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Defense Mechanism of The Week: Sublimination
Defense Mechanisms | January 23, 2012 The “Good” Defense Sublimination is often seen as the “good” defense in psychological and popular thinking. By definition, sublimination represents a creative, healthy, and socially acceptable way of expressing internal conflicts. Originally, Freud stated that sublimination was the expression of … Continue reading
When Is Sexting Cheating?
Marriage | January 16, 2012 Think long and hard before you press that send button. In mid-2010, Rep Anthony Weiner (D-NY) announced that he was resigned from Congress as a result of “tweeting” nude, and perhaps even lewd, photos of himself to several women who … Continue reading
What is Co-Dependency?
Reference | January 5, 2012 Although there is no diagnosis for Co-Dependency in the DSM-V (the diagnostic manual most often used by clinicians) it can be a useful concept in understanding how some individuals involved in relationships with alcoholic or abusive spouses are often suffering … Continue reading
Can Listening to Music Relieve Pain?
Reference | January 4, 2012 A growing number of researchers are starting to use music in clinical settings as an analgesic to pain. At the very least, it takes the patient’s mind off of the pain (think earbuds during a long jog), and now scientists … Continue reading
What Is Sex Addiction?
Marriage | December 29, 2011 Is sexual addiction a true diagnosis? If so, how is it treated? With celebrities, sports heroes, and politicians repeatedly getting caught in sexual indiscretions, marital infidelity, and repeated affairs, the public is becoming more and more aware of high-profile personalities … Continue reading
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Mental Health News- In-Patient Suicides Reduced In Psychiatric Units May 18, 2012Suicides by psychiatric in-patients have fallen to a new low, research just published has found... […]
- Reduction In Deaths After The Painkiller Co-Proxamol Withdrawn In The UK May 10, 2012During the six years following the withdrawal of the analgesic co-proxamol in the UK in 2005, there was a major reduction in poisoning deaths involving this drug, without apparent significant increase in deaths involving other analgesics. These are the findings of a study by Keith Hawton of the University of Oxford, UK and colleagues and published in this we […]
- Kids Born After 42 Weeks Have Higher Behavioral Problems Risk May 4, 2012According to a study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, children born after 42 weeks of pregnancy (post-term birth) are more likely to have behavioral and emotional problems, especially Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) problems, in early childhood... […]
- Tackling Childhood Disabilities Through Environment May 3, 2012The United States government would get a better bang for its health-care buck in managing the country's most prevalent childhood disabilities if it invested more in eliminating socio-environmental risk factors than in developing medicines... […]
- Dopamine Response Influences How Hard We Work May 2, 2012People with a greater dopamine response in the reward and motivation areas of the brain - the striatum and ventromedial prefrontal cortex - tend to try harder, even when the odds are stacked up against them, compared to those with low dopamine response, researchers from University reported in The Journal of Neuroscience. The authors believe that dopamine inf […]
- In-Patient Suicides Reduced In Psychiatric Units May 18, 2012
