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Big Changes for the Psychiatrist's 'Bible'
New Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders makes changes to eating and gambling disorders but leaves sex alone
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MFTs Recognized as Top 50 Job
As one of the 50 best careers of 2010, this should have strong growth over the next decade.
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Is Your Therapist a Little Behind the Times?
The practice of clinical psychology -- which includes psychotherapy -- is akin to medicine as it was practiced a century ago.
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Stay Married If You Want Kids
...the most fundamental thread in the fabric of our American values, the institution of marriage, has been unraveling... What our society needs is a solution on the front end. We should begin by considering six points...
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- A Warning Sign on the Road to DSM-V
Former chair of the DSM-IV Task Force expresses concern over "grave problems in the DSM-V goals, methods, and products."
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76% Marry Just Once
Most Americans marry for keeps or, if it doesn't last, don't want to repeat the same mistake, according to new Census data that show 76% of those who have ever been married have married just once.
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Crying Can Strengthen Relationships
An evolutionary biologist looks to empirical evidence showing that tears have emotional benefits and can make interpersonal relationships stronger.
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Dealing with Divorce and Effects on Kids
The divorcing parent's guide to parenting in a simple do and don't listing.
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To Mom and Dad, With Love
Helping parents plan for their golden years—even when they just want to stay put.
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Divorce Busting
Musings from an unabashed marriage saver: Sex-Starved Wives.
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10 Little Known Facts About Depression
Most major depressions do not occur during the Holidays, they happen in summer. Here are ten other little known facts about depression...
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Depressed? Jolt Your Brain
Seven ways to brighten your mood. Carefree activities can actually relieve the symptoms of mild depression.
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Putting Yourself in the Picture: How to move from the office to the airwaves
Tips for therapists wanting to know how to break into the media.
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Carrying the Hope: Parenting a child with Asperger's
When he was 26 months old, Brian—now 6½—was diagnosed with PDD-NOS (pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified), an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) falling somewhere between autism and Asperger's Syndrome...
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Procrastination: Ten Things To Know
There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. Procrastinators sabotage themselves. They put obstacles in their own path. They actually choose paths that hurt their performance.
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The Accidental Therapist
Jay Haley was an unlikely candidate to become a founder of the early family therapy movement. Yet, if you ask family and brief therapists who most inspired them, chances are his name will be among the first mentioned.
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Emotionally Focused Therapy With Couples: The Social Work Connection
Social workers are finding emotionally focused therapy to be a good fit with a strengths-based perspective.
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Why Your Brain Needs a Break
Can't remember your last vacation? You're not alone. The average American does not take enough time off to fix burn-out.
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How Do I Choose a Good Therapist?
A good fit between you and your therapist is crucial to your having a meaningful and successful experience. Keep the following elements in mind...
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Exercise Good for Depression?
Why on earth is one of the top coping tools for mental illness, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, what-have-you, this ghastly beast called exercise?
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Secrets of an Effective Website
Having a web site has become an essential way of regularly attracting referrals to your practice.
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How Common Is Masturbation, Really?
It seems clear that masturbation is by no means as prevalent as the old joke suggests--or as many people believe.
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Family Therapy May Help The Depressed Patient
A study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics suggests that single-family and multi-family therapy may benefit hospitalized patients with major depression.
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When A Violent Marriage Ends, Is Co-parenting Possible?
It depends on whether intimate terrorism or situational violence was involved...
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Gender Affects Perceptions Of Infidelity
A new study explored how men and women perceive online and offline sexual and emotional infidelity.
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After Infidelity: The Road Back
An emotional affair can deliver a body blow to a marriage, but it rarely results in divorce. Instead, couples can navigate recovery to make their union stronger than before.
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Advice: Cheating Partners
Advice on the patterns of infidelity and how to overcome jealousy.
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The "Pornification" of Human Consciousness
Porn is the new metaphor. But it doesn't stop there. It is also the new universally shared experience.
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Mental Stress Spirals with Economy
As the economic crisis gathered steam last year, Americans became increasingly stressed out and experienced worsened mental health.
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Army Reaches Out to Families to Prevent Suicides
Fort Campbell officials struggling to stem a recent increase in military suicides hope family members will be able to spot signs that soldiers may be depressed and hesitant to seek help from the Army.
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After Abuse, Changes in the Brain
For years, psychiatrists have known that children who are abused or neglected run a high risk of developing mental problems later in life. Does the abuse cause biological changes that may increase the risk for these problems?
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Hold Me Tight
Love demands the reassurance of touch. Most fights are really protests over emotional disconnection. Underneath the distress, partners are desperate to know: Are you there for me?
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Recession-Proof Your Practice
As the recession worsens, some private practitioners will close their doors. Other practitioners will thrive. Businesses often get better at what they do only during bad economic times, and recessions offer unexpected opportunities for those who know where to look.
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Learning Not to Lash Out
Rumination, a destructive habit, can lead us to lash out at innocent people or pets.
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