Archive for February, 2009
Listed by most recent articles first.
- Childbirth Experience Determines Memory of Pain
It is already known that caregivers' attitude and behavior is important in determining whether a woman has a satisfying experience of childbirth. But our knowledge about memory of labor pain is still limited. Is satisfaction ...
- Facebook: Enough Already!
I have now heard it said by a few different people: Facebook is over. The social networking tool that the world fell in love with has become so thoroughly embraced that it is ...
- ADHD and Head Injury Link Examined
Recent evidence disputes the theory that head injury early in life increases the risk of developing attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
There is a well-established link between ADHD and traumatic head injury, with some experts suggesting that ...
- Schizophrenia Fact Sheet
Speak the word “schizophrenia” and you’ll likely receive reactions peppered with misunderstanding and fear. The disorder is largely shrouded in myths, stereotypes and stigma. For instance, many equate schizophrenia with violence and criminals. But schizophrenia ...
- Showing Children How To Love: A Year-Round Gift
"How did you know your parents loved each other?" Looking for material for a Valentine's Day story, I took a poll of adult friends as we sat around waiting for our kids to get out ...
- Lessons from American Idol: It’s Character that Counts
Okay. I admit it. I'm an American Idol fan. I get an endless amount of grief for it in my office lunchroom: "Don't you know it's fixed?" "Aren't you bored with Simon's schtick? Paula's spacy ...
- Hofstadter’s Law and Realistic Planning
You've probably heard of Murphy's Law—"if anything can go wrong, it will." But Murphy has a kindred spirit in author Douglas Hofstadter.
Hofstadter's Law, if you've never heard it, states: "It always takes longer than you ...
- Bipolar Disorder Fact Sheet
All of us experience changes in our moods. Some days we might feel irritable and frustrated; other days, we’re happy and excited. However, individuals with bipolar disorder experience severe mood swings that impair their ...
- Don’t Be a “January Person” or a “Resolutioner” — Keep Going to the Gym!
This is the time of year when gyms are flooded with new members. The people who are faithful gym-goers and go year-round call these new members either 'January People' or 'Resolutioners.' January People/Resolutioners ...
- Are We Slaves to Hedonic Hunger?
Psychologists looking for new ways to describe and explain eating behavior have come up with a novel phrase, "hedonic hunger." Dr. Michael R. Lowe and colleagues at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., describe the phenomenon as ...
- Living with Schizoaffective Disorder, Part 3
If You Think You're Mentally Ill
If you feel you may be suffering from a mental illness, or could be in danger of doing so, I urge you in the strongest terms to seek the advice ...
- Living with Schizoaffective Disorder, Part 2
The Heebee-Jeebies
Be careful when you wrestle with monsters, lest you thereby become one. For, if you stare long enough into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you.
-- Friedrich Nietszche
Now I ...
- Living with Schizoaffective Disorder
Being schizoaffective is like having manic depression and schizophrenia at the same time. It has a quality all its own though which is harder to pin down.
Manic depression is characterized by a cycle of ...
- Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Albert Ellis, the father of cognitive-behavioral therapy and founder of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), discovered that people's beliefs strongly affected their emotional functioning. In particular certain irrational beliefs made people feel depressed, anxious ...
- Cooperative Co-Parenting for the Divorced
The sullen 12-year-old girl who is curled up in the corner of my office couch is on a roll:
“My parents’ divorce ruined everything. They make me do things they would never do. I ...
- The Language of Emotional Intelligence
If you're reading this website, you've probably heard the term emotional intelligence before, but you may not know exactly what it is. And even if you know what it is, you may not really have ...
