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Blogs » HAS THE TERM ‘DEMENTIA’ OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS?
I invite you to imagine a world without ‘dementia’. It is not that I have found a cure for all so-called dementias, or discovered a strategy to prevent them in the future. I am referring to the term ‘dementia’ (from Latin demens, meaning without mind) which has done much disservice to patients and physicians for far too long [1]. Should … [Fuente]
Blogs » Forgiveness is a Gift, But to Whom?
In a recent post by Mbali Creazzo, she discussed the gift of letting go. In other words, the gift of forgiveness. We often think of forgiving someone as a gift to them, but as Mbali shared her thoughts, it was easy to grasp the fact that forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself."When we are hurt we can go … [Fuente]
Blogs » What Your Sleeping Positions Reveal About Your Relationship
from Divorce360Do you like to snuggle up to your honey under the covers, or are you the type who needs your space? Your behavior in bed may be trying to tell you something important about the health of your relationship. "The way partners share a bed says a huge amount how much they really like each other, trust and feel … [Fuente]
The Situationist » System Justification and the Meaning of Life
Situationist Contributor John T. Jost and his co-authors Lindsay E. Rankin and Cheryl J. Wakslak recently published a fascinating article, titled “System Justification and the Meaning of Life: Are the Existential Benefits of Ideology Distributed Unequally Across Racial Groups?” 22, Social Justice Research 312 (2009). Here’s the abstract. * * * In this research, we investigated the relations among system … [Fuente]
Blogs » Movement to Action: A Nonverbal
We often think about nonverbal communications as only encompassing body language, but that is a very narrow view. In fact, anything that communicates, which sends a message that is not a word, however slight or nuanced, is a “nonverbal” message. We are bombarded by images (subtle and not so subtle) all day long and they influence how we behave and … [Fuente]
Advances in the History of Psychology » Teaching the History of Psychology
The February 2010 issue of the APA’s Monitor on Psychology contains an article on the teaching of the history of psychology. The article explores the status of history of psychology in North American psychology programs, noting that, many educators believe the history of psychology should be required as part of every student’s training at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Studying … [Fuente]
Blogs » Super Bowl and Suicide
My Super Bowl story (and betting pick) was off a notch. I featured the Manning family and Peyton, quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts, who were bested by Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints.Brees' outstanding performance in the Super Bowl speaks for itself – as does his entire season. Especially as his success marked his return from a bad shoulder … [Fuente]
All In The Mind » The biz of communicating science
The Australian Science Communicators Conference is on in Canberra this week. By the looks of the final program there is a big emphasis on science reporting this year – unusually - and I so should be there and not here! There is some great twitter coverage coming from the floor though – so you can eavesdrop on the proceedings if you're curious (follow … [Fuente]
Shrink Rap » What's A Psychiatric Emergency?
People have been writing in to respond to my Emergency! post and asking what constitutes an emergency in psychiatry. Some people are worried that I'll be taken advantage of if I'm too easy to schedule emergent appointments.So what's a psychiatric emergency?First, let me say that by design, I keep my life a little lose. I don't like scheduling far in … [Fuente]
Mind Hacks » Nine Legendary Hypochondriacs
ABC Radio National's Late Night Live has a fascinating discussion with the author of a new book on nine famous hypochondriacs: James Boswell, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, Alice James, Daniel Paul Schreber, Marcel Proust, Glenn Gould and Andy Warhol. I'm not sure Daniel Paul Schreber is necessarily the best example of someone with hypochondria is he is famous … [Fuente]
Blogs » Eating Your Way to a Good Night’s Sleep
The new year typically brings a fresh batch of health tips and ideas for living better from all directions in the media. I recently read an interesting set of ideas online geared specifically for restful sleep, courtesy of a new book by Elizabeth Somer, RD, called Eat Your Way to Happiness from my friends the YOU DOCs, Dr. Michael Roizen … [Fuente]
Blogs » Seeking a happy relationship? Seek this important trait!
Seeking a happy relationship? If so – what traits are you prioritzing finding in a partner? Most of the people I coach say they focus mainly on finding a partner who is sexy, smart, funny, successful, charismatic. Although these qualities are important, in my book PRINCE HARMING SYNDROME I explain how there are 5 essential traits which must come far … [Fuente]
Blogs » Unfathomable Even to Brilliant, Kind, and Open Minds: The Securely Single
Today, Psychology Today highlighted a quote from Jen Kim's recent post, "To be or not to be (in love): That is the question." The quote, referring to Valentine's Day and all the "survival guides" published to mark the day, was this: "Do we really get that close to death if we spend this day alone?" That made me think that … [Fuente]
Blogs » Advice from a Stodgy Bastard
Even though I'm at a university that values teaching over research, I still get many (many) students interested in working in my lab in some capacity (currently, my "lab" is technically a basement office that would be blank except for my lab manager's Flight of the Conchords posters, but you get the gist). I realized that there are some straightforward … [Fuente]
Blogs » How to Think More Like a Cat… and Overcome Your Worries
I've been interested in the nature of worry for a number of years, devouring the research on this important topic, writing articles and a couple of self-help books, and giving talks. Before I give a workshop I obsessively check my powerpoint slides, double-check the hotel reservation, and make a couple of copies of my electronic files and email them to … [Fuente]
Blogs » Can Animals Cry?
Watching the American Kennel Club/Eukanuba National Championship on TV two nights ago, my husband and I marveled at the beautiful dogs striding and sleeking around the stadium. "Look how happy that guy looks," my husband said of the Siberian husky. "He looks like he's laughing."The standard poodle looked snooty. The Irish setter looked proud. But were they, really? Were what … [Fuente]
Blogs » Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Nice Genes!
If you are a hopeless romantic like me, Valentine's Day conjures erotic images of neurotransmitters, hormones, and evolutionarily-derived mate selection strategies. The deeply romantic among us will ask themselves this simple question: did fate bless me with my partner-for-life, or was I influenced by the choices of 10,000 generations who preceded me?Over at ironshrink.com, I've written a piece on why … [Fuente]
Blogs » The Power of Unseen Presences
First a dropping. A dropping in the pantry beside the grains. I cleared the shelf and discovered a trail of them. A trail of traces but never a mouse. The idea of a mouse had been present in me: I'd seen our cat sniff at the stack of grocery bags in the corner, choose to take her nap on the … [Fuente]
Blogs » Children of Addiction
Thirty years ago I began working with children impacted by addiction in their family. Addiction in the family is a legacy that continues to thrive, although today we have a much better understanding of how children are influenced when raised with the chaos and fear that permeate an addictive family. Recently I was confronted with issues of children on two … [Fuente]
Blogs » "There Is Certainly No Greater Happiness…"
“There is certainly no greater happiness, than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow.” — Samuel Johnson * A reader sent me the link to this fabulous item on etsy — a great, stylish way to track resolutions. … [Fuente]
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