2006 12.12.06 - Psych Central

Archive for 2006

The Quality of Online Support Communities: People not Posts

The popularity of online communities has never been stronger, with the growth of new groups (such as YouTube) skyrocketing past those of old. But sometimes people and companies confuse what makes a popular community, well, ... Read more... »

10 Things You Can Do Differently Today

Every year, at about this time, magazines, newspapers and websites (including ours!) publish their usual article on how to keep your New Year's resolutions. We all seem to forget that many people – perhaps most ... Read more... »

Thyroid and Mood

Thyroid hormone levels are linked with well-being among patients on thyroid hormone replacement therapy, a recent study has found. The thyroid gland, in the lower neck, produces hormones which regulate our metabolism and have direct effects ... Read more... »

Upcoming Psychiatric Medications in the Pipeline

It's hard to understand all of the drugs in development for mental disorders, but here are a few that we've been able to get a handle on. Some drugs are on the short-term horizon, while ... Read more... »

It’s All In How You Look At It: Transforming Holiday Angst into Gratitude

“Here it is again: The holidays. I have to shop. I hate to shop. I have to cook. I hate to cook. The relatives are coming – never did like Aunt Gertrude. Another office party ... Read more... »

Postpartum Mood Disorders: Common, Complex, Distinct and Treatable

Belinda looks at her 9-day-old son and feels the tears well up again. She's surprised at how her moods have swung from joyful to sad and back over and over again since his delivery. "This ... Read more... »

Organizing for Illness

My grandmother once told me, "Getting older is not for sissies." As the health of her friends declined, she found it sad and painful not to be able to help in meaningful ways. Now in ... Read more... »

Are You Lonely?

Many years ago, when I was a young adolescent, an adult in my life said that she dreamed about a great chasm, a chasm so deep that she couldn't see to the bottom of it, ... Read more... »

The ABCs of ADHD

Who today has not heard the term "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder," or ADHD? No other term in the diagnostic lexicon has more information and misinformation attached to it than ADHD. Everyone you ask — parents, ... Read more... »

Feeling “Problems” and What May Help

Problem: Feelings are faster than thought. You are angry (or anxious or sexually aroused) before you know it. In the split second before thinking can register what is happening, an emotional reaction has already developed. We ... Read more... »

Self-Esteem and “Oops” Events

I had a hero when I was a young girl: Loretta Young. On her 1950s television series, she represented all that was stylish, glamorous, and graceful. Each week, when she glided down those stairs in ... Read more... »

Getting What You Want Out of Life

Have you wondered why some people are more effective in getting what they want than other people? What are they doing that makes them effective? What distinguishes them from people who walk over others or ... Read more... »

On Keeping a Personal Journal

Congratulations! You took the plunge and entered therapy or you are very close to doing so. This means you are committed to taking a journey into inner space — your inner space. No doubt you ... Read more... »

Team Players on the Home Front

Every day I meet with couples who are overwhelmed with responsibilities on the home front. Dual-career couples find it particularly hard to keep the chaos in check. Add kids to the mix and you have ... Read more... »

How To Raise Your Self-Esteem

Have you wondered about what self-esteem is and how to get more of it? Do you think your self-esteem is low? Do you know how to tell? Do you know what to do about it? ... Read more... »

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
-- Oscar Wilde

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