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How Do You Treat Empty-Nest Depression?

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Several mom friends of mine have lately come down with a bad case of "empty-nest depression" -- moms who just dropped off their youngest offspring to ...

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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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Group Therapy for Binge Eating

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Binge eating disorder is characterized by a person having frequent episodes of eating what others would consider an abnormally large amount of food, while ...

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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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What Health Care Reform Means for Mental Health

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Now that it looks like some form of health care reform will be passed this year -- barring a catastrophe like Joe Lieberman -- we have some idea of how the eventual act will affect ...

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Depression, Lifestyle and Processed Food

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

We know that people who are depressed don't eat as well as people who don't have depression. So not ...

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Design Can Encourage Greater Self-Disclosure

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Every day, our behavior is directly influenced by a number of factors, some of which we may not even ...

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5 Emotional Vampires and How to Combat Them

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

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Why Sleeping On It Helps

Monday, October 26th, 2009

We're often told, "You should sleep on it" before you make an important decision. Why is that? How does "sleeping on it" help your decision-making ...

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