World of Psychology

Archive for March, 2006

Living in a Small Town…

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

I’m not a native New Englander, as anyone who talks to me for more than 3 minutes knows. I’ve lived in many different and diverse …

New York Times Examines Declining Fees For Mental Health Therapists

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

The New York Times on Sunday examined how mental health practitioners “are feeling an economic pinch, partly because of insurance reimbursement schedules that they …

Bipolar Depression Test

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

Researchers have developed a simple three-question screening test to sort bipolar depression from unipolar depression.

There are important reasons to distinguish between the two, such as …

Gripers throng the Internet

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Quote of the day…. Bad tippers, watch out!!

Terence Banich had been outed as a bad tipper, and he didn’t even know it. He popped up …

Study: Schizophrenia Linked to Autoimmune Disorders

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

A study published in the March American Journal of Psychiatry found a stronger association between schizophrenia and autoimmune diseases than previously suspected.

Dr. William W. …

Omega 3 Fatty Acids

Monday, March 27th, 2006

A study just released boasts dramatic improvements in ADHD symptoms in children who took fish oil supplements, which contain Omega 3 fatty acids.

94% of …

Bipolar Depression

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

McMan’s Depression and Bipolar Web is a great site hosting articles written by John McManamy, a medical journalist who also has bipolar disorder. Among …

Why People Don’t Like to Pay for Psychotherapy

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

A recent comment in another’s blog got me to thinking — why do people not blink at the cost of consumer goods such as a …

A Follow-up to the STAR*D Results

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

I just wanted to write a quick follow-up to the two studies published earlier this week in the New England Journal of Medicine on the …

Why Won’t the Journal ‘Nature’ Release Its Data?

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

This month, Britannica released a response (PDF) to an article that appeared in the Dec. 15, 2005 issue of Nature. The one disturbing …

Is Drug Treament for Early Psychosis Necessary?

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

A research review study by John Bola, assistant professor at the University of Southern California School of Social Work, found no solid evidence that …

Continuous Partial Attention

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

Levy: (Some) Attention Must Be Paid!

Continuous partial attention is a term to describe a specific phenomenon, which was coined by Linda Stone, a former …

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