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	<description>Dr. John Grohol&#039;s daily update on all things in psychology and mental health. Since 1999.</description>
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		<title>A Look at the DSM-V Draft</title>
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Tomorrow will mark the release of the first public draft of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition &#8212; also known as the DSM-V. (As you can see, we have an exclusive first-copy of it to the right!)
Because we were not on the American Psychiatric Association&#8217;s media list, we didn&#8217;t receive a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/09/a-look-at-the-dsm-v-draft/</link>
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		<title>7 Office Depression Busters: Tips for Work Depression</title>
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In his classic, &#8220;The Prophet,&#8221; Kahlil Gibran writes:
Always you have been told that work is a curse &#8230; But I say to you that when you work you fulfill a part of earth&#8217;s furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born.
Unfortunately Kahlil&#8217;s words don&#8217;t jibe with a new Australian study that found almost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/09/7-office-depression-busters-tips-for-work-depression/</link>
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		<title>Introducing the Pop Psychology Blog</title>
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Genders issues in mainstream psychology are of interest to a great many people, us included. So we&#8217;re happy to welcome Yale University student, Johannah Cousins, as our newest blogger to be blogging about the intersection of gender issues and pop psychology in her new blog, Pop Psychology.
Johannah Cousins is a senior English major at Yale [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/08/introducing-the-pop-psychology-blog/</link>
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		<title>Watching Others Do Good, Clean Scents Promote Altruism</title>
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What would you say if I told you that simply observing people thanking others induced more altruism? The simple act of watching someone else do something uplifting or a good deed motivates us to also do good. At least that&#8217;s what researchers found in a recent demonstration of this effect at the University of Plymouth.
In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/07/watching-others-do-good-clean-scents-promote-altruism/</link>
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		<title>Facebook Continues to Dominate Among Youth</title>
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Last week, we discovered that 4 out of 5 teens prefer and use Facebook over the leading sugarless gum.
Oh, sorry, I meant to say that while 7 out of 10 (73% to be exact) teens use social networking websites like Facebook, only 1 in 12 teens use Twitter. Clearly, the still-in-place-to-be is on Facebook and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/06/facebook-continues-to-dominate-among-youth/</link>
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		<title>Newsweek: Do Antidepressants Work? For Many People, YES!</title>
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I admire Newsweek writer Sharon Begley&#8217;s work &#8230; especially when she explains ways we can try to rewire our brain. But I found last week&#8217;s cover story irresponsible. If, for no other reason, than its title and subtitle: &#8220;The Depressing News About Antidepressants: Studies Suggest That the Popular Drugs Are No More Effective Than a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/05/newsweek-do-antidepressants-work-for-many-people-yes/</link>
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		<title>Super Bowl Sunday, Domestic Violence &amp; Your Health</title>
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It&#8217;s that time again&#8230; When Super Bowl Sunday dominates the U.S. headlines, and people plan their Sunday evenings around a get-together, party, or the game. It&#8217;s also a good time to look at two stories related to Super Bowl Sunday.
The first is the largely debunked myth that domestic violence calls spike around Super Bowl Sunday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/04/super-bowl-sunday-domestic-violence-your-health/</link>
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		<title>Internet Addiction and Depression</title>
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A new study came out today that suggests that people who use the Internet a lot share something in common &#8212; depression. What the study does not find is whether depression causes people to turn to the Internet for their social interactions, or whether excessive use of the Internet &#8220;makes&#8221; people more depressed:

Psychologists from Leeds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/03/internet-addiction-and-depression/</link>
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		<title>Kids and Depression: Parents&#8217; Call To Action, Part 3</title>
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How To Monitor and Stabilize Depression in Teens and Children
Each time I write a prescription, I have a certain amount of trepidation. Although I know that medications can help, I am also aware of their limitations. It is also important to be vigilant as to whether there are other key factors that are causing a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/03/kids-and-depression-parents-call-to-action-part-3/</link>
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		<title>Meeting With My First Therapy Client</title>
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I just finished a 40-day winter break from graduate school. After a quick but intense first semester, I was a bit crispy around the edges and welcomed the vacation. But now it is back to school and the next chapter in my journey towards becoming a clinical therapist.
In less than two weeks, I will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/02/meeting-with-my-first-therapy-client/</link>
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		<title>Kids and Depression: Parents&#8217; Call To Action, Part 2</title>
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What Is Psychiatric Treatment?
Although we occasionally read about psychiatrists who are accused of overprescribing medications, and antidepressant usage is hotly debated, in most cases a patient’s quality of life is a psychiatrist’s number one priority (as it is with all medical doctors), and restoring a patient to optimum health is our goal. Parents whom I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/02/kids-and-depression-parents-call-to-action-part-2/</link>
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		<title>How Do I Find a Good Psychiatrist?</title>
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This month Guideposts magazine published my story about the morning I met Dr. Smith at the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center. It read a little bit like a fairy tale &#8230;  as soon as I met the right psychiatrist, I was fixed for good! And I never, ever cried again.
I didn&#8217;t have room to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/02/how-do-i-find-a-good-psychiatrist/</link>
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		<title>Jerilyn Ross, Leader in Raising Awareness About Anxiety</title>
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Ms. Ross was the co-founder, President and CEO of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to raise public awareness about anxiety and its treatment. She passed away early last month. Below is an obituary for this remarkable woman, Jerilyn Ross, An Advocate for the Anxious, by Benedict Carey as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/01/jerilyn-ross-leader-in-raising-awareness-about-anxiety/</link>
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		<title>Kids and Depression: Parents&#8217; Call To Action, Part 1</title>
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As a child psychiatrist, I help teenagers struggling with depression, bipolar disorder, and suicide. It’s also my job to communicate with parents during what is often a very difficult and scary time. More than anything, parents want their children to be okay, and I often encourage them by stressing that mental illness is highly treatable, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/01/kids-and-depression-parents-call-to-action-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Are Antidepressants Really That Ineffective?</title>
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The more researchers delve into the research behind antidepressants &#8212; the class of drugs commonly prescribed to treat depression &#8212; the more they find that perhaps the majority of antidepressants&#8217; treatment effect is based upon the simple belief that the drug will help. 
Newsweek&#8217;s Sharon Begley has a lengthy article discussing the growing body of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/01/are-antidepressants-really-that-ineffective/</link>
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