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 'irving'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:45:17 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3363685&cid=t_244809_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F14%2Fis-psychiatry-a-science%2F In a nearly 6,000-word essay, Louis Menand asks the question of the hour in the March 1 edition of The New Yorker. Menard lays out in excruciating detail the questions revolving around psychiatry these days, including the recent research into drug trials that suggests that some of the science psychiatry is founded upon is sometimes … Well, how shall we put it? Lacking. But it is a thoughtful piece that just doesn’t review two recent books — Gary Greenberg’s Manufacturing Depression and Irving Kirsch’s The Emperor’s New Drugs — but provides a fairly balanced set of observations and valuable historical insights about these never-ending arguments that seem to pervade psychiatry (and psychology and mental disorders in general). Questions such as: What is the basi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3363685 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:10:22 +0100 3363685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2923244&cid=t_244809_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FvR1CVTgo3yw%2F Matt Yglesias identifies a puzzle, comparing Cold War/Irving Kristol neoconservatism to today’s Weekly Standard Wilsonianism: [E]ven though the high-level theoretical content of the realpolitiker 70s version of neoconservatism and the Wilsonian 2000s version of neoconservatism seem very different, the operational content is extremely similar. You have support for higher defense budgets, a tendency toward threat-inflation and hysteria, a belief in an aggressive military posture and extensive saber-rattling, hostility to negotiations, and hostility to international law both in theory and in practice. This was initially presented to the world as a “realistic” alternative to lefty critiques of US support for anti-communist dictators and more recently appeared as an “idealistic” c... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2923244 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:52:57 +0100 2923244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751973&cid=t_244809_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F01%2Fcan-art-improve-your-health%2F It’s not news to most of us that our environment can have an impact on our mood. A cloudy day. Working in a cubicle farm. Growing up in poverty. But can it also impact our health? There’s a growing body of research that suggests the beneficial effects of picking and hanging the “right” artwork in hospitals, to help healing and improve patients’ mood: Nanda, who has a doctorate in architecture with a specialization in health-care systems and design, says scientific studies show that art can aid in the recovery of patients, shorten hospital stays and help manage pain. But she says it has to be the right art - vivid paintings of landscapes, friendly faces and familiar objects can lower blood pressure and heart rate, while abstract pictures can have the opposite ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751973 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:20:00 +0100 2751973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447679&cid=t_244809_109_f&fid=35451&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jung-at-heart.com%2Fjung_at_heart%2Ffat_betty.html A few days ago a friend reminded me of  an essay written by Irving Yalom, "Fat Lady". I read it when the book, Love's Executioner back in 1989. The essay bothered me then and now it has surfaced in my consciousness again, still bothering me. A Google search tells me that this piece is used in a variety of training programs and it seems usually there is praise that Yalom admitted his bias. But I have a different thought.   The following passage opens Yalom's story, ‚"Fat Lady". In this story, Yalom, a psychiatrist, tells how he treated his obese patient, Betty, and how this process helped her lose nearly 100 pounds.   “The day Betty entered my office, the instant I saw her steering her ponderous two-hundred-fifty-pound, five-foot-two-inch frame toward my trim, h... Jung At Heart blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447679 Sun, 31 May 2009 21:48:47 +0100 2447679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1366582&cid=t_244809_109_f&fid=35451&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jung-at-heart.com%2Fjung_at_heart%2Ftherapeutic_space_revisited.html Yesterday I ran across an interesting blog post about the possibility of therapist and patient blogging together about the therapy -- you can read it here.  After reflecting on how blogging is of use for her in her therapy, she goes on to consider co-blogging and suggests: "Idea # 2: Start a new Co-blog This idea was inspired by an Irvin Yalom story about how, after each therapy session, he and a patient wrote a brief synopsis about each of their experiences, learnings, understandings etc. in that session. They then shared what they wrote at the beginning of the next session. It was intriguing how each picked different components of the session as meaningful. It seemed like a really interesting way for a patient to learn to fully understand their behaviours and experiences from a th... Jung At Heart blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1366582 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:14:37 +0100 1366582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=655717&cid=t_244809_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F122137421%2Fparrots_on_telegraph_hill_mixe.html A heart story – with wings for the mind - it’s been called Top 10 Film of the Year.Washington Post said of it … “You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and your heart is guaranteed to soar at least as high as Pushkin, Connor, Sophie, and the rest of the flock.” The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is more than a romance and comedy with a surprise ending. It’s the career story of Mark Bittner who cares for a flock of wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill - as together they mix two worlds, and by so doing – they leave an amazing legacy of leadership within lush green garden niches of San Francisco. PBS described it as Mark Bittner’s search for meaning in life, unaware that the green and red birds would bring him everything he seeks.This film illustrates ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=655717 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:37:15 +0100 655717