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March 2008 |
| Does psychotherapy work? Yes. It depends. What do you mean by "work"? |
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November 2018 |
| Countless survivors of sexual abuse felt their old wounds being slit open with Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation. While his nomination emboldened many to come forward, his ascension to the bench was a confirmation for many that the safest option is silence. |
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July 2009 |
| "Nationwide screening of adolescents for depression is a nightmare whose time, we should hope, has not come." |
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March 2021 |
| The population of adults with special needs is growing, while funding is decreasing. Policy leaders are working on strategies to solve the problem, but since they often are not touched personally by it, the design of these programs can fall short. |
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May 2021 |
| "Hanging, jumping, cutting, stabbing, shooting, drowning, falling, flaming, choking, and poison. It was an aimless scattershot, a creative inventory of whatever came to mind." |
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May 2020 |
| People usually are not big on slow changes, even those that accompany miracles. Friends advise one another sympathetically during difficult life passages, but no one enjoys those halting, faltering, falling-down baby steps. |
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March 2017 |
| "We call a dominant woman a 'Carnivore female' and a weak man 'Herbivore male.' The population of 'Carnivore females' is increasing and marriage rates are going down because 'Herbivore males' don't want to be eaten." |
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March 2018 |
| In my grandfather's day, these symptoms were called shell shock. In my father's day, they were called combat fatigue. PTSD sums up the sudden experience of hyper-awareness and -anxiety; feelings of isolation and threat; panic; flashbacks; nightmares. . . |
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July 2007 |
| "The ultimate frustration engendered by a mass murderer is that there are no fail-safe methods to ensure that a similar catastrophe or a worse one will not occur." |
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September 2006 |
| In our death-denying society, all too often the message is: Get over it and get back to normal. The fact is, the bereaved's "normal" never will be the same. |
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November 2019 |
| "Acting as a caregiver for a loved on with a serious illness can be a tough job--physically and emotionally--and it is a role that often is under the radar despite its importance for patients' well-being." |
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May 2021 |
| ". . . Male veterinarians are 2.1 times more likely, and female veterinarians are 3.5 times more likely, to complete suicide than their nonveterinarian peers." |
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March 2011 |
| "I neither understood how to maintain friendships, nor did I have a clue about how to help them grow." |
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July 2013 |
| ". . . We are a . . . Pablo Picasso-like distortion of painful memories--of hurt, slights, put-downs, and insults, each one adding to the agony of poor confidence." |
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May 2019 |
| Despite a lack of critical training and resources, school counselors, psychologists, and social workes hold positive attitudes towards--and work to support--LGBTQ students. |
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July 2013 |
| "Work actively at finding more to be grateful for. When you grow in gratitude, you grow all over." |
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July 2020 |
| Staying connected to loved ones is hard when you cannot enjoy Sunday dinners together, gather for celebrations, or just drop by for a hug and a cup of coffee. |
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September 2015 |
| "The writer is an inspector of the spirit. To present precisely from within the motivating factors in a character with whom readetrs can identify educates the sentiments." |
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July 2020 |
| "When things [like the COVID-19 scourge] appear outside our control and there is increased anxiety and feelings of helplessness, it's easy to turn to food for self-soothing." |
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September 2006 |
| Beware the all-knowing rules maker who, in pat cliches, tells us how we should act and feel, and how long our grief should last and what form it should take. |
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January 2015 |
| "Our deepest isolation is not knowing who we are--a spirit in a body. Clairvoyance leands a depth to the session that highlight a pathway to go beyond alienation into freedom, into being yourself." |
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May 2003 |
| "Those who gamble too much and suffer significant losses--whether through lotteries, slots, or other means--choose to do so irresponsibly. No force extrinsic to willpower makes them." |
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July 2006 |
| Intelligent individuals, by virtue of being smart, often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path to behaving in just such a maner. |
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March 2002 |
| "Changes in the American workplace have created fertile ground for breeding discontent and political violence." |
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January 2007 |
| ". . . Since most worries never come true, worriers often are forced to admit, 'I can't recall what I was worried about.' " |
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November 2019 |
| Researchers say VR could have real long-term benefits for people, particularly children, gripped by scary dreams. |
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May 2008 |
| "In an environment where intellectuals assert that nothing is definite or sure . . . Emotions were handed the higher ground as pure, honest expressions of the true self rather than impositions from a cold, rational, profit-driven society." |
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May 2010 |
| Do golfer Tiger Woods and the soon-to-be-former husband of Academy Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock, among many others, really have no control over their bedroom antics? |
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January 2018 |
| ". . . The people I have known to attempt suicide were not seeking attention; they were seeking death." |
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January 2021 |
| Adults with special needs are benefiting from intentional communities. |
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September 2004 |
| ". . . While supporting and promoting rehabilitation are important, there are other classic purposes of punishment and incarceration which may supercede it. . . ." |
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July 2012 |
| If you want to know what your thoughts were yesterday, look at your body today. If you want to know what you future will be, look to your thoughts today. |
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November 2018 |
| ". . . Give yourself permission to be yourself, independently from your mother--or anyone else, for that matter." |
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March 2017 |
| "If I am not emotionally invested in the relationship, and instrinsically concerned with seeing my partner happy, I might hear what he is saying, but I will not care what he is talking about." |
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January 2017 |
| You can "attract more love into your life and realize the happiness and fulfillment you always have dreamed of--and remember, you deserve it." |
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January 2002 |
| "What is needed more than political ideology is to build a family-centered approach to refugee mental health." |
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July 2016 |
| "The conundrum of diagnoses and the risk of damage to one's life explain why some military personnel are suspicious about seeking mental health treatment." |
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January 2012 |
| Modern mothers face more stress, family obligations, and professional responsibility than ever before. |
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March 2018 |
| "Factionalizing groups of people by race, ideology, mental health status, religion, or belief systems simply does not work." |
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November 2002 |
| Andrea Yates' killing of her five children is the most-recent case triggering a clash between psychiatrists and prosecutors. |
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March 2003 |
| ". . . The current system for providing treatment for those invisible diseases of the mind remains painfully and dangerously troubled." |
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July 2015 |
| "… Dumb statements are a fact of life, but you can reduce the negative impact of someone else's dumb statements by playing dumb yourself … ." |
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May 2021 |
| "Poor women suffer in silence for a multitude of reasons, not least of which is a health care system that abandons them - financially, materially, emotionally - during the grueling, painful, life-altering postpartum months." |
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July 2011 |
| Women with major depressive disorder treated with depression-specific acupuncture have a 63% response rate after 12 sessions. |
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March 2001 |
| "The difficulties in finding a panacea for entrenched, maladaptive behavior in children do not provide sufficient justification for plunging into a nationwide pharmacopoeia for solutions." |
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March 2008 |
| "Much of the newest wave of psychiatric self-criticism is salutary and headed in the right direction; the problem is the field's unwillingness to credit the psychiatrist who paved the way." |
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May 2004 |
| Many "therapists feel frustrated, threatened, and trapped in an unhealthy alliance" with insurance companies." |
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July 2001 |
| ". . . The use of psychiatry to commit offenders where there is little hope of rehabilitation and scant medical grounds to justify confinement could lead society down the slippery slope of abuse." |
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November 2021 |
| Thanksgiving is a great time to count your blessings, and evidence shows that being grateful throughout the year can lead to better health and well-being. |
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March 2017 |
| "Are you going to…live in the captivity of an autoplot mind? Break through the bars; take the smile challenge to heart; find your smile buddies; and claim the freedom, happiness, and smiling in your life now." |
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March 2012 |
| "Shame is a physiological and emotional booby trap this predator has left behind. Do not step on it. Do not deploy it. Defuse, dismantle, and discard it." |
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September 2011 |
| "We live with degrees of certainty, not absolutes. Since we never have a complete picture of anything, all of our beliefs are worth a second look." |
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May 2016 |
| "Adjusting your filter by clearing up your judgements of yourself and others will have blissful ripple effects you cannot even imagine." |
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March 2017 |
| "Your bonus will be enhanced relationships--a plus for you and every person who receives on eof your heartfelt letters." |
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September 2001 |
| "The keys to consider are temperament, age, health, knowledge of the act, nature of risks involved, one's previous tolerance for similar risks, ability to set appropriate objectives, and flexibility to judge objectively when to change an approach. . . ." |
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September 2003 |
| The horrors of armed conflict and battle often leave lasting scars on the psyches of military personnel as well as the civilian population at large. |
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May 2007 |
| "Though it is considered to be two to three times more common than bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder is far less understood and grossly under recognized." |
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July 2018 |
| ". . . When a pet dies, the depth of your grief reflects your loss of a special relationship." |
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November 2004 |
| "For the vast majority of untoward behaviors labeled as mental illness, [some critics of psychiatry contend] that they are freely chosen behaviors for which the agent must take responsibility. . . ." |
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January 2021 |
| "Where does the client's rights to demand treatment end and the therapist's rights to refuse tresatment begin? Can a professional refuse to provide professional services? Under what circumstances is this ethical?" |
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November 2005 |
| The problem w/ the ever-burgeoning number of students who rely on counseling centers is that they become dependent on the ministrations & compensations offered by liberal universities intent on helping those who merely need a...dose of self-sufficiency. |
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January 2014 |
| Stop procrastinating yet again through still another year of failed resolutions. |
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January 2009 |
| Costly and mandatory mental health coverage sneaks through in the Federal bailout bill. |
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July 2016 |
| "The self that lies within us is a cornucopia of ideas, new beginnings, and adventures to be lived. It always is our own choice whether or not to connect to this great and unconquerable self." |
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May 2002 |
| If youths have poor anger control, distorted views about themselves or society, lack the friendships or peer interactions in which they can test their views against reality, & have access to & experience w/ the use of weapons, a deadly mix may be created. |
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January 2001 |
| "Therapists are discovering the power of films and incorporating them into their work in growing numbers." |
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March 2007 |
| "A couple that can turn one individual's expression of loneliness into an opportunity to connect more deeply . . . is a couple whose marriage will be resistant to the passing attraction of a sympathetic colleague or an old friend." |
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May 2005 |
| "Cosmetic surgery can be a powerful tool, but it cannot change who you are. It can supplement, not substitute." |
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May 2022 |
| "Talking with children about violence and war is not easy, but as we continue to navigate our way through these uncertain times, we can embrace each other with compassion, hope, and healing." |
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July 2007 |
| "The feeling that one has no control is key to behavior that may appear unduly submissive and strangely loyal." |
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March 2005 |
| "At all costs, the country must avoid a release at some future date of Mrs. Yates, for the sake of those who loved--or even for those who have followed the devastating saga of--the murdered Yates children." |
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January 2016 |
| "Whe I talk about feminine gifts, I want to be clear that I am not talking about manipulation or taking advantage of anybody. Those are not qualities that anyone wants in a partner." |
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March 2017 |
| "…Women cheat because of an issue in the relationship and men cheat because there is an opportunity." |
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