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Joann Ellison Rodgers

Extreme Psychology
For a small band of shrinks, intervening in catastrophic situations is an everyday event. But their experience at the edge has deep consequences for us all: It is altering our understanding of the true nature of human nature.
Altered Ego
With time, a bit of elbow grease, and an understanding of your own character strengths, you can become friendlier, more caring, and less stressed by life.
Psychosurgery
Offers a look at the treatment dilemma posed by psychosurgery, surgery to treat psychiatric disorders. Experts know something about mental illness and about operations that can help some patients, but they don't know enough to completely ensure everyone that the surgery is worth the risk. Its evolution; Nothing has been written to update the public about the new operations over the past ten years; Interview with Matthew, a patient of psychosurgery; His routine; More.
Psychologists at home, part II
Presents information from top therapists Michele Weiner-Davis, MSW and James Pennebaker, PhD, on whether or not their professional expertise gives them an advantage in finding solutions to common problems in their own lives. How Weiner-Davis uses her knowledge of how people develop and change when dealing with her adolescent children; The key to reducing stress; How Pennebaker uses a diary or journal to help him cope; His reaction to being denied tenure; More.
Guinea Pig Nation
Why do some people repeatedly volunteer to suffer for science? (Hint: It's not just the money.) But their makeup may be unique, rendering them dubious stand-ins for the rest of us.
Addiction: Whole New View
We're all capable of being addicts. Here's the lowdown on our fight against addiction.
Flirting Fascination
The science of flirting. The capacity of men and women to flirt turns out to be a remarkable set of behaviors embedded deep in our psyches.
Psychologists at Home Part I

A look inside the lives of a few top psychologists and psychiatrists, including Joseph Barber, Ph.D., Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., and Joyce Brothers. Part I of a two-part series.

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