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Curse of Tourette’s becomes a blessing in disguise

djbaxter — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:38:59 +0000

Horseheads, N.Y. Teen Finds New Purpose Through Illness ‘Curse’ of Tourette’s becomes a blessing in disguise August 7, 2011 HORSEHEADS, New York — Seventeen-year-old Cory Sweet wanted to die five years ago. His school report card, once full of the high 90s that made him proud, was in the tank. And his body would not [...]

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DBT Self-Help App for the iPhone or iPod

djbaxter — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:20:56 +0000

DBT Self-Help App for the iPhone or iPod DBT Self-help is a tool that helps you manage overwhelming emotions, break destructive impulsive behaviors, navigate relationships and cultivate mindfulness. It contains skill descriptions complete with rationale and practice tips that will enable you to develop and practice the needed skills. The skills are based upon the [...]

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Free app for Crohn’s and Colitis patients

djbaxter — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:45:49 +0000

Free app for Crohn’s, colitis patients CBC News July 25, 2011 Toronto’s SickKids creates myIBD to monitor bowel diseases The myIBD phone app helps patients track their food, stool and bathroom breaks. Teens and parents dealing with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis now have a mobile app that will help them manage their disease and [...]

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Metalhead gets disability pay for heavy-metal addiction

djbaxter — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:22:37 +0000

Metalhead gets disability pay for heavy-metal “addiction” by Adriana Barton, Globe and Mail Monday, July 25, 2011 Never mess with a man’s Metallica – let alone his Iron Maiden and AC/DC. In Sweden, a dishwasher has succeeded in having his heavy-metal habit declared an addiction requiring disability payments, reports The Local, a Swedish news site. [...]

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Blockheaded research, blockheaded conclusions

djbaxter — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:23:54 +0000

When you do simple-minded research, expect to draw simple-minded, blockheaded, and just plain wrong conclusions. What’s worse is the potential damage reports of such research can do to those with mental health conditions in need of treatment. Case in point… the following description of a McMaster research study from TriCity Psychology Blog: Anti-Depressants Raise Relapse [...]

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After years in a coma, DMOZ/ODP finally pronounced dead

djbaxter — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:10:20 +0000

Final Nail In The Google Directory Coffin by Barry Schwartz, Search Engine Land Jul 20, 2011 In 2008, Google removed directory links from Webmaster Tools and in December 2010, Google dropped the search box from the Google directory. Today, Google has completely removed the Google Directory as a Google service. Going to directory.google.com will show [...]

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The Available Parent

djbaxter — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:13:04 +0000

The Available Parent Thomas Phelan Ph.D. (Foreword). Viva Editions 2011, Paperback, 252 pages, $9.33 The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens by Dr. John Duffy Viva Editions; ISBN 978-1-57344-657-0 The process of transitioning from child to adult is sometimes as difficult for parents as it is for their children. In his new [...]

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Google accuses Bing; Bing deflects accusations; Google strangely silent

djbaxter — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 06:50:21 +0000

In a move that seemed more like college dorm intrigue than research or detective work, Google set up a rather silly sting in search terms for rare or nonexistent words and then claimed that for these infrequent search terms about 9% showed up in Bing’s search results. Based on this rather flimsy “evidence”, they accused [...]

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When the Devil Knocks

djbaxter — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:19:28 +0000

When the Devil Knocks – Television Premiere Wednesday January 26 at 10 pm ET and PT CBC News Network’s The Passionate Eye For four decades, Hilary Stanton thought she was fine. But she had big gaps in her memory, and then a breakdown. She sought help and discovered she had been suffering from Dissociative Identity [...]

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Mood 24/7 Beta Test and Survey

djbaxter — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:18:42 +0000

Mood 24/7 Beta Test and Survey Chris Hall, Director, Clinical Platforms HealthCentral September 8, 2010 How many good days did you have last week? HealthCentral is developing a service called Mood 24/7, based on technology from Johns Hopkins University, to allow you to track your good and bad days with a simple text message. We [...]

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