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Depressed Parenting
Read more: Depressed ParentingBeing a parent is difficult and demanding on the best of days. But, as the L.A. Times reports, when parents are depressed, it gets much tougher–and kids are the ones most affected. The fallout from parental depression doesn’t just go away. […] Children caught in the cold grip of a parent’s depression can carry patterns…
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Tourette’s Syndrome Q&A
Read more: Tourette’s Syndrome Q&AMDs answer reader questions about living with Tourette’s syndrome –part of the NYT’s Consults blog. Linked from there, Patient’s Voices–audio, including Louis Centanni, a comedian with Tourette’s.
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Beer Goggles or “Attentional Myopia”
Read more: Beer Goggles or “Attentional Myopia”From PsyBlog, What Alcohol Does to Your Mind: Attentional Myopia takes a look at the narrowing effect drinking has on thinking: According to a growing body of evidence collected over the last three or more decades, people’s Jekyll and Hyde behaviour while drinking can be understood by a simple idea which has some intriguing ramifications.…
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Behavioral Optometry vs. ADHD
Read more: Behavioral Optometry vs. ADHDAnother massive mental-health related piece in the New York Times magazine–Concocting a Cure for Kids with Issues. [Some] parents often don’t trust the mental-health professionals who usually treat children with “issues,” as we euphemistically tend to refer to problems like learning disabilities, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism or other developmental difficulties. […] That’s why some of…
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Therapy Books
Read more: Therapy BooksA reader poll at Where the Client Is came up with the “best-ever therapy books” for therapists and for everyone. Both list-toppers, I think, make good “everybody” titles. They are: Man’s Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankl The Gift of Therapy, by Irvin Yalom Both worth the time.