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		<title>Manage Your Depression Through Exercise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting any exercise program can be a tough task.  However, for those suffering from depression, it can be close to impossible.  Just getting out of bed is a struggle for some; how are they to get the motivation to climb on a treadmill? Enter Dr. Jane Baxter and her book, Manage Your Depression Through Exercise.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tips to Increase Your Assertiveness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Assertiveness is all about being present in a relationship,” according to Randy Paterson, Ph.D, a clinical psychologist and author of The Assertiveness Workbook: How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships. In other words, you’re able to articulate your wants and needs to the other person, and you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fletcher Wortmann obviously knows his subject.  &#8220;Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder&#8221; is for anyone who is or knows someone who is suffering from mental illness of any type.  While Wortmann wrestles with OCD, he is more than sympathetic regarding all types of mental illness. In addition to making us understand the problems and loss [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/triggered-a-memoir-of-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/</link>
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		<title>ERP Therapy: A Good Choice for Treating OCD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During OCD Awareness Week in October, I sat in front of my computer, mesmerized, as I watched a live Internet broadcast of first-person OCD stories. At the same time these stories were being broadcast, there were chat rooms open where people could connect and talk about anything related to OCD. I joined right in, letting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/erp-therapy-a-good-choice-for-treating-ocd/</link>
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		<title>Texting, Sexting&#8230; What&#8217;s Next?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A mother with her three teenage daughters sat in my office the other day. Two of the girls were there for sick visits. The third sister was just along for the ride. When I walked into the room, all three girls had their heads buried in their cell phones, thumbs pumping furiously, texting away. No [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Tips for Working from Home with Mental Illness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People with mental illness struggle with the same time management troubles, distraction dilemmas and isolation issues as others without mental illness. With no time clock to punch and no boss monitoring your comings and goings, starting the day can be difficult, according to Deborah Serani, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and author of Living with Depression: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/8-tips-for-working-from-home-with-mental-illness/</link>
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		<title>The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes self-help authors can’t help but fall into the trap of being overly positive. But not Michelle Tillis Lederman &#8212; she knows how to remain balanced.  In her book, The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do Business with People They Like, she proves her method simply by the way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/the-11-laws-of-likability-relationship-networking/</link>
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		<title>Creating a Charitable Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In memory of Johnny Carson&#8217;s wonderful character, Carnac, I offer these three answers to an unknown question: the holidays, being honorees of a community agency, and teaching kids to be generous. The question is: What role does charity play in our family? While this lacks the humor of a typical Carnac inquiry and response, it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/creating-a-charitable-family/</link>
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		<title>NeuroCounseling: Simple Therapeutic Interventions for Rewiring the Maladaptive Brain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I was taking my undergraduate and graduate classes many moons ago, my least favorite courses were the ‘biopsychology’ or ‘cognitive processes’ classes where my professors would lecture at great length about the structure and the function of the brain. As a student embarking on a new career in mental health, I knew I needed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/neurocounseling-simple-therapeutic-interventions-for-rewiring-the-maladaptive-brain/</link>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day &amp; Parental LOVE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that about 40 percent of the 180 million Valentine&#8217;s cards purchased this year will be bought by parents? It makes sense if you think about it. Our little ones, even when not so little anymore, live in our hearts. We want them to know it. Valentine’s Day gives us a reason to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/valentines-day-parental-love/</link>
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		<title>Paranormality: Why We See What Isn&#8217;t There</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author and professor Richard Wiseman has spent his career investigating and debunking everything from ghosts to psychics to séances to prophets.  While he now has a PhD in psychology with an emphasis in parapsychology, he started out as a professional magician. This experience led directly to interest in the paranormal because, by trade, magicians “know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/paranormality-why-we-see-what-isnt-there/</link>
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		<title>What You Need to Know About Treatment-Resistant Depression</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Depression can be effectively treated with psychotherapy and medication. But it takes time to find the correct medication and dose. Still, for about one million patients with depression, even several trials of medication don’t seem to be enough, and their symptoms linger. These individuals may have treatment-resistant depression or refractory depression. While there’s some debate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/what-you-need-to-know-about-treatment-resistant-depression/</link>
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		<title>Healing Painful Sex: A Woman&#8217;s Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing and Treating Sexual Pain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Healing Painful Sex: A Woman’s Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing, and Treating Sexual Pain, physician Deborah Coady, MD, and psychotherapist Nancy Fish, MSW, MPH, combine their medical and psychological expertise to write a book about and for women who suffer from sexual pain.  Healing Painful Sex is concise, clear, and comprehensive, informing women of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/healing-painful-sex-a-womans-guide-to-confronting-diagnosing-and-treating-sexual-pain/</link>
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		<title>3 Relationship Pitfalls When Entering Parenthood &amp; Pointers to Help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Couples are often surprised just how much a baby changes their relationship and their lives. In fact, “A baby will change virtually every component of your life: physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, relational, social, financial, logistical and spiritual,” according to Joyce Marter, LCPC, psychotherapist and owner of Urban Balance, LLC, which offers a Pre &#38; Post [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/3-relationship-pitfalls-when-entering-parenthood-pointers-to-help/</link>
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		<title>The Gentle Self: How to Overcome Your Difficulties with Depression, Anxiety, Shyness, and Low Self-Esteem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think everyone’s a little narcissistic.  We all have moments when we wish everyone would be more like us—when we get upset that no one seems to care about what we are feeling.  We also often put others ahead of ourselves and deny ourselves the satisfaction of saying “I need to do this for me.”  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/lib/2012/the-gentle-self-how-to-overcome-your-difficulties-with-depression-anxiety-shyness-and-low-self-esteem/</link>
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