Work Issues Articles

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• Getting Ready To Rejoin the Workforce
  After six months on the job hunt following a layoff, you got so discouraged you gave up. Now the savings ...
• The Way of the Comedian
  This article has been excerpted from Humor’s Hidden Power: Weapon, Shield and Psychological Salve by Nichole Force, M.A. According to a tale in the ...
• Resetting Roles: A Challenge for Everyone
  A new study by Forbes Woman and the pregnancy website TheBump.com found that 92 percent of working moms and 89 ...
• 12 Ideas for Overcoming the Pressure to be Super Productive
  Ever feel like you need to be doing something every second of your day? Does leisure ...
• 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 ...