Will Baum, LCSW Psychotherapy

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  • Depression and PMDD

    A study looks at the difference between depression and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD): “We found the greatest weight of evidence that PMDD and major depression are really two distinct entities in terms of biological response to stress and with respect to pain sensitivity and pain mechanisms.” More, including a description of PMDD’s intensity, in the…

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  • Abstraction and Self-Control

    PsyBlog profiles a study about increasing self-control by thinking abstractly–thinking about the why of a goal, instead of the how. [I]t seems you can bolster resistance to temptation by thinking abstractly about the goal you want to obtain because it causes your mind to automatically associate temptations with negativity. Hey presto, more self-control and thank…

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  • Patients Know Best

    File under “about time”:  In Reporting Symptoms, Don’t Patients Know Best? “Increasingly, scientifically, we believe that whatever Mrs. Smith says is what Mrs. Smith is experiencing, and it’s important to know how patients themselves feel about how they’re doing.”

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  • The Stress-Depression-Anxiety Connection

    A study finds the molecular connection between stress, anxiety, and depression.  It’s the corticotropin releasing factor receptors!  Should’ve known.  

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  • Life and Death Depression

    A study measures the association between death and suicide to try to understand and predict suicidal behavior: [P]articipants presenting to the emergency room after a suicide attempt had a stronger implicit association between death/ suicide and self than did participants presenting with other psychiatric emergencies. In addition, participants with strong associations between death/ suicide and…

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