and the cameras zero in on the nail as he says to Bart, “Steady …. Steady … Steady …” and then he whacks the hell out of something: his eyeball instead of his thumb. I can’t help but compare that image to how I do meditation. I start out right: easy … easy … but then I somehow getting really turned around. Kind of like my son David who, for Halloween this year, was ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4566139 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:00:40 +0100 4566139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327026&cid=t_224295_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F02%2Fmindfulness-based-stress-reduction%2F Mindfulness-based techniques are a growing trend in the psychotherapy field, as we recently noted in our entry about Ellen Langer. So we’re pleased to let you know about the release of a new mindfulness resource that I think you may find interesting from blogger Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. The book is called A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook and it’s intended to help people change the way they approach stress, pain and illness and find greater calm, peace and balance in their lives. There’s a companion website that introduces the book, provides a sample chapter, reviews, and videos that help you understand what the new book has to offer. I haven’t had the chance to read my copy yet, but if it’s like the past work I’ve enjoyed from Dr. Goldstein, ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327026 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:30:35 +0100 3327026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3157482&cid=t_224295_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fdoes-ceo-of-google-use-google.html Over at the WSJ health blog, reporter Jacob Goldstein's Jan. 8, 2010 post "Google CEO & Harvard Surgeon Talk Health IT" quotes Google's CEO:"Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt doesn’t know why docs haven’t embraced databases to help them sort through medical information."[Schmidt said] ... So when you show up at the doctor with some set of symptoms, in my ideal world what would happen is that the doctor would type in the symptoms he or she also observes, and it would be matched against the data in this repository [such as DXplain? -- which we learn from a - er, um, Google search - was developed starting in the mid 1980's by medical informatics researchers who actually know this domain, and which offers this explanation and warning: "DXplain uses an interactive format to collect clinical i... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3157482 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:57:00 +0100 3157482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3052184&cid=t_224295_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F03%2Fmindfully-break-free-from-procrastination%2F Elisha Goldstein, PhD, writing for our blog, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, had some tips for beating procrastination that you may have missed… “When it comes to procrastination or inertia to make changes in our lives, it’s important to cultivate an awareness of what it really is. In order to do that, we need to break it down and name what is happening. Once we can name it, we can face it, and when we can face it, we can work with it. Here is a 3 step process to breaking through procrastination: Name it Redirect to physical feeling Return to original intention Continue reading the full blog entry about how to break free from procrastination to get the full picture… (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3052184 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:20:52 +0100 3052184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3019063&cid=t_224295_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F23%2Ffor-thanksgiving-week-4-quick-mindfulness-techniques%2F Image Microforum Italia This is Thanksgiving week … the week some of us are very thankful that we don’t live in the same city as our relatives. So I’m calling in the experts. My friend, Elisha Goldstein, who writes the “Mindfulness and Psychotherapy” blog on Psych Central, offers readers like myself, who are having difficulty with a formal meditation practice, several quick tips for mindful living that can be implemented throughout the day. He writes in his post, “Hectic Life? Quick Tips for Mindful Living” that “even without the time and place in life to set up some formal practice, from the minute you get up in the day to the moment you lay your head on the pillow there is opportunity to engage mindfulness as a way of life, opening you up t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3019063 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:12:54 +0100 3019063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060682&cid=t_224295_109_f&fid=34859&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.davemsw.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F5_steps_to_a_more_meaningful_life.php Great little exercise on Mindfulness from PsychCentral.com By Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. June 24, 2009 ....Here is a process I created and did a national research study around to help us cultivate more of these meaningful moments. Related articles by Zemanta Mindfulness and Psychotherapy: An Interview with Dr. Elisha Goldstein (psychcentral.com) (Source: Ψ Dare To Dream...) Ψ Dare To Dream... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060682 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:02:16 +0100 4060682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2313548&cid=t_224295_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F02%2Fhow-do-you-practice-mindfulness-eat-ice-cream-for-starters%2F I’ve been trying to master mindfulness in the last few weeks like it’s a cute step sequence in a line dance. I have unofficially hired Dr. Elisha Goldstein, author of Psych Central’s blog, “Mindfulness and Psychotherapy” as my mindfulness personal trainer because he knows this stuff inside and out, and because I don’t have the time or money to hang out with the Buddhist monks in Tibet. I’ve always aspired to better live in the moment–it was one of the gems I picked up in support group meetings back in college–but now I honestly feel like it could save my life–or at least keep my pituitary tumor from growing any wider and shield my heart from any more damage to the aortic valve. How do you practice presence, or mindfulness? The B... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2313548 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:21:16 +0100 2313548 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284362&cid=t_224295_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0wDqEywRCRU%2F Following up on Dana Goldstein’s American Prospect blog post, Matt Yglesias calls the Swedish system and U.S. charter schools better education policy models than education tax credits. He doesn’t say why, and I’d be interested to hear his reasoning. As I documented on Cato-at-Liberty in response to Goldstein, the econometric evidence shows that the greatest margin of superiority over state-run schooling is enjoyed by truly market-like education systems. By that I mean systems that are minimally regulated with respect to content, staffing, prices, etc., and which are funded at least in part directly by the families they serve. Yglesias also claims that choice supporters want to “eliminate public education.” On the contrary, choice supporters are fundamentally... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284362 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:13:12 +0100 2284362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232542&cid=t_224295_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F04%2Fcould-a-dog-benefit-your-mental-health%2F Midweek Mental Greening Last summer, I was fortunate enough to receive a copy of Bruce Goldstein’s Puppy Chow Is Better Than Prozac: The True Story Of A Man And The Dog Who Saved His Life to review. Puppy Chow is the candid and raw tale of how Ozzy, a gorgeous black Labrador, played a key role in saving a man’s sanity – and quite possibly his life. If you haven’t read the book, I highly recommend it. I’ve been a dog owner for nearly three years now, so I fully understand the joys and miseries that accompany the role. (Yes – miseries. My dog has made me cry. Actually, during the first few weeks I had her, I seriously thought I was experiencing some kind of canine postpartum depression.) Since the day I rescued her from the animal shelter, my own adorable mutt (Chopper, pictured... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232542 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:50:26 +0100 2232542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2152911&cid=t_224295_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F02%2Fnew-blog-mindfulness-and-psychotherapy%2F I’m pleased to introduce our newest blog, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, by clinical psychologist Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. Dr. Goldstein is a mindfulness expert and an engaging writer and we’re happy to have him join Psych Central’s growing family. What is mindfulness? I’ll let Dr. Goldstein explain from his introductory entry: Mindfulness is intentionally paying attention to the present moment while putting aside our preconceived ideas, expectations, and judgments. It is being in connection with the here and now. Over the past 30 years there has been a buildup of evidence-based research using mindfulness practice to work with difficult medical and mental health issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, addiction, insomnia, chronic pain, immune fu... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2152911 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:49:57 +0100 2152911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552251&cid=t_224295_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F09%2Fviolent-acts-in-retrospect.html Benjamin Harrison murdered his mother. At his sentencing hearing, he said "If I was on my medication I wouldn't have done what I did."You don’t see a lot in the media about what happens after being medicated in prison restores someone to competency. Andrew Goldstein made an eerily similar statement on his killing of Kendra Webdale in New York. And Michael Ouellette, who killed a priest in Connecticut, said "I didn't know I had the illness. I thought everything was real."In that case, Ouellette’s father noted that after being incarcerated, his son was “now the most rational he's been in a decade."There have been some studies done on consumers’ perceptions of assisted treatment. It would be interesting to ask Harrison, Goldstein, and Ouelette whether, in retrospect, they wish someone... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552251 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:03:00 +0100 552251