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Individual posts are listed by category and publication date, newest to oldest.
Blog Posts
- Book Reviews (23)
- Stepfamily Sanity During The Holidays
December 30, 2009, 14:52
Stepfamily Sanity this Holiday Season By Wednesday Martin, Ph.D., Author of Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way …
- No. Just Say It.
December 20, 2009, 13:13
No -- Just Say It by Claire Shipman & Katty Kay, Authors of Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success Once you've tamed your inner-guilt monster…
- Love Your Body, Love Your Life
October 4, 2009, 14:14
Love Your Body, Love Your Life 5 Steps to End Negative Body Obsession and Start Living Happily and Confidently By Sarah Maria Eating Disorders. Steroids. P…
- Meaning in Relationships
June 11, 2009, 01:19
Looking for Love This Summer? This Time, Make It Meaningful By Laura Berman Fortgang, Author of The Little Book on Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create…
- The Pursuit of Perfect
April 21, 2009, 13:26
The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life by Tal Ben-Shahar, Ph.D. Published by McGraw Hill We, learn to walk by fa…
- Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create It
April 13, 2009, 11:41
The Little Book on Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create It by Laura Berman Fortgang As a prominent self-help author and a pioneer in the field of life co…
- The Five Love Languages
October 9, 2008, 10:00
The Five Love Languages:How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman I discovered this book quite by accident while searching for a di…
- The Smart Woman's Guide to Midlife and Beyond
August 1, 2008, 14:03
The Smart Woman's Guide to Midlife and Beyond by Dr. Janet Horn and Dr. Robin Miller Women understand that taking care of their health is essential to maint…
- Distracted
July 21, 2008, 10:00
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age By Maggie Jackson Published by Prometheus Books June 2008;$25.95US; 978-1-59102-623-5 We have…
- Bipolar II: Enhance Highs, Boost Creativity, Escape Cycles
December 30, 2007, 13:05
Bipolar II: Enhance Your Highs, Boost Your Creativity, and Escape the Cycles of Recurrent Depression -- The Essential Guide to Recognize and Treat the Mood Swin…
- What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Depression
December 26, 2007, 19:33
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Depression: The Breakthrough Integrative Approach for Effective Treatment by Michael B. Schacter, M.D., with Deborah …
- Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light
November 13, 2007, 06:02
Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light: A Memoir of Cutting, Healing, and Hope is a powerful new book by Vanessa Vega about her journey into therapy for self-inj…
- Grief: How Long Will It Take?
May 24, 2007, 14:11
Time: How Long Will It Take? by Charlotte M. Mathes, LCSW, Ph.D. Author of And a Sword Shall Pierce Your Heart Waiting? OK. But will a lightness of heart e…
- Bad logic, bad science, and sensationalism
May 13, 2007, 09:06
This is the kind of news release that angers me. Brian Quinn, LCSW, PhD., Author Of A New Book On Bipolar Disorder, Discusses The Risks Of Antidepressants In A…
- No Body is Perfect: Body Image and Shame
March 18, 2007, 22:52
No Body is Perfect: Body Image and Shame by Brené Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W. Author of I Thought It Was Just Me We often want to believe that shame is reserved …
- Alpha Girls: The New American Girl
September 9, 2006, 13:52
Alpha Girls: Understanding the New American Girl and How She Is Changing the World By Dan Kindlon, PhD Following on the heels of his groundbreaking best…
- Listening to Fear
March 28, 2006, 11:23
Listening to Fear: Helping Kids Cope from Nightmares to the Nightly News by Steven Marans, Ph.D. Our children's nightmares are filled with the dangers…
- Shifting Ground
March 22, 2006, 23:10
Shifting Ground Ruth (Major) Jones McVeigh Xlibris Corporation (July 2006) This autobiography traces the author's tempestuous 22-year marriage to an undiag…
- Managing Your Energy After Childbirth
March 22, 2006, 00:07
The Post-Pregnancy Handbook: The Only Book that Tells What the First Year After Childbirth is Really All About - Physically, Emotionally, Sexually By Sylvia Br…
- Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness
March 21, 2006, 10:48
Pete Earley is an award-winning investigative reporter whose previous books have been about spies, prisons, and the witness protection program. To some degree, …
- When Your Kids Are Popular with the Wrong Crowd
February 9, 2006, 10:55
When Your Kids Are Popular with the Wrong Crowd By Sylvia Rimm, PhD Author of Growing Up Too Fast: The Rimm Report on the Secret World of America's Middle Sch…
- Eating, Drinking, Overthinking
February 9, 2006, 10:54
Eating, Drinking, Overthinking: The Toxic Triangle of Food, Alcohol, and Depression - and How Women Can Break Free By Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Ph.D. Depressio…
- Growing Up Too Fast: The Rimm Report on the Secret World of America's Middle Schoolers
October 18, 2005, 10:45
Growing Up Too Fast: The Rimm Report on the Secret World of America's Middle Schoolers By Sylvia Rimm, Ph.D. Sex, drugs, peer pressure, and underachievement…
- Stepfamily Sanity During The Holidays
- General Psychology (23)
- A Secret, a Disability, a Journey into the Unknown
June 11, 2009, 19:37
Not the Same Old Story - A Secret, a Disability, a Journey into the Unknown By Steve Luxenberg, Author of Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret …
- Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create It
April 13, 2009, 11:41
The Little Book on Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create It by Laura Berman Fortgang As a prominent self-help author and a pioneer in the field of life co…
- Raising Awareness vs. Promoting and Normalizing Pathology
January 5, 2009, 09:41
Newsweek recently published an article titled Out of the Shadows regarding the proliferation of so-called "pro-ana" web sites: A Web page labeled "Ana Boot Ca…
- A bad idea. And illegal.
March 8, 2008, 12:00
Here in Ottawa, we've had an ongoing debate about the rationale for giving free crack pipes to crack addicts, a program that costs several hundred thousand doll…
- Royal College of Psychiatrists gets it wrong again
July 4, 2007, 11:20
Royal College of Psychiatrists Disappointed At Government's Failure To Recognize People's Capacity To Make Decisions For Themselves (04 Jul 2007) The Royal…
- Bad logic, bad science, and sensationalism
May 13, 2007, 09:06
This is the kind of news release that angers me. Brian Quinn, LCSW, PhD., Author Of A New Book On Bipolar Disorder, Discusses The Risks Of Antidepressants In A…
- Petition for children's mental health
May 1, 2007, 11:58
Petition for Children's Mental Health: Send a message to the Ontario provincial government by Jennifer Forbes Tuesday, May 01, 2007 The opportunity to demo…
- No Body is Perfect: Body Image and Shame
March 18, 2007, 22:52
No Body is Perfect: Body Image and Shame by Brené Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W. Author of I Thought It Was Just Me We often want to believe that shame is reserved …
- "Junk medicine": UK debates cognitive behavior therapy
November 4, 2006, 09:47
Junk medicine: Cognitive behavioral therapy November 04, 2006 by Phillip Hodson, The Times Talking cure is cheap The five main mental health charities ha…
- Even "experts" have really dumb ideas sometimes
October 10, 2006, 11:50
"Schizophrenia" should be dropped, say experts Mon Oct 9, 2006 By Patricia Reaney LONDON (Reuters) - Mental health experts called on Monday for the term schi…
- Mandated Social Responsibility on the Net
September 10, 2006, 12:21
I have previously written of the appalling lack of social responsibility at prominent websites such as the Open Directory Project (ODP or DMOZ) (see Social Re…
- Social Responsibility on the Net: DMOZ Declines
June 28, 2006, 08:39
AOL-owned DMOZ (the "Open Directory Project") is a large human-edited directory of websites which purports to list only the best of the web - those quality sit…
- Fighting Back Against Violence
April 9, 2006, 17:41
I've just come across a a remarkable blog by a remarkable woman: Holly's Fight To Stop Violence. This is the story of a woman who was the victim of a sexual …
- Tonsils, Sleep, and ADHD
April 4, 2006, 13:14
Some years ago, when I was first learning about conditions such as hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder (now merged into attention deficit hyperactivit…
- Video game blasts cancer
April 2, 2006, 14:04
Video game helps young people blast cancer Story by Lisa Baertlein In the midst of all the commercialism, nihilism, and sheer craziness in the news most d…
- Lucid Psychotherapy
March 22, 2006, 02:30
Lucid Psychotherapy: Psychotherapy Integration In the Moment by Jeffery Smith, MD Dr. Smith writes, "I have recently developed an online essay describing a …
- New Features in PsychLinks Mental Health Resources Directory
August 1, 2005, 00:12
The PsychLinks network has added a new feature: a new Mental Health Directory.Basic submission to the directory is free and reciprocal links are not required. …
- Mental Illness and Democracy
September 30, 2004, 01:36
Some years ago, the novelist Nevil Shute wrote a future vision of an Australian society where every citizen in good standing had the right to one vote -- nothin…
- Jumping to conclusions
September 13, 2004, 01:38
A recent report from a Seattle research group proclaims, "Vitamin Supplements May Slow Middle-Age Weight Gain".FRIDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDayNews) -- Four common s…
- Obesity: Addiction, Illness, or just plain Fat-Bashing?
August 16, 2004, 22:55
Are we taking this too far? Compulsive eating is undeniably a problem for many individuals, as are other eating disorders, with physical health as well as menta…
- "Confessing" mental illness
August 2, 2004, 10:28
You may have seen these recent headlines, or similar ones:Princess admits mental illnessJapanese princess admits mental illnessWhat struck me as I read these wa…
- PsychLinks Forum reaches an early milestone
July 29, 2004, 09:49
Some of you may already know about the PsychLinks Psychology Self-Help & Support Forums, an offshoot of the main PsychLinks Psychology Mental Health & S…
- Pets as Serotonin Boosters
July 22, 2004, 01:26
Puppy Love: Pets and serotonin There have been indications for some time from anectdotal reports and research that people, especially seniors, who live with …
- A Secret, a Disability, a Journey into the Unknown
- Grief (3)
- Grief: How Long Will It Take?
May 24, 2007, 14:11
Time: How Long Will It Take? by Charlotte M. Mathes, LCSW, Ph.D. Author of And a Sword Shall Pierce Your Heart Waiting? OK. But will a lightness of heart e…
- Beautiful Boo
September 20, 2006, 23:29
A beautiful girl's memory: Girl's death inspires Web site for teenagers Wednesday February 19, 2003 By Mike Strobel, Toronto Sun Boo MacLeod, forever 18, l…
- Dennis P. Lewis: March 11, 1972 - April 4, 2006
April 10, 2006, 13:14
The advent of almost universal access to the internet has changed our world in ways most of us probably could not have imagined. One of these is that we can now…
- Grief: How Long Will It Take?
- Humor (3)
- Diagnosing friends and family
February 13, 2010, 20:46
My Diagnosis By Polly Frost January 7, 2010 SCENE: Me, standing at a podium in front of a group of people sitting on folding chairs. ME: Hi, I'm Polly F…
- The True Story of the Garden of Eden
March 28, 2006, 22:45
What actually happened that day in-a-gadda-da-vida (dontcha know what I mean?):... Scene: Snake is flicking his tongue at a small mammal cowering under a lea…
- Women are really from Mars - we don't know WHERE men are from
July 27, 2004, 00:35
Women are really from Mars - we don't know WHERE men are from We've known for a long time that men are more likely to be color blind than women. But as Amy N…
- Diagnosing friends and family
- Internet (30)
- Celebrating 20 Years of AOL Annoyances and Foul-Ups
April 29, 2009, 00:01
Perhaps more of interest to those who lived through it than those who arrived on the tail end, this is a fascinating and sometimes frustrating look back on infa…
- Raising Awareness vs. Promoting and Normalizing Pathology
January 5, 2009, 09:41
Newsweek recently published an article titled Out of the Shadows regarding the proliferation of so-called "pro-ana" web sites: A Web page labeled "Ana Boot Ca…
- Misguided Protectors of Freedom of Speech: The next chapter
December 30, 2008, 07:41
Uproar in Australia Over Plan to Block Web Sites December 26, 2008 SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — A proposed Internet filter dubbed the ''Great Aussie Firewall'' …
- DMOZ reaches a new low
June 8, 2007, 11:32
Compostannie, one of the most hard-working, most honest, and most principled of the mixed bag of DMOZ editors and arguably one of the best ambassadors DMOZ ever…
- Tagged
April 3, 2007, 14:01
I'm a little late finding this but... I was tagged by Jeremy Mayes (aka GuyFromChicago) back in December 2006: After you've been tagged you're supposed to s…
- When do our children become FIRST priority?
February 9, 2007, 15:47
This kind of reaction from so-called "civil liberties" factions both amazes and enrages me: Child porn rings hard to track Wed Feb 7, 2007 By BRIAN BERGSTEIN…
- Action against and recovery from pro-anorexia websites
January 12, 2007, 08:43
Spanish authorities have taken strong action against a website actively promoting anorexia: Spanish health authority bans website promoting anorexia MADRID,…
- More about the evils of pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia websites
January 7, 2007, 13:39
I have previously posted about the dangers of pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia websites and specifically about the promotion of such websites through the Open Direc…
- How NOT to blog: The Matt Cutts syndrome
December 25, 2006, 10:55
A successful blog can and should include many things, including: topic-relevant information important and relevant breaking news related how-to's re…
- A law you can't enforce is just political hot air
December 10, 2006, 16:44
Another news item from the "Ideas that sounded good to someone who didn't think it all the way through" file: Senators propose to track sex offenders online T…
- Protecting our children means vigilance
October 19, 2006, 11:49
Today's children and teens spend more and more time on the net, on instant messengers, publishing personal information on blogs and social networking sites. Th…
- Microsoft anti-child-porn technology
October 17, 2006, 09:52
Italy adopts Microsoft anti-child-porn technology Mon Oct 16, 2006 ROME (Reuters) - Italy became the first European country to adopt a Microsoft system for co…
- Mandated Social Responsibility on the Net
September 10, 2006, 12:21
I have previously written of the appalling lack of social responsibility at prominent websites such as the Open Directory Project (ODP or DMOZ) (see Social Re…
- Social Responsibility on the Net: DMOZ Declines
June 28, 2006, 08:39
AOL-owned DMOZ (the "Open Directory Project") is a large human-edited directory of websites which purports to list only the best of the web - those quality sit…
- DMOZ still promoting pro-anorexia, pro-self-injury sites
May 30, 2006, 10:18
I last posted on these DMOZ listings on May 2, 2006, almost a month ago (see DMOZ and web sites promoting anorexia and self-injury). I just checked back today -…
- DMOZ and web sites promoting anorexia and self-injury
May 2, 2006, 12:02
I have written previously about the AOL-owned directory known as DMOZ or ODP (Open Directory Project) endorsing and promoting via listings in their directory s…
- Sensationalism, Yellow Journalism, and Damned Lies
April 29, 2006, 17:12
I recently had this article brought to my attention by someone in the U.S. asking, "Is this true?". The article begins in this very sensational way: Canada…
- DMOZ still listing pro-pedophilia sites
April 15, 2006, 11:57
Back on February 14, 2006, in my article, AOL-owned DMOZ Directory promotes child pornography?, I said: There is a very long thread at DigitalPoint Forums run…
- Information, Rumor, or Opinion? Check your sources
April 2, 2006, 15:08
"a lot of bunk masquerading as information" That's how Joshua Greenbaum describes much of the information available on the so-called "information highway". …
- WordPress 2.02: First Impressions
April 1, 2006, 15:33
I've just finished upgrading from WordPress 1.52 to WordPress 2.02, following a warning from my host that they were upgrading all Wordpress installations due t…
- Basic Computer Security
March 28, 2006, 00:28
First, if you think your system may already have been compromised, start by running Trend Micro's Free online virus scan (this is a good idea even if you have a…
- AOL-owned DMOZ Directory promotes child pornography?
February 14, 2006, 21:10
Discusses the listing in certain DMOZ categories of websites which promote child pornography and pedophilia via pro-pedophilia forums and chat rooms.
- New Features in PsychLinks Mental Health Resources Directory
August 1, 2005, 00:12
The PsychLinks network has added a new feature: a new Mental Health Directory.Basic submission to the directory is free and reciprocal links are not required. …
- Blogging as a weapon
September 17, 2004, 01:36
An interesting and somewhat alarming story by Ted Streuli in The Galveston County Daily News (August 29, 2004):Teens thrust into blogosphereFRIENDSWOOD -- Somew…
- Medicine on the Net
September 17, 2004, 00:08
Writing in the The Boston Globe, reporter Wendy Lee discusses the internet and the changing face of medicine in North America. When a 32-year-old patient with …
- High speed internet access funding suspended
August 7, 2004, 12:52
As Jack Kapica reports in the Globe and Mail (August 5, 2004), "two programs -- Connect Ontario: Partnering for Smart Communities (COPSC) and Connect Ontario: B…
- PsychLinks Forum reaches an early milestone
July 29, 2004, 09:49
Some of you may already know about the PsychLinks Psychology Self-Help & Support Forums, an offshoot of the main PsychLinks Psychology Mental Health & S…
- The plan...
July 18, 2004, 23:27
I've been thinking about this blog thing today, along with fighting the aftermath of a summer 'flu (and what is that about? when did we start having the 'flu al…
- What am I going to do with this blog?
July 18, 2004, 00:05
Okay... here I am again about two months after starting this -- after dealing with several other projects (when will I learn that I really can NOT multitask?) -…
- Welcome to PsychLinks Blog!
July 17, 2004, 23:57
Welcome to the PsychLinks Blog, created July 17, 2004. This is part of the PsychLinks Network, consisting of: PsychLinks Psychology Mental Health &…
- Celebrating 20 Years of AOL Annoyances and Foul-Ups
- Life (11)
- The Concepcion Project
January 23, 2010, 10:29
There is a lot in the news currently - and rightly so - about the horrific earthquakes in Haiti and the relief efforts underway to assist the Haitian people. Ev…
- No. Just Say It.
December 20, 2009, 13:13
No -- Just Say It by Claire Shipman & Katty Kay, Authors of Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success Once you've tamed your inner-guilt monster…
- Meaning in Relationships
June 11, 2009, 01:19
Looking for Love This Summer? This Time, Make It Meaningful By Laura Berman Fortgang, Author of The Little Book on Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create…
- Politicians, Damned Politicians, and Madness
September 11, 2007, 08:20
I don't normally engage in discussions or debates about politics or religion. However, a series of news items in late August has my blood boiling. After fiv…
- Beautiful Boo
September 20, 2006, 23:29
A beautiful girl's memory: Girl's death inspires Web site for teenagers Wednesday February 19, 2003 By Mike Strobel, Toronto Sun Boo MacLeod, forever 18, l…
- Sensationalism, Yellow Journalism, and Damned Lies
April 29, 2006, 17:12
I recently had this article brought to my attention by someone in the U.S. asking, "Is this true?". The article begins in this very sensational way: Canada…
- Information, Rumor, or Opinion? Check your sources
April 2, 2006, 15:08
"a lot of bunk masquerading as information" That's how Joshua Greenbaum describes much of the information available on the so-called "information highway". …
- Teens afraid to go to school
July 29, 2004, 21:56
A new report released today by the CDC indicates that US teenagers fear violence in the schools more today than a decade ago, despite some evidence that the rat…
- Women are really from Mars - we don't know WHERE men are from
July 27, 2004, 00:35
Women are really from Mars - we don't know WHERE men are from We've known for a long time that men are more likely to be color blind than women. But as Amy N…
- Pets as Serotonin Boosters
July 22, 2004, 01:26
Puppy Love: Pets and serotonin There have been indications for some time from anectdotal reports and research that people, especially seniors, who live with …
- Opinion and evidence
July 19, 2004, 00:31
New Power Lines Stir Health Debate SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lara Lighthouse is fighting the planned route of a 230,000-volt power line near San Francisco beca…
- The Concepcion Project
- Medications (9)
- What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Depression
December 26, 2007, 19:33
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Depression: The Breakthrough Integrative Approach for Effective Treatment by Michael B. Schacter, M.D., with Deborah …
- Bad logic, bad science, and sensationalism
May 13, 2007, 09:06
This is the kind of news release that angers me. Brian Quinn, LCSW, PhD., Author Of A New Book On Bipolar Disorder, Discusses The Risks Of Antidepressants In A…
- World's Largest Online Medications Database
March 26, 2006, 13:09
DrugBank: "World's Largest Online Drug Database" Searching for credible information on various drugs can be a daunting task both for professionals and consumer…
- Should Psychologists Be Prescribing Drugs?
August 27, 2005, 13:05
Louisiana Psychologists Begin Prescribing Drugs Associated Press - April 18, 2005 - BATON ROUGE, La. - The first of the so-called "medical psychologists" began…
- Making sense of medication side-effects
April 30, 2005, 16:08
You've just come home from a visit to your doctor with a new prescription. If you are like many people today, one of the first things you will do is read the le…
- How about a lovely glass of Prozac?
August 9, 2004, 00:32
Britain, long known as a nation that produces much more exciting scandals than Canada, the US, or Australia, has done it again. It seems that the British Parlia…
- Medication in children: Controlling symptoms or controlling behavior?
July 24, 2004, 11:20
This isn't a new issue but it is one that emerges repeatedly, amid reports of increases in the rate of diagnosis of disorders like ADHD and corrsponding increas…
- Depressed Teens: Antidepressants and psychotherapy
July 22, 2004, 00:45
If you pay attention to the news at all, you will have heard the published fears about the use of antidepressant medications in teens and children purportedly i…
- Omega-3 essential fatty acids
July 19, 2004, 21:20
There is now increasing evidence that omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFAs) are helpful in the prevention and treatment of anxiety, depression, seasonal affectiv…
- What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Depression
- Medicine (10)
- Royal College of Psychiatrists gets it wrong again
July 4, 2007, 11:20
Royal College of Psychiatrists Disappointed At Government's Failure To Recognize People's Capacity To Make Decisions For Themselves (04 Jul 2007) The Royal…
- The sad state of Canada's health care system: A rant
May 21, 2007, 09:47
This was inspired by a reaction to a post at the Psychlinks Forum about health care and mental health. At moments like this, I feel like Albert Finney screaming…
- Bad logic, bad science, and sensationalism
May 13, 2007, 09:06
This is the kind of news release that angers me. Brian Quinn, LCSW, PhD., Author Of A New Book On Bipolar Disorder, Discusses The Risks Of Antidepressants In A…
- UK psychiatrists oppose streamlined services
April 28, 2007, 15:22
File under "Whose Interests Are You Really Trying To Protect?" The Mental Health Bill Will Not Help Vulnerable Patients, Say Doctors, UK 25 Apr 2007 Wi…
- Tonsils, Sleep, and ADHD
April 4, 2006, 13:14
Some years ago, when I was first learning about conditions such as hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder (now merged into attention deficit hyperactivit…
- Video game blasts cancer
April 2, 2006, 14:04
Video game helps young people blast cancer Story by Lisa Baertlein In the midst of all the commercialism, nihilism, and sheer craziness in the news most d…
- Medicine on the Net
September 17, 2004, 00:08
Writing in the The Boston Globe, reporter Wendy Lee discusses the internet and the changing face of medicine in North America. When a 32-year-old patient with …
- File under "ewwww! gross!!!"
August 2, 2004, 18:22
I just came across this story on the medical use of maggots (!) -- yes, not leeches (which is also a bit ewww!) but maggots (mega ewww!!).Apparently, they are b…
- Omega-3 essential fatty acids
July 19, 2004, 21:20
There is now increasing evidence that omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFAs) are helpful in the prevention and treatment of anxiety, depression, seasonal affectiv…
- Opinion and evidence
July 19, 2004, 00:31
New Power Lines Stir Health Debate SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lara Lighthouse is fighting the planned route of a 230,000-volt power line near San Francisco beca…
- Royal College of Psychiatrists gets it wrong again
- Mental Disorders (33)
- Desensitizing Your Fight or Flight Response
January 2, 2010, 13:23
Desensitizing Your Fight or Flight Response Creating a Sense of Safety in Your Life By Changing the Meaning of Your Experiences By Ewa Schwarz Eigh…
- A Secret, a Disability, a Journey into the Unknown
June 11, 2009, 19:37
Not the Same Old Story - A Secret, a Disability, a Journey into the Unknown By Steve Luxenberg, Author of Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret …
- How we fail to protect the future victims of high risk sex offenders
April 30, 2009, 08:07
Maclean's Magazine recently published the following: The five things you need to know about the National Sex Offender Registry by Michael Friscolanti, Macle…
- Raising Awareness vs. Promoting and Normalizing Pathology
January 5, 2009, 09:41
Newsweek recently published an article titled Out of the Shadows regarding the proliferation of so-called "pro-ana" web sites: A Web page labeled "Ana Boot Ca…
- A bad idea. And illegal.
March 8, 2008, 12:00
Here in Ottawa, we've had an ongoing debate about the rationale for giving free crack pipes to crack addicts, a program that costs several hundred thousand doll…
- Bipolar II: Enhance Highs, Boost Creativity, Escape Cycles
December 30, 2007, 13:05
Bipolar II: Enhance Your Highs, Boost Your Creativity, and Escape the Cycles of Recurrent Depression -- The Essential Guide to Recognize and Treat the Mood Swin…
- What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Depression
December 26, 2007, 19:33
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Depression: The Breakthrough Integrative Approach for Effective Treatment by Michael B. Schacter, M.D., with Deborah …
- Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light
November 13, 2007, 06:02
Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light: A Memoir of Cutting, Healing, and Hope is a powerful new book by Vanessa Vega about her journey into therapy for self-inj…
- Royal College of Psychiatrists gets it wrong again
July 4, 2007, 11:20
Royal College of Psychiatrists Disappointed At Government's Failure To Recognize People's Capacity To Make Decisions For Themselves (04 Jul 2007) The Royal…
- Bad logic, bad science, and sensationalism
May 13, 2007, 09:06
This is the kind of news release that angers me. Brian Quinn, LCSW, PhD., Author Of A New Book On Bipolar Disorder, Discusses The Risks Of Antidepressants In A…
- Petition for children's mental health
May 1, 2007, 11:58
Petition for Children's Mental Health: Send a message to the Ontario provincial government by Jennifer Forbes Tuesday, May 01, 2007 The opportunity to demo…
- UK psychiatrists oppose streamlined services
April 28, 2007, 15:22
File under "Whose Interests Are You Really Trying To Protect?" The Mental Health Bill Will Not Help Vulnerable Patients, Say Doctors, UK 25 Apr 2007 Wi…
- No Body is Perfect: Body Image and Shame
March 18, 2007, 22:52
No Body is Perfect: Body Image and Shame by Brené Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W. Author of I Thought It Was Just Me We often want to believe that shame is reserved …
- Action against and recovery from pro-anorexia websites
January 12, 2007, 08:43
Spanish authorities have taken strong action against a website actively promoting anorexia: Spanish health authority bans website promoting anorexia MADRID,…
- More about the evils of pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia websites
January 7, 2007, 13:39
I have previously posted about the dangers of pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia websites and specifically about the promotion of such websites through the Open Direc…
- A law you can't enforce is just political hot air
December 10, 2006, 16:44
Another news item from the "Ideas that sounded good to someone who didn't think it all the way through" file: Senators propose to track sex offenders online T…
- "Junk medicine": UK debates cognitive behavior therapy
November 4, 2006, 09:47
Junk medicine: Cognitive behavioral therapy November 04, 2006 by Phillip Hodson, The Times Talking cure is cheap The five main mental health charities ha…
- Promoting stigma: Dumb ideas from "experts", Part Two
October 21, 2006, 02:31
Recently, I commented on a painfully misguided and misinformed call to remove the term "schizophrenia" as a diagnosis on the grounds that it might be stigmatiz…
- Protecting our children means vigilance
October 19, 2006, 11:49
Today's children and teens spend more and more time on the net, on instant messengers, publishing personal information on blogs and social networking sites. Th…
- Microsoft anti-child-porn technology
October 17, 2006, 09:52
Italy adopts Microsoft anti-child-porn technology Mon Oct 16, 2006 ROME (Reuters) - Italy became the first European country to adopt a Microsoft system for co…
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