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  • Tech Support

    Article + resources: Social Networks a Lifeline for the Chronically Ill: People fighting chronic illnesses are less likely than others to have Internet access, but once online they are more likely to blog or participate in online discussions about health problems […] They are gathering on big patient networking sites like PatientsLikeMe, HealthCentral, Inspire, CureTogether…

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  • When Your Partner is a Sex Addict

    A series of Q&A’s about sex addiction is underway at the NYT–therapists answering reader mail on the topic.  Lively, diagnosis-doubting commenters by the dozen follow.

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  • Self-Defeating Behavior

    Psychiatrist Richard Friedman, MD, writing about on self-defeating behavior in the NYT, confronts a client with a long pattern of not-so-coincidental-seeming disappointments: “Do you ever wonder why so many disappointing things happen to you?” I asked. “Is it just chance, or might you have something to do with it?” His reply was a resentful question:…

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  • The Origins of Marriage Counseling

    The origins of marriage counseling and other dirty laundry are aired in this New Yorker review of Rebecca L. Davis’ new book, More Perfect Unions: The American Search for Marital Bliss. Enjoy.

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  • Psychotherapies

    Maybe this is for therapists only, but take a look at Wikipedia’s long list of psychotherapies if you’ve got some time to kill and some curiosity about the different approaches to therapy that are out there. The list goes from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (which I’ m a fan of) to Wilderness Therapy (haven’t tried).…

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