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 'insight'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:01:25 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159203&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F23%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-23-2011%2F Every once in awhile, I like to snoop around my old diaries. Besides personally being one of the best non-fiction reads to me, it gives good insight into who I was and potentially who I will be. One of the jewels of wisdom I recently picked up from a 7 year old Winnie the Pooh journal contained information on my state of mind at the time. The details are not important. But the general feeling of that entire year was one of heartache and confusion. There was this sense of longing, emptiness, a feeling that whatever I was going through was not only uncomfortable, but unfair. I even wrote: “When I’m 50, I’ll probably look back on this moment and it will be a fleeting and insignificant memory. But right now, I’m having a hard time with it.” I smiled reading it bec... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159203 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:39:33 +0100 5159203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992757&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F01%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-july-1-2011%2F Once I got to college, I began to love school. The feeling of working hard and then the instant gratification from all that hard work was awesome! One professor told me I’d be a professional student forever. Of course in the real world, you can work as hard as you want and still feel like you haven’t quite made it. And it’s not just your career, but that gnawing, frustrating feeling could also apply to friendships and romantic relationships too. I realized that the formulas that seem to work in school, working hard = A’s, just didn’t have a place in real life. Sometimes you could drive yourself crazy trying to force pieces of a puzzle that just didn’t go together. In the whole process of going to school and finally getting out of it, I realized it was�... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992757 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:10:08 +0100 4992757 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828986&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F15%2F10-great-moms-of-the-twentieth-century%2F Due to an error on our part, this article should’ve appeared a week ago… But hey, better late than never! – Ed. They are activists, humorists, Holocaust survivers, writers, first ladies, and missionaries. But first and foremost, they are moms. And, in my opinion, some of the best. As a relatively new mom, I could learn a lesson or two from the veterans. So here is a list of my blue-ribbon picks. 1. Erma Bombeck. She was the funniest mother in America, with an uncanny ability to bemuse fellow moms with hilarious twists on cleaning toilets and carpools of whinny kids. For more than 30 years her clippings occupied the most coveted real estate in middle-class homes — the refrigerator — where she’d offer invaluable insight and a dose of comedy amid lost sock... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828986 Sun, 15 May 2011 10:28:28 +0100 4828986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4164555&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F14%2Fare-you-feeling-trapped-by-facebook%2F Facebook is the currently-popular social networking website that boasts over 550 million users. It is the epitome of what “Web 2.0″ is supposedly about — personalized, user-created social content that connects people to one another. And it does that pretty darned well, too. I’ve re-connected with old friends from high school — friends I hadn’t seen or talked to in over 20 years — and even my first girlfriend from middle school. Are these connections “deep”? No, of course not. But they are very real and they exist. Before Facebook came along, these connections were non-existent. These people in my life had faded not only from my life, but from my memory as well. Facebook changed all of that and brought them back into my life, no matter h... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4164555 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:39:41 +0100 4164555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4152012&cid=t_109864_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F5PVEXty3FV4%2F A study just published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society has been much publicized recently (see for instance, this L.A. Times article). The study showed that a computer-based brain training program succeeded in reducing at-fault car crashes for older drivers. The effects of the training lasted over 6 years. This result made the news as one of the rare transfers of brain training benefits to everyday life.  Why was this training successful and not others? Probably because brain training needs to be specific and not general. If you practice playing baseball you do not expect to get better at playing basketball, right? The same is true of brain functions: If you train your language skills, do not expect to get better at memorizing numbers. Driving is quite automatic for most o... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4152012 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:32:16 +0100 4152012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4065416&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F13%2F3-danger-signs-your-partner-may-be-having-an-affair%2F Mira Kirshenbaum is one of my favorite relationship experts. She has written two books that I often recommend to my clients: Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay and Women and Love. They are easy reads, full of compassion and insight. As I contemplated writing a post about how couples become vulnerable to affairs I read this interview of Ms. Kirshenbaum where she really says it all: Is Your Partner Cheating on You? on Mira’s blog. Here she talks not only about real risk factors, she also rules out signs that could be misread. In other words, not all suspicious signs point to an affair. “…it’s not so much about warning signs. It’s about risk factors. And if you know what the risk factors are, you can do something about them and have a better relationship to boot…&#... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4065416 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:02:28 +0100 4065416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013260&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F28%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-september-28-2010%2F I just got back from a trip I took for a few weeks to London and Paris. Before you hate me, let me tell you that the trip was filled with challenges. From our hotel “losing” our reservations to getting sick, it was not the relaxing vacation I was expecting. That being said, it was also one of the best trips I ever had. Why? It reminded me that the idea of a retreat or vacation from reality is a temporary fix. Your problems do follow you wherever you go and can be a microcosm of your real life. Although taking a break is a necessity for our mental health, it should not be perceived as an escape or a cure for what’s really ailing us. In the end, it gave me the insight to see that I didn’t need to wait for big vacations and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to change my... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013260 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:23:58 +0100 4013260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4001709&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F25%2Flistening-in-on-another-conversation%2F We’ve all done it — listened in on another conversation while talking to someone else. How can we do that? How can we focus our listening abilities on a far away conversation while “turning off” the ability to listen to the conversation that’s right in front of us? This unique listening ability is called selective listening and most people can do it. It’s our ability to tune out one conversation and have our brains hone in on another. And despite this fairly common phenomenon, neuroscientists still have little idea of how we do it. It seems to come down to understanding the neural pathways and circuits that underlie our attention skills. In understanding simple attention skills like how we can selectively listen, neuroscientists believe it could also hel... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4001709 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:45:21 +0100 4001709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3982017&cid=t_109864_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FIwSTTqEraOQ%2F A few years ago I was looking after an elderly woman in the emergency department who had suffered a stroke. She was aphasic --- unable to understand speech or create comprehensible sentences. I explained to her family what had happened to her. Then her daughter asked me a question for which I hadn't prepared an answer: "What does it feel like to have a stroke?" (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3982017 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:37 +0100 3982017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3889126&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F20%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-20-2010%2F The creative process is a mysterious one. I sit down at my computer twice a week not knowing how I will do it and what will come out when I type. Yet, if I come to my desk present, open-minded and trusting, somehow my fingers do the work for me. That doesn’t mean that I don’t have days when the writing doesn’t flow and that I don’t feel stuck. On those days, I notice it’s one or all of the three f’s: fatigue, fear or feeling frazzled that pushes me over the edge. Then, it feels like I’m trying to run in water or force a piece into a puzzle that just doesn’t fit. I tend to think of those times as moments when self-care is vital. I might be feeling anxious, overworked or my own negative thoughts could be sabotaging my efforts. Yet, when we&#821... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3889126 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:25:53 +0100 3889126 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3706730&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F28%2Fgood-versus-evil-in-strength%2F You have to hand it to Kurt Gray, a doctoral student at Harvard. He knows how to spin a set of three small experiments he conducted to make headlines. Here’s what Gray had to say about his findings: “By perceiving themselves as good or evil, people embody these perceptions, actually becoming more capable of physical endurance.” and “But in fact, this research suggests that physical strength may be an effect, not a cause, of moral acts.” Did Gray actually measure a person’s inherent “goodness” or capacity for evil (or did he measure artificial situations created in a lab that may or may not actually mimic these qualities)? And if so, did he also measure physical strength (or simply one small aspect of strength, physical endurance)? In the three exper... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3706730 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:33:44 +0100 3706730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3629878&cid=t_109864_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fprinciples-of-the-12-steps%2F Recovery through the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous Sgt. Bill S., used a one word summary to describe the basic principle (as he saw it) behind each of the 12 Steps, when he was giving talks to military personnel about alcoholism at Lackland in San Antonio, Texas, during the 1950’s and later on in California. In the following, quoted from Sgt. Bill S., ‘On the Military Firing Line in the Alcoholism Treatment Program’, Chapter 18, “Recovery through the Twelve Steps” The twelve steps lead people through a necessary therapeutic sequence involving; insight, surrender, positive goals, introspection, confession, submission humility, amendment, restitution, reorganization, spirituality, and love The 12-Steps and principles are therefore; INSIGHT: We admitted we were pow... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3629878 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:25:27 +0100 3629878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463640&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F13%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-april-13-2010%2F It’s a brand new week. Glad you made it! April’s a pretty hectic month, but we’re nearly halfway through. You’ve already gotten through April Fool’s Day, hopefully your taxes are finally done, spring break’s about over and well Earth Day is still to come. May the rest of this month be all about relaxing and enjoying the sun! For me, getting a little R&R means sitting down in a cafe and reading various chapters in my ever-growing stack of books. My shelf contains every subject including memoirs and psychology books. There’s a handful of fresh reads as well as a number of good old favorites. Have you ever gone back to reread an oldie to discover a new gem, some new found insight that makes you rethink your life? I recently flipped through The Dr... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463640 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:08:46 +0100 3463640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354378&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F11%2Fresearchers-discover-kids-dont-like-homework%2F Our friends over at the Association for Psychological Science made sure that a new study about video games would get out (because, you know, it’s about video games and kids, and that always seems to get people’s attention), so we took a look and published a news story earlier today about the study. This, however, is an example of a fairly silly study that provides little additional insight into the impact video games may have in a child’s world. The researchers compared two groups of boys ages 6-9 — those who received a video game system for the first time in their lives, and those who got none. They found that the boys who got a video game system, unsurprisingly, had lower reading and writing scores at the end of the 4 months study compared to the boys who had no v... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354378 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:31:49 +0100 3354378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318436&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F28%2Fbecome-a-contributor-to-world-of-psychology%2F Unbeknownst to some of you, World of Psychology welcomes guest contributors! Please send us your essays, commentary, opinion or rational (or sometimes irrational!) thoughts about anything in the world of psychology and mental health. This is a wonderful opportunity for the writers in our audience — professionals and laypeople alike — to share their point of view with our 1.1 million readers. Entries should be about a psychology or mental health topic (obviously), and be something that hasn’t been published online already a hundred times before. We’re especially interested in folks who are interested in recent research or news on a specific topic, and can bring their own background, experiences and insight to bear on that topic. World of Psychology is about opening u... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318436 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:58:10 +0100 3318436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3176130&cid=t_109864_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FTf1Ojhr09Ac%2F Recovery through the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous Sgt. Bill S., used a one word summary to describe the basic principle (as he saw it) behind each of the 12 Steps, when he was giving talks to military personnel about alcoholism at Lackland in San Antonio, Texas, during the 1950’s and later on in California. In the [...] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3176130 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:11:00 +0100 3176130 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3129666&cid=t_109864_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FNl-BBQQUUvE%2Frandom-thought-at-end-of-2009.html Alzheimer's will try to rob the Alzheimer's caregiver of their spirit. It will try and send them into the black hole of depression. Every day Alzheimer's whispers in the ear of the caregiver -- give up.By Bob... Comments welcome. (Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The) Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3129666 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:30:57 +0100 3129666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3115264&cid=t_109864_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2Fli_1eQgOTtE%2Fwiggling-my-toes-change-on-horizon.html The core focus of the Alzheimer's Reading Room is advice and insight into Alzheimer's disease....By Bob DeMarco When I wake up in the morning the first thing I do is wiggle my toes for a minute. It might sound strange but those are the points on my body that are farthest from my brain? Is farthest a word? It seems to me that this is a good exercise for my brain. I base this on the fact that one of the first things going on my mother is her ability to walk. The use of her legs. When I wiggle my toes I have to think about it while doing it. I am also sending my brain a message -- Alzheimer's away. I also stretch my feet in the morning. This stretches all the nerves along the bottoms of my feet. It also stretches my calves. I also move my ankles around in a circle. All the time conscio... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3115264 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:53:09 +0100 3115264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3082499&cid=t_109864_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F6b8ykl2M_7o%2F Nice weekend reading material – recent news reiforcing emerging trends on physical, cognitive and emotional fitness, but with new twists. Fit teens could be smarter teens “Researchers from Sweden and USC examined data on 1.2 million Swedish men born between 1950 and 1976 who also enlisted for the country’s mandatory military service. They looked at the participants’ global intelligence scores as well as logical, visuospatial, verbal and technical scores. The greater the cardiovascular fitness, the higher the cognitive scores at age 18. The association between muscle strength and global intelligence, in contrast, was weak.”   UPMC Health Plan Offers Brain Fitness Software to Improve Health “UPMC Health Plan announced today that it has signed an agreement... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3082499 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:28:00 +0100 3082499 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023420&cid=t_109864_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fdenial-of-alcoholism%2F Denial may lead to rock bottom Breaking through denial is alcoholic’s first step in recovery Looking in the mirror and accepting what we see can be one of the hardest things we ever do. It’s especially hard when the image staring us in the face is painful or doesn’t fit with how we want to see ourselves. Sometimes, the truth is so painful that we avoid it at any cost. Refusing to accept a painful reality that alters the perception of ourselves is a psychological defense called denial. As human beings, we may use denial to protect ourselves from knowledge, insight or awareness that threatens our self-esteem, mental or physical health, or security. The term “denial” is often used in the chemical dependency field to describe people who deny substance abuse proble... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023420 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:53:15 +0100 3023420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793285&cid=t_109864_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fmulti-tasking-dumbs-us-down-for-some.html "They're suckers for irrelevancy," said communication Professor Clifford Nass... "Everything distracts them."Because many in your acquaintance (or even household) may proudly tout their media multi-tasking ability, researchers thought for sure they could identify the cognitive gifts that come with this ability. Researchers at Stanford searched high and low for this gift, but their final conclusion - it's not a gift at all, but a liability."We kept looking for what they're better at, and we didn't find it," said Ophir, the study's lead author and a researcher in Stanford's Communication Between Humans and Interactive Media Lab. Now by true multi-tasking, we don't really mean semi-automatic activities like listening to familiar pleasant music, walking, or driving a car. These tasks don't req... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2793285 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:01:00 +0100 2793285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2616763&cid=t_109864_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fbeginnings-of-reason-earlier-than-you.html Developmental Psychologist Jean Piaget observed that if you presented 10-11 year olds with a counterfactual syllogism such as:All cats bark. (major premise)Muffins is a cat. (minor premise)Does Muffins bark?Most children fail to solve the syllogism because they answer, "No, cat's don't bark." But when a clever psychologist group decided to retry the questions in a playful tone of voice, they actually found that children as young as 2 years old could deductively reason (hmmm- now do we in our school systems assume that children reason that early?). Piaget had assumed that children did not develop the capacity for abstract reasoning until they were 11 years old or so, but he was wrong. Children were expecting the answers should be given on the basis of real-world reasoning and not as a hypot... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2616763 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:05:00 +0100 2616763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570609&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F01%2Fwhy-do-kids-behave-the-way-they-do-listen-to-doctor-radio-this-july-4th%2F Ever wonder why kids behave the way they do? Satellite radio Sirius XM and a team of medical experts from NYU Langone Medical Center have the answer with a special on the Doctor Radio channel on July 4th. Doctor Radio is heard on SIRIUS channel 114 and XM channel 119. 24 Hours About Our Kids is a July 4th weekend marathon of Doctor Radio’s weekly child psychiatry and psychology show, exploring important topics that all parents and kids face today including ADHD, mood disorders, the effects of online social networking, issues related to coming out of the closet, Autism, depression and more. About Our Kids is hosted by leading doctors from NYU Langone Medical Center, including Dr. Jess Shatkin, Dr. Lori Evans, and Dr. Alexandra Barzvi. Dr. Harold Koplewicz, Director of The Child Study ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570609 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:04:32 +0100 2570609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2474100&cid=t_109864_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2F4j2vYhBaK48%2Falzheimers-read-june-12.html Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative launches new exhibit honoring Alzheimer's patientsFlint Township quilter Ami Simms can show you exactly what Alzheimer's Disease stole from her mother, Beebe Moss. It's the image of a legless cow printed on a scrap of hand-dyed fabric.Ten years before her death in 2008 at age 85, Moss was a successful fiber artist who designed her own line of quilting fabric, "Something Wonderful," for Marcus Fabrics of New York, featuring her hand-carved block print designs.Alzheimer's Disease took all that away, said Simms, who has devoted her life to the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative, the nonprofit she founded in 2006 that has raised more than $290,000 to date for Alzheimer's research.Are Alzheimer's Caregivers the Forgotten?Forty percent of Alzheimer's caregivers end... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2474100 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:46:13 +0100 2474100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570905&cid=t_109864_122_f&fid=35373&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmerzenich.positscience.com%2F%3Fp%3D228 I strongly encourage our readers to check out the newly published book “Move Into Life”, authored by a highly distinguished therapist (and personal friend) Anat Baniel. Anat was originally trained by Moshe Feldenkrais, who developed a novel empirical perspective about physical/cognitive/perceptual rehabilitation that is broadly consistent with the principles of brain plasticity neuroscience. She has very significantly elaborated those practices, and has gradually encorporated a richer scientific perspective into them. Anat summarizes this deeper understanding in this important book — which is full of good information and advice, both for the therapist, and the patient. At the core of her approach is the understanding that awareness, cognition and movement are really insep... On the Brain by Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570905 Wed, 06 May 2009 15:46:17 +0100 2570905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570906&cid=t_109864_122_f&fid=35373&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmerzenich.positscience.com%2F%3Fp%3D226 We all know a few older-aged paragons, individuals who are still storming through life in their 9th or 10th or 11th decade. I was delighted to read two articles in the New York Times last week that featured two such individuals who have crossed my own path in life. David Perlman is a 90-year-old science writer for the San Francisco Chronicle who is refusing to take a buyout offer from his struggling employer. I know from meeting with him in the past that he’s an all-business, no-nonsense, straightforward, well-informed PROFESSIONAL, in every sense of the word. Why SHOULD he quit, when he gets so much enjoyment about his work? In any event, as he joked in the Times article, he’d “..bankrupt the paper.” if he took a buyout package based on the number of years of emplo... On the Brain by Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570906 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:39:23 +0100 2570906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347977&cid=t_109864_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fgordon-brown-to-conscript-teenagers.html I am grateful to my ageing Greek friend for drawing my attention to this:Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to ensure every young person has done 50 hours of voluntary work by the time they are 19 years old. Mr Brown said a promise to bring in compulsory community service would be a part of his next election manifesto.BBCOnwards and upwards, comrades. (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347977 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:58:00 +0100 2347977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2307450&cid=t_109864_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsandnsurf.medbrains.net%2F2009%2F04%2Finsight%2F A middle-aged woman in the emergency department, speaking the day after an impulsive duloxetine overdose: “When I first started having problems I wanted to see a psychiatrist in the hope that I’d be diagnosed with something exotic and interesting like Tourette’s or Schizophrenia… actually what I really wanted to be was a manic depressive… Unfortunately, all [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2307450 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:00:39 +0100 2307450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2307026&cid=t_109864_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fwhen-all-else-fails-blame-family-doctor.html "They weigh 80 stone, claim thousands in benefits - and can't work. Who do they blame? Anyone but themselves.It's a fantasy all right, but we're to blame. We're the ones funding £22 grand a year to house, feed, and clothe the Chawners of Blackburn (pic above). And to keep them in all the saturated fats, sugar, and Gaviscon they will ever need. Why should they work?Wat TylerWat Tyler draws my attention to the Chawner family of Blackburn.'Some days I barely eat at all,' declares Emma Chawner, daughter of the house and, at 17 stone, its lightest occupant. 'I don't have breakfast most days. Sometimes I don't have lunch either, and might only have a salad roll for tea. I'm always eating lettuce and apples and stuff.' (Dr Crippen has a simple technique to deal with people like Emma)Too fat to w... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2307026 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:28:00 +0100 2307026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2293104&cid=t_109864_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fbiology-of-creativity-right-hemispheric.html A Northwestern research group has found that people that solve anagram puzzles by sudden insight rather than by conscious search or analytic strategies have an EEG resting state that prefers the right over the left hemisphere. What's different about this finding compared to a previous study is that this hemispheric difference exists even before problem solving begins. Wouldn't it be preferable if teachers knew which problem solving style students they before they taught them? Couldn't mismatches between problem solving approaches (insight vs. non-insight) contribute to school-related struggles and so-called underachievement?It's not a great leap to consider how these brain-related differences impact success or failure in the classroom, because we see many bright, creative children who seem... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2293104 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:01:00 +0100 2293104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2019565&cid=t_109864_88_f&fid=38203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fprecordialthump.medbrains.net%2F2008%2F12%2F02%2Finsight%2F A middle-aged woman in the emergency department, speaking the day after an impulsive duloxetine overdose: “When I first started having problems I wanted to see a psychiatrist in the hope that I’d be diagnosed with something exotic and interesting like Tourette’s or Schizophrenia… actually what I really wanted to be was a manic depressive… Unfortunately, all my problems are just because of alcohol…” Later on, when looking for her nurse: “Hey, hey you… have you seen Nurse Ratched?… there is one you know, somewhere around here.” (Source: AEQUANIMITAS) AEQUANIMITAS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2019565 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:27:34 +0100 2019565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1999134&cid=t_109864_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fchristmas-cheer-and-positive-outlook.html We were called last week about what effects Christmas cheeris likely to have on the brain. This latest research from Northwestern provides additional proof that a positive outlook result fosters creativity and problem solving by insight."..positive mood enhances insight, at least in part, by modulating attention and cognitive control mechanisms via the ACC (anterior cingulate cortex), perhaps enhancing sensitivity to detect non-prepotent solution candidates...Analytic processing involves deliberate application of strategies and operations togradually approach solution. Insight, which is considered a type of creative cognition, is the process through which people suddenly and unexpectedly achieve solution through processes that are not consciously reportable. Insight solutions tend to invol... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1999134 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:01:00 +0100 1999134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1996963&cid=t_109864_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSuboxoneTalkZone%2F%7E3%2F466997015%2F No, I’m not a big Barry Manilow fan… Opiate addicts, for whatever reason, become very lousy at determining what they are ‘feeling’.  Ideally, feelings serve to enrich one’s life;  feelings add the music to the story, add the heat to the dish, add the…  heck, I don’t know.  I’m no poet.  But they are good things.  They also can guide a person if they are used properly.  That last sentence is key– if they are used properly.  To explain a bit more, when people feel ‘fear’, they recognize that there is danger lurking about and they either turn and run or they at least become more cautious.  Addicts, of course, are different;  to an addict, danger may mean ‘excitement’, and may cause the addict to close his ... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1996963 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:09:41 +0100 1996963 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1940928&cid=t_109864_140_f&fid=38154&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPatientTimes%2F%7E3%2F415400591%2F Where did it go? I have come to learn about happiness over the years—about what makes people happy and about what doesn’t.  Unfortunately, the knowledge doesn’t particularly help me to find happiness!  It is always easier to see what would help another person than to recognize problems and adopt changes in one’s own life. The biggest barrier to happiness in my opinion?  By my observations, happiness is not something that can be found by looking for it.  Instead, happiness is usually found when the person is looking for something else. People come to me seeking happiness, sometimes fooled by TV commercials or the lure of the ‘quick fix’ era into expecting help to come in the form of a pill.  And yes, I do often prescribe an SSRI or other medication, but I also t... Patient Times blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1940928 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:38:13 +0100 1940928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668956&cid=t_109864_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F350618848%2F Some recent brain training and health news: 1) A Promising Debut for Computerized Therapies 2) Fitness protects brain in Alzheimer's patients 3) Brain Fitness Program Classic comes to Mac 4) Posit Science gains ownership of Scientific Learning (NSDQ: SCIL)´s BrainConnection. 5) Brain training on your mobile  6) You must remember this: how the mind works Here you have the links and my commentary for these news: 1) A Promising Debut for Computerized Therapies - "Against this difficult background, researchers at Yale report a paradigm-shifting approach that closes the gap to cost-effective real-world delivery of an effective cognitive-behavioral therapy(CBT) program for substance dependence. Cleverly called computer-based training for cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT4CBT),this info... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668956 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:04:47 +0100 1668956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1631016&cid=t_109864_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F337389916%2F The symptom of ‘lack of insight’ is often a component of major mental illness. Technically referred to as anosognosia, it is the lack of insight that often results in the need for compulsory detention; supervision orders; enforceable medication and the ever-present psychiatric coercion. Now there’s a whole heap of debate on coercion and understanding the difference between a patient electing an informed choice as opposed to one who simply doesn’t see themselves as ill. However, I have a niggling question about this state of denial that others may be able to shed considered thought or experience on. In the case of someone who denies the existence of a mental illness, is it ever found to pervade to the denial of other illnesses, particularly new found medical ones? I... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1631016 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:22:15 +0100 1631016 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1475326&cid=t_109864_125_f&fid=36046&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdentistrylibrary.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fpulling-teeth-professors-schwartz-and.html Tuesday May 20, 2008 - The Dean of Dentistry, Professor Eli Schwartz and Associate Professor Hans Zoellner appeared on the SBS Insight program hosted by Jennie Brockie to discuss the state of dental care in Australia - issues covered included DIY dentistry, Australians going overseas to get dental work done more affordably, as well as taking out loans to cover the costs of dentistry. Those are some of the measures that some Australians are taking to fix their teeth.You can view a vodcast or read the transcript of the program at the SBS Insight Pulling Teeth site. Subscribe in a reader (Source: DentistryLibrary@Sydney) DentistryLibrary@Sydney blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1475326 Wed, 28 May 2008 23:20:00 +0100 1475326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1461179&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F295532041%2Fsleepy_brains_zone_out_at_work.html If you've felt your brain drifting off like bubbles in the wind ... you'll be interested in a new study that shows why it happens. A post yesterday by Julie Steenhuysen at Reuters ... which pointed out why brains shut down at work ... intrigued me. New studies by David Dinges ... from the University of Pennsylvania – School of Medicine show surprising facts about sleep deprived brains. rsearch concluded that ... quite unaware ... tired people tend to shift back and forth between alertness and dramatic lapses of attention and visual processing.Can you spot potential problems here?Here's the skinny: 1. Lack of sleep leads to depression more than people realize. 2. Your brain rewires for work while you sleep.3. Sleep deprivation creates disaster... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1461179 Thu, 22 May 2008 04:29:42 +0100 1461179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1341313&cid=t_109864_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F262128108%2F (Please remember you can subscribe, at the top of this page, to receive this complimentary bi-monthly newsletter by email).  We are proud to announce that we now belong to the exclusive Scientific American Partner Network. Scientific American Mind spoke highly of our website last year, so it was only natural (but made us very pleased) that we were invited to join their new blogger network. We remain an independent company, so there will be few obvious changes - mainly some more links between their website and ours and new banner ads administered by Scientific American's great team.  News Brain Fitness Software Report: Reviews:  our just released Market Report is earning a growing number of accolades as a must-read publication for executives and investors interested in emerging brain... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1341313 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:47:21 +0100 1341313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1251170&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F239662396%2Fwhats_inside_progressive_unive.html If you can imagine a university where:1. Learners enroll for its international vitality.2. Faculty exchange cutting edge ideas beyond class.3. Communities balance care with challenge and vision. You’ll want to compare how: 1. Learners drop out rates escalate from boredom2. Faculty ideas dim behind bulging bureaucracies3. Communities stifle talents for tired conventions.Then you’ll likely agree:1. Learner connections could dip deeper and broader.2. Faculty enthusiasm and passion could fuel growth.3. Communities could restructure to generate change.What would be your first step to: 1. Re-energized learners at university? 2. Faculty leaders who risk more than rant?3. Communities that progress and evolve often? (Source: BrainBasedBusiness) BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1251170 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:44:38 +0100 1251170 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1179971&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F223710647%2Fgrowing_bureaucracies_increasi.html  Recently I had my white out confiscated at an airport check-in, paid a double co-pay for my regular prescription, saw Google plummet my network’s blog score, and watched a major organization order extra invoices in four different methods – after these had already been submitted. Yeesh…. Ironically … somebody also reminded me today … that the US is headed downwards faster daily … while other nations build, dream, progress and leap forward financially. What’s the connection between national downward spirals and growing bureaucracies in this country? I am not sure of recent research on this question – but I do know a few studies have been done that show hidden dangers of growing bureaucracies: 1).Bureaucracy can create illusionary... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1179971 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:55:03 +0100 1179971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1134689&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F212953065%2Fnows_the_time_to_land_a_job.html According to Chris Russell … at Secret of the Job Hunt … today is the big start of the job hunting season. Are you looking for a hire or seeing to get hired?Russell assures us that HR has lots of money to spend at the moment … and the time for nabbing a job is now. Do you believe it? Check out Chris’ terrific YouTube  job hunting suggestions: 1. Make sure your resume is current. Be sure to prepare an up to date digital resume in addition to a hard copy. You may also wish to prepare a Linked in File – which includes your profile.2. Use online searches or aggregators such as www.indeed.com  or www.simplyhire.com to get your venture started in the right directions for your unique needs.3. Know your worth by checking out what peopl... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1134689 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:34:39 +0100 1134689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1113489&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F204661859%2Fchristmas_break_no_sure_bet_fo.html Do you plan a break over this holiday season? As leaders, workers, and family members – we find it hard to move past the busy parts of any day – to relax and shift gears. Most would agree … the human brain needs a break.  Yet holiday benefits are no sure bet for the human brain. How so? 1. Consume too many fatty or sugar laden foods or drink too much and your brain slows down, while moods can act up. 2. Spend too much, worry or exclude people you know and your brain takes on board … harmful cortisol chemicals.3. Allow stress to get the best of you  … through negative or  sarcastic tone and you can literally shrink your brain mass.4. Party too much and exhaustion leaves you cranky, cantankerous, or downright discouraged as your brain take... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1113489 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:33:42 +0100 1113489 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1093186&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F199923929%2Fhow_you_communicate_is_who_you.html Does this mean that on that day when you snap at a co-worker … that you become a cranky snapper? Or does it mean that you’d become a caring communicator simply stepping back to communicate carefully if another person diminishes you or devalues your offering. Surprising as this sounds, brain research now affirms that how you communicate today … literally shapes who you become tomorrow.Here are 5 ways people erode who they’d like others to see in them – all through communication blunders:  1. Communicate opinionated ideas without much regard for other’s input or new facts … and your brain’s basal ganglia reboots for more narrow opinions on that topic. 2. Lie that  all is well when you really disagree with an issue, and your brain r... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1093186 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:37:48 +0100 1093186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1030247&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F185335057%2Fdiversitys_more_about_brains_t.html How do you draw from richer diversity in those around you? Today I’m especially excited about a roundtable I’m facilitating with very diverse leaders. If you look in on us at any moment … you’d likely ask … What does an engineer and an architect or health professional  have to do with one another? Good question … and I’m glad you asked. In my group … we have a common vision to explore. With others I clarified one vision --  to create entrepreneurial directions for leaders.  Would you agree that shared goal gives us common ground? It also compels us to look for talent in each person at the table. Why so? 1. We don’t speak the other person’s jargon – so people at our roundtable try to communicate with m... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1030247 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:58:30 +0100 1030247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=972841&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F173869161%2Fsleep_equals_cranky_so_look_ou.html Sleep enough last night? If not, you may want to catch a siesta over the lunch break today. Why so? A tired brain apparently reverts back to primitive behaviors, gets cranky and over-reacts emotionally, when stressors strike – and they will! Have you seen it? Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of California at Berkeley used magnetic imaging recently ... to observe crankiness in sleep-deprived people.This new study showed how lack of sleep causes the brain's emotional centers to dramatically overreact to what people perceive as negative experiences. Scientists warn that … while  rested workers are more likely to create peace through popping good tone tactics into problems whenever conflicts arise at work … watch out for sudde... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=972841 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:38:31 +0100 972841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=912160&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F162529221%2F5_learning_stoppers_that_shut.html Here are five surefire ways to stall learning and shut down brainpower at work. 1. Demand attention and criticize every mistake you spot along the way, so that people around you run to keep up with your demands … and hide to avoid your criticism. 2. Come to work stressed to the gills and pass anxiety around freely by the way you communicate, and demand and worry, so that brains literally shrink in and around you. 3. Spout many meta messages so that people can never really take what you say as truly what you mean. Confuse people and communicate back with insincerity that stunts growth with you and prevents any learning adventure. 4. Describe how overwhelmed you are, but don’t make any efforts to organize your day for change or adventure or generosity to yourself ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=912160 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:57:45 +0100 912160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=806016&cid=t_109864_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fstar-of-stage-screen-and-skid-row.html Sounds like Hollywood is poised to make another heartwarming movie about someone with mental illness who overcomes the odds. Jamie Foxx is set to play the part of Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, who "like 1% of the population has schizophrenia, sleeps on the sidewalk on skid row. His misfortune is to have the one disease for which there's no poster child, let alone a national telethon."That quote comes from Steve Lopez, a columnist for the LA Times who has been chronicling Nathanial's life. He has pulled his observations together into a book, which will be the basis for the movie starring Foxx.Nathanial's family, according to Lopez, couldn't get him to stay in treatment. As do so many schizophrenics, [his sister] Ayers-Moore says, her brother would improve with medication but then refuse to take ... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=806016 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:37:00 +0100 806016 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=700777&cid=t_109864_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fanosognosia-inconvenient-truth.html Mental health advocates who argue that court-ordered treatment is a violation of civil liberties conveniently disregard some scientific facts: severe mental illnesses are diseases of the brain, the very organ that allows us to reason and deliberate; some people with severe mental illnesses are affected to a degree that they are unable to make reasoned treatment decisions for themselves; anosognosia also occurs in some some individuals with strokes, brain tumors, Alzheimer’s disease, and Huntington’s diseases; that this “lack of insight” is a major cause of refusal to take medication; and, that medication can benefit many patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.Take the Bazelon Center for example. In their blanket opposition to assisted outpatient treatment, they summarily ... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=700777 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:32:00 +0100 700777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=677466&cid=t_109864_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F125509661%2F100_popular_words_of_the_hebbi.html Words of  Hebbian learners vary from setting to setting when asked to change or improve. Yet their responses seem strikingly similar to … I can’t … I won’t… others won’t support me… it won’t work … later maybe … there are no resources … it has yet to be proven … it’s not yet known well enough … it’s too much trouble … others won’t get it … we do it differently here … there’s no time … why bother … it’s too hard … risks are not rewarded here … I’m going to retire soon … I already have tenure … I might not get tenure if I do it … I already do all that stuff … others don’t  do it ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=677466 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:16:28 +0100 677466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=645412&cid=t_109864_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fdispelling-myths-strongest-support-for.html A commonly propagated myth in the mental health community is that people with severe mental illnesses oppose assisted treatment. In fact, some of the most articulate advocacy on this subject comes from people who have experienced the devastating consequences of untreated mental illness. Advocates like Jonathan Stanley, Valerie Fox, Donnie Buchanan, and Austin Mardon support interventions like assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) because they want to know that if they lose insight into their illness and begin to deteriorate, their families will be able to help them. Mr. Mardon said it so well in his op-ed in the Edmonton Journal this week:I live in constant fear of what will happen to me if I become extremely ill again. I am comforted knowing that if I become so ill that I can no longer unde... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=645412 Wed, 30 May 2007 14:21:00 +0100 645412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629466&cid=t_109864_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fwaiting-in-vain-getting-tx-in.html Liz Spikol, managing editor of Philadelphia Weekly wrote an excellent article addressing the involuntary commitment standard in Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia Weekly and on her blog she writes of the struggle to get treatment for people who lack insight into their illnesses."Since I started writing this column eight years ago, I’ve been flooded with requests for help from readers trying to get treatment for sick relatives or friends who are too psychotic and delusional to know they need it. These people are almost always turned away from hospitals because they don’t seem to present a clear and present danger—Pennsylvania’s current standard for involuntary treatment.""Now when caregivers ask me for help with an urgent situation, I tell them the truth: There’s nothing you can do. Yo... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629466 Tue, 22 May 2007 16:13:00 +0100 629466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=520600&cid=t_109864_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fletting-our-minds-wander.html This recent study from Vancouver provide insights into what our minds do when the wander. Wandering minds are not just a sign of inattentiveness, as these researchers show. When our minds are supposed to be working on a task, they often drift - whether we are aware of it or not. If our minds have wandered and we aren't fully aware of it, it's likely to be that dreamy right temporal lobe, repository for autobiographical memory, and emotionally significant music.Some people who depend on regular problem solving for their employment may want to access this "below-awareness pathway" so that they can generate new ideas and solutions from the extensive library of their personal experience. Activities that require a resting wakefulness - liking listening to familiar music or driving, jogging or p... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=520600 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:02:00 +0100 520600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552262&cid=t_109864_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F10%2Fpa-robert-flors-insight.html In the past, Robert Flor refused psychological evaluation and would not argue against getting the death penalty. After a week on new medication, that has all changed.The Bucks County man who admitted this week to killing a Newtown police officer now says he doesn't want to be put to death and would prefer to spend the rest of his life in prison, contrary to previous testimony in the case, according to his defense team.The defense says a new medication Robert Flor, 39, formerly of Bedminster, is taking for bipolar disorder, has dramatically changed his thinking and willingness to cooperate with his attorneys, prompting the change of heart.''What has happened in one week, we have literally moved heaven and earth,'' Bradley Bastedo, one of Flor's three attorneys, said in court Tuesday. Flor, ... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552262 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:44:00 +0100 552262