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Integrative Medicine

Chronic Pain Is an Over-Determined Survival Response

By Robert C. Smith M.D. on October 21, 2018 in Patient Zero

Chronic pain patients are simply trying to survive.

Relationships

Connect Better with Your Romantic Partner

By Theresa E DiDonato Ph.D. on October 20, 2018 in Meet, Catch, and Keep

Want more enjoyment, intimacy, and trust? Make this adjustment and you might be surprised by the benefits.

Sex

Why You Won’t Talk About Sexual Issues with Your Partner

By David Ludden Ph.D. on October 20, 2018 in Talking Apes

Intimacy issues are difficult to discuss, but they’re also among the most important conflicts couples need to resolve.

Happiness

Would Winning the Lottery Really Change Your Life?

By Wendy L. Patrick, Ph.D. on October 19, 2018 in Why Bad Looks Good

Think you would quit your job and retire on a tropical island? Don't be so sure. Research reveals the surprising habits of lottery winners.

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Self-Help

Creativity: Break On Through

By Joseph Cardillo Ph.D. on October 21, 2018 in Attention Training

Details you are responding to can surprisingly connect you to other situations in your life and to the lives of others in the way metaphors, analogies and dream imagery might.

Social Life

Are Americans Less Obedient than People in Other Countries?

By Lawrence T. White Ph.D. on October 21, 2018 in Culture Conscious

Milgram demonstrated that most Americans will obey an authority figure who instructs them to shock another person. Are people in other countries even more likely to be obedient?

Ethics and Morality

Sex With Inmates

By Joseph H. Baskin M.D. on October 21, 2018 in Cell Block

Why would a corrections employee risk having sex with an inmate?

Neuroscience

Deficits in Cognition

By Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D. on October 21, 2018 in Brain and Behavior

Cognitive functions are often impaired in schizophrenia, and are not addressed by medicines that temper a patient’s psychotic symptoms. 

Creativity

Why I Write

By Cathy Malchiodi PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT on October 21, 2018 in Arts and Health

I am deeply in love with the beauty of well-chosen words and those who write them. Why do you write?

Happiness

The Transformative Power of One Simple Communication Tool

By Harriet Lerner Ph.D. on October 21, 2018 in The Dance of Connection

If you're stuck in fights that go nowhere, practice this simple communication tool.

Self-Help

Are You True to Yourself?

By Stephen Joseph Ph.D. on October 21, 2018 in What Doesn't Kill Us

To be able to be assertive and to say no, we need to be able to listen to our own inner voice to know exactly where we draw the boundaries around us in our lives.

Happiness

5 Actions to Create Greater Meaning and Joy

By Ilene Berns-Zare PsyD on October 21, 2018 in Flourish and Thrive: Navigating transitions with mindfulness and resilience

Want to create more meaning and well-being in your life? Here are some actions that can make a positive difference.

Depression

Physician Wellness Doesn't Mean More Yoga

By Amy Barnhorst MD on October 21, 2018 in In Crisis

Doctors have high rates of depression and suicide, and organizations are creating all kinds of wellness programs to address this. But what if part of the problem is us?

Ethics and Morality

Here's Why We Should Talk to Each Other Differently

By David B Seaburn Ph.D., L.M.F.T. on October 21, 2018 in Going Out Not Knowing

We need to learn how to talk with each other differently. Here's why.

Relationships

Globalizing Our Mating Rituals

By Haruna Miyamoto-Borg LCSW on October 21, 2018 in Couples and Culture

Is it possible that the trend of meeting a potential partner via online allows us to open up to possibilities for love and partnership in ways that were not available to us before?

Stress

Stress, Story and the Unspoken Connection

By Joscelyn Duffy on October 21, 2018 in The Power of Personal Narrative

What is really happening when we use our narratives to attempt to alleviate the stress of traumatic life experiences? And what role does meaning-making play?

Personality

31 Knights of Halloween: "The Ring"

By Anthony Tobia, M.D. on October 21, 2018 in Views Through the Psychiatrist’s Lens

"Seven days" after 31 Knights of Halloween profiled Urban Legend (1998), the phone rings and our focus turns to The Ring's urban legend!

Anxiety

Worried and Prepared

By Richard B. Joelson DSW, LCSW on October 21, 2018 in Moments That Matter

Anticipation as a form of preparedness…

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Therapy

When Your Clients Don’t Do Their Homework

By Marty Nemko Ph.D. on October 20, 2018 in How To Do Life

Often it's the practitioner's fault. Here are solutions.

Relationships

Stages of Estrangement: Shock

By Tina Gilbertson LPC, BC-TMH on October 20, 2018 in Constructive Wallowing

If you’ve been cut off by your adult child, you may go through up to five different stages before this is all over – and they’re not the same as stages of grief.

Creativity

Unlock Your Linguistic Creativity

By Moses Ma on October 20, 2018 in The Tao of Innovation

A sign of deep creativity is the ability to create new words on the fly. Consider William Shakespeare, he invented over 2000 words. Here's your chance to learn how to emulate him.

Creativity

The Man Who Drew Neurons

By Loretta G. Breuning Ph.D. on October 20, 2018 in Your Neurochemical Self

The man who discovered the synapse wrote a book of career advice a century ago. His advice helps you stimulate your happy chemicals (dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin).

Relationships

Who Has the Power in Your Relationship?

By Isadora Alman MFT, CST on October 20, 2018 in Sex & Sociability

Sex. Money. If there is an obvious power imbalance in your relationship is it something that can be re-negotiated? Perhaps yes, perhaps not.

Gender

The Holocaust Survivor's Beauty Contest

By Ellyn Kaschak Ph.D. on October 20, 2018 in She Comes a Long Way, Baby

Is there anywhere, even in Concentration Camps and at the level of the presidency, where women aren't judged by the male gaze. What can we do about it?

Relationships

5 Keys to Successful Relationships

By Robert Taibbi L.C.S.W. on October 20, 2018 in Fixing Families

There are 5 key areas vital for building a solid relationship foundation. What to do and not do for relationship success.

Diet

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

By Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on October 20, 2018 in You Are What You Eat

Respect the ingredients!

Cognition

Da Vinci Was Right: The Cerebellum Deserves More Recognition

By Christopher Bergland on October 20, 2018 in The Athlete's Way

Before the 21st century, most experts thought the cerebellum wasn't involved in how we think. But new research shows a link between the cerebellum and multiple cognitive processes.

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Happiness

9 Ways to Enhance Aesthetics and Beauty In Our Daily life

By Shahram Heshmat Ph.D. on October 20, 2018 in Science of Choice

Artful living means taking a genuine interest in all details of daily life.

Animal Behavior

Different Views on How to Make Zoos More Resident-Friendly

By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. on October 20, 2018 in Animal Emotions

A summary of selected papers from the Detroit Zoological Society’s Global Animal Welfare Congress, Zoos and Aquariums as Welfare Centres: Ethical Dimensions and Global Commitment.

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Law and Crime

Menace to Society

By Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on October 20, 2018 in Therapy, It’s More Than Just Talk

The attack was perpetrated by one man, Anders Breivik, in his 20s, with a back story of being a loner, suffused with xenophobic, neo-Nazi ideas.

Psychiatry

31 Knights of Halloween: Insidious

By Anthony Tobia, M.D. on October 20, 2018 in Views Through the Psychiatrist’s Lens

If you have watched Insidious, you must read this analysis of James Wan's creepy tale of the Lambert family!

Anxiety

The Latest Way to Conquer Social Anxiety Uses a New Mindset

By Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D. on October 20, 2018 in Fulfillment at Any Age

People with social anxiety look with trepidation on situations where others see them. New research suggests a way that they worry less by putting their troubling thoughts on hold.

Race and Ethnicity

Epigenetic Relatedness: The Refutation of Biological Racism?

By Christopher Badcock Ph.D. on October 20, 2018 in The Imprinted Brain

Relatedness based on the expression of genes rather than their inheritance refutes racism in individuals and in general.

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