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Birth Weight
Read more: Birth WeightNot mental health per se, but with big psych impact: A NYT article about how early habits (really early–starting in the womb) can get someone set on a course for obesity later in life.
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Depth = Happiness
Read more: Depth = HappinessA (small) study relayed by the NYT suggests more deep conversation and less small talk promotes happiness. So, surprise (?), therapy is good.
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What is TMS?
Read more: What is TMS?Psychologist Dr. Eric Sherman talks about treating chronic pain with talk therapy at Where the Client Is: I have received photos from former patients in which they are break dancing, sky diving, or performing yoga contortions worthy of Cirque du Soleil. All of them had been advised to undergo surgery to correct disc herniations, the…
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Fat Discrimination
Read more: Fat DiscriminationAn essay in the NYT, For Obese People, Prejudice in Plain Sight, by Harriet Brown. “As soon as I shook the interviewer’s hand, I knew she would not hire me […] She gave me a look of utter disdain, and made a big deal about whether we should take the stairs or ride the elevator…
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Happiness Politics
Read more: Happiness PoliticsElizabeth Kolbert asks, What can policymakers learn from happiness research? in a New Yorker book review. A quick tease: [T]he relationship between money and well-being turns out to be a lot less straightforward than is generally assumed.