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A Mistake in Identity: When They Saw OCD
By Glen TibaldeoThe cruise control is set on US-1, possibly the east coast’s busiest commercial thoroughfare--a traffic light popping up every four blocks. I flip through the radio presets in order....
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Looking for Reasons to Read the Research Literature
In the past decade, the evidence base of psychiatry has been subjected to such unrelenting harsh criticism that, according to its detractors, it has nothing to offer the practicing clinician. The...
View ArticleNuclear Awareness Days
We Americans like our holidays to be celebratory rather than melancholy, opportunities for mutual congratulation rather than regret. Even the solemn ones, notably Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day, are...
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Interview with Kevin Sorbo on Making a World Fit for Kids
Kevin Sorbo starred in the #1 show on the planet – twice. After narrowly missing the chance to play Superman, coming in second place to Dean Cain to play the Man of Steel in Lois and Clark: The New...
View Article#AskEkman: How do I become a facial expression expert?
The most popular questions we receive at the Paul Ekman Group are questions relating to which courses and universities are best equipped to promote a career in becoming an expert in facial expressions...
View ArticleHow Porn is Damaging Relationships
Countless couples are trying to figure out how to deal with pornography in their relationship. Some couples report that they use pornography to enhance their sexual relationship. Other couples choose...
View ArticleI'm in Love with a Criminal
“He is a hustler, he's no good at all, He is a loser, he's a bumHe lies, he bluffs, he's unreliable, He is a sucker with a gun….But mama, I'm in love with a criminalAnd this type of love isn't...
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The De-Paying of America
Guess this person’s salary: He is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the prestigious University of California, San Francisco. His salary is $0.In recent years, I’ve observed an acceleration of...
View ArticleGetting To Your Purpose: What Do You Need to Let Go Of?
I made a major decision this week. I walked away from my PhD. Well, in actual fact I took a leave of absence for the next six months, but it’s practically the same thing. I don't think I'm going back....
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The Mindful Way to Fall Asleep
I commonly hear patients tell me that when they get in bed at night to try and sleep, their brains don't stop. They're thinking of the day, what didn't get done, what needs to get done and any other...
View ArticleYour Physical Type and Its Importance
I have always been attracted to witty men. If a guy obviously likes women and has a twinkle in his eye, all the better. I have always cherished the quotation of a 19th century woman about town, Mme....
View ArticleGuinea Pigs Playing Basketball: Teaching and Enrichment
It's said that a picture is worth 1000 words. If this is so, and it often is, this video of two guinea pigs learning to play basketball to the tune of Sweet Georgia Brown is worth countless words. And,...
View ArticleMillennials Are Changing the Rules on Marriage
Americans like Boston Globe columnist, Tom Keane, are worried that marriage is dying a slow death because millennials are not getting married until they are well established in their lives. The...
View ArticleSense of Self in Autism
One of the most flat-out fascinating books on autism is Temple Grandin’s Animals in Translation. (Grandin, Temple and Catherine Johnson. Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode...
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The Perfect Office
If you see clients, whether as a psychologist, lawyer, financial planner, whatever, you, of course, want your clients to feel comfortable and to trust you. Of course, nothing takes the place of kind...
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Appreciation Experiences
To some degree, most of us human beings suffer from what I call the “taking for granted syndrome.” For much of the time, we fail to appreciate the full value of our health, of the people we love, of...
View ArticleVisting a Mourner? What Not to Say
My mother died just a few weeks ago. If you've lost a parent, too, you know how hard this is to go through. She had many friends and they call or visit me, to comfort me. They all mean well and are...
View ArticleSome Kids Really Do Beat Autism, and That's Good News
The New York Times reported last week that approximately ten percent of autistic children lose their diagnoses, but no one seems particularly happy about it. Neurodiversity activists...
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