Work Issues Articles

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• How Experts Achieve a Work-Life Balance and How You Can Too
  Trying to find that elusive work-life balance? You’re not the only one! Many people feel ...
• 8 Tips for a Successful Internship
  You’ve finally received word that you’ve scored an internship site — a process that’s taken tremendous amounts of work and ...
• 9 Ideas for Increasing Your Chances of Matching
  “The number of students seeking internships significantly outnumbers the availability of internship positions,” according to Sharon Berry, Ph.D, ...
• 8 Hints for Selecting an Internship Site
  With so many internship sites to choose from, it can be hard to narrow down your search. What criteria ...
• Making the Most of Your Clinical Practicum
  A practicum placement is a pivotal and exciting time in a student’s graduate school career. You’re finally putting all ...
• 6 Ways to Stress Less at Work
  Today’s employees are expected to do more with less, which has become a major source of stress at ...
• Tips for Keeping a Parent Emotionally Connected while Geographically Apart
  The 2006 Census reported that 3.6 million married Americans were not living with their spouses. ...
• Panicked Over Public Speaking? A Holistic Approach That Helps
  Most people who seek out Janet Esposito, MSW, author of In The SpotLight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking ...
• A Terrible Melancholy: Depression in the Legal Profession
  Buffalo attorney Daniel T. Lukasick, who runs the site LawyersWithDepression.com has just produced an original documentary film called "A Terrible Melancholy: Depression ...
• The Key to Finding a Work-Life Balance
  In today’s society, with increasing job demands and smartphones and other types of technology that keep us perpetually plugged ...
• 6 Clues for Finding Your Purpose and Passion
  I’ve rarely quit anything in my life. So when I left my doctorate clinical psychology program after receiving ...
• Adult Asperger’s: The Relief of A Diagnosis
  The following are criteria for Aspergers that have been excerpted from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV): Qualitative ...
• Higher Risk of Mental Health Problems for Homosexuals
  Homosexual people tend to experience more mental health problems than heterosexual people, research indicates. Discrimination may contribute to the higher risk, believes lead researcher Dr. Apu Chakraborty of University College London, UK. His team looked at ...
• Organization Strategies for ADHD
  People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) face extra challenges getting and staying organized. The symptoms of ADHD include restlessness, lack of concentration, inability to focus and impulsivity. Many adults with ADHD are gifted but ...
• 10 Tips for Setting Successful Resolutions That Stick
  We know what you're thinking: Here's another article that’s going to give me the same old tips for making and keeping ...
• End Procrastination Now! Get It Done with a Proven Psychological Approach
  Ever put off an activity 'til another day — which turns into a few months? Wished you would’ve started earlier on a project only to procrastinate the next time around? Missed a deadline altogether because ...
• Not by Chance Alone: My Life as a Social Psychologist
  How does a shy, uninteresting kid from the slums of Boston become one of the world’s greatest social psychologists? As the title of Elliot Aronson’s autobiography, Not By Chance Alone: My Life as a Social ...
• My Schizophrenic Life: The Road to Recovery from Mental Illness
  Schizophrenia affects one percent of the world population.  It is indiscriminate of race, gender, status, and wealth.  Contrary to popular belief, schizophrenia is not multiple personalities -- that’s Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder).  ...
• Solutions for Common ADHD Symptoms
  Getting easily distracted and making hasty decisions makes accomplishing even the simplest tasks a challenge. For people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — ...
• What Men Say About Their Wives Behind Closed Doors
  Josh was engaged to be married. He confessed that he loved Karen, but was scared of feeling trapped. Though this ...
• Job Stress Linked To Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Researchers have found new links between stress at work and risk of rheumatoid arthritis. It seems that low levels of job-related control may increase the risk, but high demands may actually be protective. A ...
• The Eight Habits of Lousy Listeners
  Most people know that one of the keys to success in relationships is good listening. Experts tell us to use “active” ...
• Who Are You? What Do You Want? Four Questions That Will Change Your Life
  Can a 176-page book and four questions provide enough information and insight to change your life? That’s a good question. It is something authors Mick Ukleja, PhD and Robert L. Lorber, PhD attempt to do ...
• The Skinny on Time Management: How To Maximize Your 24-Hour Gift
  Time management is no doubt a universal topic. Especially in today’s productivity-focused society, most — if not all — people want to know the secret to managing their time more effectively. The Skinny on Time ...
• Bipolar Disorder and the Americans with Disabilities Act
  The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was amended in 2008 to include bipolar disorder as a covered condition. The original 1988 law was designed to protect people with disabilities from discrimination in hiring, job assignments, ...