I have been pondering about the best way to monitor ‘Matt’s progress during graded exposure therapy for his avoidance of activities involving back movement. I introduced you to Matt yesterday. He’s a ‘man’s man’, a real bloke who, for the past four years since he had surgery for a prolapsed disc, has avoided things like … Read more... Wi
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Measuring changes during graded exposure & acceptance treatment
Posted by admin 1 day 23 hours ago (http://healthskills.wordpress.com)How do I find a good therapist? Guest article by Dr.Jill Holm-Denoma
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by Jill Holm-Denoma, Ph.D. Whether I am asked this question by students in my Clinical Psychology course at the University of Denver, potential clients who have heard about my private practice (therapydenver.webs.com), or friends who are having a tough time,...
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Unrealistic goals and standards make teachers stressed, UK study finds
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New research from the UK has found that teachers who want to be happier should not try to please everyone and should have a greater say in setting targets.
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The class of 77%
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A study just published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has found that only 23% of the population are without symptoms of personality disorder. If you’re not familiar with it, personality disorder is a somewhat controversial diagnosis which essentially classifies people who we might otherwise called ‘extremely difficult’ – but to the point where they [...]
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Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) and Gedeon Richter Plc. today announced preliminary top-line results from an 8-week Phase II clinical trial of the novel, investigational antipsychotic agent cariprazine for the treatment of bipolar depression. Cariprazine is currently undergoing Phase III trials for separate indications of schizophrenia and bipolar mania...
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Mindfulness meditation increases well-being in adolescent boys, study finds
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"Mindfulness," the process of learning to become more aware of our ongoing experiences, increases well-being in adolescent boys, a new study reports.
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Medicare Smoking Prevention Program Could Lower Costs
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The Fiscal Times: A Medicare program that has agreed to pay for counseling for seniors who smoke but are not yet sick could help the program, and America's health system, lower costs. "Smoking costs the U.S. economy $97 billion annually in lost productivity, in addition to the $96 billion a year in direct health care costs, according to [the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services]...
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Self-Righteousness and Kink: Perfect Together?
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Props to my colleague Lindsay Beyerstein for this great catch yesterday: Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle's campaign received a donation from someone who listed her employer as "husband" and her occupation as "slave." Maybe it's just a joke (boring). Or maybe this couple is in one of those Christian "submitted wife" relationships (unlikely, given that "slave" isn't the sort of rhetoric that cult
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