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The Foster Care System and Its Victims Part 4

By Dr. Susanne Babbel, Ph.D., MFT on February 22, 2012 in Somatic Psychology

The cost of keeping the foster care system running is staggering... and yet is not nearly enough. Read More

Are Some People Born Lucky?

By Nigel Barber, Ph.D. on February 22, 2012 in The Human Beast

Sometimes a person is the victim of harrowing personal misfortunes. But sometimes we escape injury and death when it rains down liberally on many of the people around us. Read More

ICD-10-CM Delay Removes Excuse for Rushing DSM 5 Into Premature Publication

By Allen J. Frances, M.D. on February 22, 2012 in DSM5 in Distress

Until yesterday, there were only two reasons to stick with the projected date of DSM 5 publication (May 2013): 1) the need to coordinate DSM 5 with ICD-10-CM coding, which was scheduled to start Oct 2013; and, 2) the need to protect APA publishing profits in order to meet budget projections. The first reason just dropped out. Read More

Mental Health Gets Boost in London’s Olympic Legacy Planning

By Michael Otto, Ph.D. on February 20, 2012 in Exercise and Mood

On July 27th, the 2012 Summer Olympics will open in London, England. On March 16th, just over 4 months before and 5 miles from the Olympic opening event and stadium, over 200 mental health clinicians will be running or walking a prepared 5K course in Reagent’s Park in central London. What is the link between these two events? Read More

The High Incidence of Post Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Anxiety and Depression

By Martina M. Cartwright, Ph.D., R.D. on February 20, 2012 in Food For Thought

Many patients who are discharged from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) frequently suffer health problems long after they've left the hospital. Read More

The Sweet Song of the Shy Child

By Greg Markway, Ph.D., on February 19, 2012 in Shyness Is Nice

Parenting the shy or anxious child is a series of exercises in letting go. We want to protect our child from the difficulties and pain of the world, yet we know that meeting those challenges is what gives our child the strength to succeed. Read More

Living With Snakes

By Pat Shipman, Ph.D. on February 19, 2012 in The Animal Connection

Why are some people afraid of snakes and others not? Read More

Waiting for Results: What to Do... Eat? Pray? Google?

By Pamela Cytrynbaum on February 18, 2012 in Because I'm the Mom

However you get there—and we all get there—you're in The Waiting. Now, you may choose: How will I wait? To Google or not to Google. To share or not to share. To avoid, plan, grieve, freak, prepare, meditate, deny, indulge... How do YOU Wait? Eat, Pray, Google? Read More

Getting Over Stage Fright: Becoming an Effective Public Speaker

By Barbara Markway, Ph.D. on February 18, 2012 in Shyness Is Nice

Comedian Jerry Seinfield talks about a survey where people were asked about their greatest fears. Death came in at number two, while public speaking was number one. As Jerry put it: "So, if you're at a funeral, you're better off being in the casket than giving the eulogy." How do you feel when you step up to speak or perform? Read More

Battling Away the Fear of Failure

By Seth Slater, M.F.A. on February 17, 2012 in The Dolphin Divide

Mission impossible for Navy dolphin? Like a lot of high achievers, Flip believed failure just wasn't an option. Ever. What he didn't know was that it was the fear and not the failure that was getting in his way. Read More

The Seven Mindful Steps to Enhancing Your Life Expectancy

By Danny Penman, Ph.D. on February 17, 2012 in Mindfulness in a Frantic World

Last summer I went to a "life extension" conference at Cambridge University in the UK. Scientists from around the world had descended on this small English city to discuss ways of making immortality a reality...it struck me that the scientists at the conference had missed one of the most obvious ways of extending human life—mindfulness meditation. Read More

Is Religion Just a Downer?

By Nigel Barber, Ph.D. on February 16, 2012 in The Human Beast

In widely read earlier posts, I argued that the basic function of religion is coping with anxiety. More specifically, it helps people to deal with the stress of uncertainty from third-world living conditions (even if these happen to affect affluent people in countries like the U.S.). Read More

Wild Sex, Cars, and the Truth Talk

By Rita Watson on February 16, 2012 in With Love and Gratitude

When a car shows signs of stress, or needs a tune-up, men handle it immediately. There is a problem and men fix it. In a relationship, who is responsible for the tune up when a red flag is waving? Should women take the lead using their intuitive skills? Read More

Quitting Self-Injury

By Peter Adler, Ph.D., and Patti Adler, Ph.D. on February 16, 2012 in The Deviance Society

Self-Injury is sometimes viewed as addictive, but sociological research shows that people can and do quit for reasons and at points in their self-injury careers that follow predictable patterns. Read More

The TAO: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy

By Jenny C. Yip, Psy.D. on February 15, 2012 in The OCD Monster

The origins of "mindfulness" have its roots in Eastern thought. The Chinese term it "Taoism". The Japanese term it "Zen". Some have associated it with the practice of yoga, and with the religion of Buddhism. However, Tao in its purest sense is not religion or philosophy; nor is it psychology or a type of science. Simply put, Tao is a way and view of life. Read More

Hearing Impaired

By Abby Sher on February 15, 2012 in Amen, Amen, Amen

How I fill in the silences. Read More

Resolution, Resistance, Resolution

By Robin Zarel, LCSW on February 15, 2012 in Mind Over Matter

Dealing with internal and external resistances will help you achieve your goals. Read More

Men Fake Orgasms, Too

By Michael Castleman on February 14, 2012 in All About Sex

Over the past 40 years, many surveys have asked women if they've ever faked an orgasm, and consistently, half to two-thirds (53 percent to 65 percent) have said yes they have at least once. But men faking orgasm? That's unheard of. Well, no, not exactly. Read More

5 Tips for Postponing Procrastination

By Susan K. Perry, Ph.D. on February 14, 2012 in Creating in Flow

I hate it when I'm not doing what I know and feel I ought/want/need to be doing. ... Here, then, are a few ways to think about what might be holding YOU back. Read More

How to Survive Being Scolded

By Anneli Rufus on February 14, 2012 in Stuck

Because we hate ourselves, the slightest sign of disapproval from another, almost any other—from the CEO to the tantrum-wracked toddler to the raving ragged wastrel in the park wagging a finger in our direction—undoes us. Read More

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