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The State of the American Woman

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Image by of Kris Timken/Corbis About a month ago, Time Magazine published the results of a landmark survey gauging where America stands on ...

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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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5 Clues You Should Be Letting Go of Something

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Awhile back I discussed Eileen Flanagan's book, The Wisdom to Know the Difference. If you'd like to learn more about her, visit her website at www.EileenFlanagan.com. Therese: What ...

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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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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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Psychotherapists Unmasked on the Internet

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Five years ago I was having lunch with my father, a psychiatrist of almost 45 years. He was ...

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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 7 Laws of Boundaries

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

One of the classic books on how to establish better personal boundaries is "Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No, To Take ...

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Talking about our weight, the circumference of our thighs or our disastrous double chin is as natural (and hard to resist) as comparing ourselves to others, which is as natural (and hard to resist) as ...

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