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2009 Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy Recommendations

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Earlier this month, I was honored to attend the 25th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy in Atlanta, Georgia. The focus of this symposium every year is to tackle a particular issue in ...

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Social Attachment, Motherhood, and Mental Illness

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

In early 2010, PBS will broadcast a 3-part series on emotions called "The Emotional Life," exploring ways to improve relationships, cope with emotional issues, and become more ...

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Children of Gay Parents

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Parenting is a complex task, one that doesn't lend itself to easy generalizations (which isn't going to stop me from making some in this ...

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Not So Brady: 4 Rules for Staying Together When You Remarry with Kids

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

There's a story ... of a lovely lady ... who meets her prince charming and the two of them ...

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Bye Bye Asperger’s Syndrome?

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Is the diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome -- a mild form of autism mostly diagnosed in boys -- heading the way of the dodo bird? A new article ...

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Introducing Weightless: A Blog About Body Image

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

You really can't help but be overwhelmed by the amount of focus these days on how a person looks. The people who are most harmed by this shallowness are women, especially young adults, as so ...

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Halloween Safety Tips for Trick or Treating

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Tomorrow is Halloween in the U.S., that time of the year that children dress up ...

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Oprah: The 7 Year Old With Schizophrenia

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

On October 6, 2009, the popular television show Oprah aired a program about a 7 ...

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The Psychology of the Parents of Balloon Boy

Monday, October 19th, 2009

This past week we saw the news media captivated by the idea that a 6-year-old boy, Falcon Heene had been ...

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Friday Flashback for October 16, 2009

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Yesterday I had the honor at presenting at the First International E-Mental Health Summit 2009 in Amsterdam, where I've spent the week exploring the wonderful cities of Bruges ...

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Facebook, Myspace and Twitter: Evil to Teens

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

"This technology may be interfering with the normal development of a generation, prolonging the “normal” narcissism of adolescence and preventing the ...

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Do Czech Teens Lie Online?

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Do Czech teens lie about themselves and their lives on their blogs? A new research study suggests the answer may surprise you -- generally, "No." In a survey of 113 teens, ages 13 to 17 years old, ...

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