Archive for January, 2008

Listed by most recent articles first.

• What Story Are You Living?
  A Workbook and Guide to Interpreting Results from the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator Are you a fan of Jung and Jungian archetypes? Then this is the book for you! Organized into nine chapters, this book helps you understand ...
• Where Clues Lie Sleeping
  Sleep disturbances and depression are anything but strange bedfellows. Nearly all depressed individuals experience sleep problems. At least 80% complain of insomnia — difficulty falling or staying asleep. Indeed, early-morning awakening is a hallmark of ...
• Should Your Teen Move with You?
  By comparison, little kids are easy. They go where we go and generally do what we tell them to do. If we are excited about a new adventure and approach a move with a positive ...
• Discipline for Infants
  When I speak to groups of parents, I sometimes get questions about the best way to discipline infants. I begin my answer by saying that discipline is teaching. (In fact, the words "discipline" and "disciple" ...
• Fostering Relationships Between Disabled Children and Their Grandparents
  There’s a sense of magic that occurs when a grandmother snuggles next to her grandchild and reads a book or a grandfather tells his grandchildren the stories of his own youth. While the relationship ...
• Moving Mid-Year with Teens
  The conventional wisdom about moving mid-year, or moving at all, when kids are in high school is "don't." But it isn't that simple. Job opportunities don't always happen conveniently in the summer. Elderly parents who ...
• Moving with Kids
  It’s been decided. Yours will be among the 1 in 5 American families to move this year. It’s easy to get caught up in the ton of details. It’s inviting to skip right over whatever ...
• Surviving a Life Crisis
  That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not. —James K. Feibleman No matter how hard we wish it otherwise, ...
• The Dos and Don’ts of Intervention
  In his best selling book, I’ll Quit Tomorrow, the late Dr. Vernon Johnson wrote that the hallmark of alcoholism and drug dependence is denial. Accordingly, most substance abusers believe that their problems are caused by ...
• Is it Okay to Ask for Help?
  What does it take to get you to the doctor? Maybe not much. A bad cough and fever might be enough, or a mysterious new pain that has you worried or maybe it is a ...
• Rebuilding Relationships in Early Recovery
  It is no secret that drug or alcohol addiction can damage the body and impair the mind. The good news is that with proper medical treatment, counseling and stopping use, these wounds heal over time. ...
• Why Alcohol and Depression Don’t Mix
  Alcohol abuse and depression can be a deadly mix. Often, a person with depression will also have alcoholism, and vice versa. In fact, 30 percent to 50 percent of people with alcoholism, at any given time, ...
• Helping a Family Member Get Help
  Despite the prevalence and our increased understanding and acceptance of mental illness in society today, many family members still harbor fears and uncertainty surrounding how to help someone close to them who has a mental ...
• Trust and Disappointment in Psychotherapy
  It is not easy to trust one's therapist at the onset. You are both strangers to one another, thrown together by a situation which is artificial at best, uncomfortable at worst. You're paying a professional ...
• Psych Central’s Online Resources Review Guidelines
  We've been indexing and reviewing online resources since 1992, beginning with Internet newsgroups in psychology and support topics (like support groups for depression). In 1995, we expanded my efforts to include websites and in 1996, ...
• The Basics of Psychotherapy
  What is psychotherapy really about anyway? Everyone can agree about the value of physical therapy or dental therapy, but what about therapy for the mind, the psyche, the soul? What about the old talk therapy ...
• Do We Have a Natural Bias Toward Superstitions?
  A top British psychologist is attempting to explain the biological basis for superstitions. Professor Bruce Hood of Bristol University, UK, says these so-called irrational beliefs are perfectly natural and entirely understandable. Although some would insist that ...
• Medications for Depression
  Depression is the most common mental disorder diagnosed. Two treatments are usually recommended for most people who are experiencing depression: psychotherapy and medication. Medication helps some of the symptoms of depression, while psychotherapy helps ...
• Frequently Asked Questions about the STAR*D Study
  STAR*D is one of the largest, independent and most robust studies ever undertaken by the National Institute of Mental Health to examine the effectiveness of a variety of medications in the treatment of depression. ...
• Post-Winter Holidays: Hibernation or Depression?
  The holiday season is just about over. The presents are unwrapped. The relatives have left. The leftovers are almost gone. Some things went well. Some didn’t. There were moments of pleasure and joy and moments ...