Tag: psychology
member name: Duane B.
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July 28, 2006 08:39 AM EDT --
The latest issue of Babytalk magazine, a free publication focusing on mothers of infants, has dared to break the Great American Breast Taboo. On the cover of a recent issue is a picture of . . .
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August 01, 2006 12:00 PM EDT --
I was counseling a forty something that was having problems with the women in his life. He was twice divorced and raising a son on his own. He was an entertainer who traveled the world . . .
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June 25, 2007 11:04 AM EDT --
Some years ago when my family was living in Europe, managing the financial operations of an American corporation, we were in the US for annual home leave and were invited to have dinner with . . .
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October 20, 2006 10:58 AM EDT --
Fifty years before Charles Darwin published his famous landmark book on the theory of evolution, a Frenchman, Jean-Baptiste Larmarck published his own theory, one that was based on the idea . . .
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October 15, 2006 12:59 PM EDT --
Any reports of child abuse or neglect are upsetting and disturbing, but I find the recent reports of alleged deliberate starvation of children to be inexplicable and reprehensible . . .
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August 03, 2006 10:29 AM EDT --
The only thing that is constant in life is change. We see, hear and feel the constant change in our modern lives every day. Not only does change affect our personal lives, but, . . .
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December 08, 2007 01:12 PM EST --
William Saletan, writing in Slate, criticizes a study that appeared in Nature Neuroscience that concludes that “conservatives” are less intelligent, . . .
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May 23, 2008 03:54 PM EDT --
In WWI they called it "shell shocked", in WWII it was called "combat fatigue. In Vietnam it was "the thousand yard stare", but it is as old as human warfare. . . .
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October 09, 2006 08:23 AM EDT --
A horrible crime like the shootings at a one-room Amish schoolhouse always raises questions about the motives and mental state of the perpetrator. This case, that left five young girls and the . . .
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April 15, 2007 10:08 AM EDT --
You’re a Methodist; I’m a Methodist, or Baptist, Lutheran, Catholic, or any of the other Christian denominations. We share the same theology, beliefs and values, and yet in too . . .
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June 13, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
An article appearing in the latest issue of NEWSWEEK reveals a secret that I, as a retired therapist, was well aware of: sometimes psychotherapy is more than just ineffective, sometimes . . .
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October 01, 2006 01:51 PM EDT --
The first large scale study of the use of medications for ADHD support a genetic link to the disorder. The parents of children taking medication for ADHD were nines times more likely to be taking . . .
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March 08, 2007 09:01 AM EST --
Anyone following the political news in the last few years knows what a stir Ann Coulter has caused with her outspoken, bombastic and controversial comments and accusations verbally and in print. . . .
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August 07, 2007 10:43 AM EDT --
Two studies published in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry support the position that ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a real disease linked to a gene variant . . .
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July 31, 2006 10:08 AM EDT --
My first article on sexual hysteria, Breast Hysteria, outlined the American obsession with breasts and the revulsion, in some quarters, with the concept and images of a mother breast-feeding her infant. . . .
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September 23, 2006 10:12 AM EDT --
Men and women of short stature have, and continue to, make remarkable contributions in every area of human endeavor. A person's height indicates nothing about their intellect, wisdom, or any other . . .
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December 31, 2007 10:36 AM EST --
We rarely see a person with a physical illness or injury that is offered treatment and refuses. In fact, we know that that are literally millions of Americans who have physical . . .
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January 12, 2008 08:56 AM EST --
ABC's 20/20 program aired a very interesting program on January 11 th that sought to find the happiest country on earth. The survey that answered the question was . . .
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March 23, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
A recent survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public life shows that almost 40% of Americans have changed their religion since their childhood, with a growing number dropping any religious . . .
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August 26, 2006 09:05 AM EDT --
The California Senate approved a bill to permit the distribution of condoms in California jails if signed by Governor Schwarzenegger. Opponents of the bill claim that the distribution of . . .
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