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Namibia To Launch Pilot HIV Testing, Counseling Project - The Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services will launch a pilot project to provide no-cost HIV testing and counseling in certain regions of the country to mark its National HIV Testing Day on May 9, Namibia's New Era reports.
Mind Comments On New Public Attitudes Survey - Commenting on the release of the Department of Health's 2008 survey into public attitudes towards mental ill health, Mind's Chief Executive Paul Farmer said: "Overall, the general picture is that attitudes towards mental health are at best static - it's the reason why some of the leading mental health charities got together to form
Clinical Data On Somaxon Pharmaceuticals' Product Candidate For The Treatment Of Insomnia Presented At American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting - Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOMX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the in-licensing and development of proprietary product candidates for the treatment of diseases and disorders in the fields of psychiatry and neurology, announced that data from three Phase 3 clinical trials of the company's product candidate SILENOR™ (doxepin HCl) for the treatment of insomnia were presented at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 161st annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Not In My Back Garden - Government Figures Show Mental Health Stigma Is Still Rife, UK - Mental health charity Rethink has branded findings released by the Department of Health on attitudes towards people with mental health problems as "shocking, ignorant, and unacceptable in today's society.
Fritzl Says He Knew He Was Hurting His Daughter, "it Was Like An Addiction" - Joseph Fritzl says he knew Elizabeth did not want him to do what he was doing to her - having sex with her - but it was "like an addiction". We added that he wanted to have children with her. He said he knew the whole time that was he was doing was wrong. He sometimes wondered whether he was crazy for doing such acts. However, his double life became quite "matter of fact", he says. He had two families, one upstairs and the other downstairs - two parallel lives.
Brain Chemical Imbalance May Explain Lack Of Motivation In Schizophrenia - A study of patients with psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia suggests an alternative explanation for why many sufferers lack motivation. The research is described in BioMed Central's journal BMC Psychiatry.In addition to the hallucinations that often characterize schizophrenia, patients also have major problems with apathy and lack of motivation.
New Book 'Children And The Dark Side Of Human Experience' Offers Insightful Perspectives - The haunting images of children huddled in refugee camps and exposed to violence in war zones appear on millions of television screens and in newspapers everyday worldwide. Children continue to be burdened by the emotional and physical scars of violent homes and communities.
Treatment With Paliperidone ER May Be Associated With Significantly Reduced Use Of Mental Health Resources - Patients receiving paliperidone extended-release tablets (paliperidone ER) spent significantly fewer days in the hospital, had significantly fewer emergency room and psychiatric-related office visits, and fewer psychotherapy sessions, compared with the year before starting treatment, according to a new analysis of data presented at the 161st Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in Washington, D.C.
Study Demonstrates Lexapro(R) Significantly Improves Depression Symptoms In Adolescents - Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) announced that study results show Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) significantly improved symptoms of depression as compared to placebo treatment and was well tolerated in adolescents, aged 12-17, with major depressive disorder (MDD), according to phase III data presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.
Genes In Brains Of Suicide Victims Marked By Child Abuse - A study published in the open-access journal PLoS Onedemonstrates how environment affected the genes in brains of suicidevictims. The researchers, led by Moshe Szyfa (Department ofPharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal,Quebec), found real differences between brains of men who committedsuicide and the brains of men who did not.

April 26, 2006

Political Psychology: The Bush Bubble Myth

Filed under: Political Psychology, North America — Admin @ 10:51 am

The latest trend in Bush Administration criticism is the reemergence of the Bush bubble myth. This myth, originating in the earliest stereotypes of Mr. Bush, views the president passing his days in a comfortable womb of like-minded people cut off from and uninterested in the world at large, going about his imperious ways with no […]

Death Pumps Up Aggressive Thoughts

Filed under: Psychology of Terrorism and Disaster, Asia — Admin @ 10:48 am

A study was conducted by Tom Pyszczynski, professor, Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Abdolhossein Abdollahi, professor, Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Zarand, Iran, Sheldon Solomon, professor, Psychology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and Jeff Greenberg, professor, Psychology, University of Arizona, Tuscon.
In this study both Iranian students and American students were questioned and were found […]

March 11, 2006

Mental Health Counseling

Filed under: Japan, World Psychology, North America, Clinical Psychology — Admin @ 12:31 pm

Situations Facing People in Tokyo and Japan
Do you find it is easier for Japanese to talk about their problems in English rather than Japanese?
Yes, sometimes. This can be the case even with people of varying levels of fluency if they are given sufficient time to formulate what they want to express in their […]

Mental Health Counseling:

Filed under: Japan, Clinical Psychology — Admin @ 12:29 pm

Situations Facing People in Tokyo and Japan
“I provide counseling to Japanese students who spend a semester abroad here. I was wondering if you have any information about the most common psychiatric or psychological problems facing young 18 - 20 year old women, in your experience”…
Among the most common problems facing young women […]

Counseling Psychotherapy and Support in Tokyo and Japan

Filed under: Education, Career and Employment, News by Region — Admin @ 12:28 pm

Created to provide all people living in the Tokyo community, throughout Japan and around the world with free information on qualified counseling psychotherapy in Tokyo and Japan, mental health resources in Tokyo and Japan, online self-help and social support groups, telephone help line and other useful web sites. Also providing a forum to express feelings […]

What is Clinical Psychology?

Filed under: Education, Career and Employment, North America, Clinical Psychology — Admin @ 12:25 pm

Clinical psychology is the application of psychological theory and research to the alleviation of human problems in living. At one time, the term “mental illness” was used to describe the types of problems of interest to clinical psychologists, but this term no longer describes accurately the broad range of topics with which contemporary clinical psychologists […]

Private Practice Database

Filed under: Education, Jobs Posting, Career and Employment, North America — Admin @ 12:24 pm

Welcome to CAPS’ Private Practice Database. Please use this resource to search for private mental health care providers in the communities surrounding Penn State campuses.
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Self-Help Resources - Anxiety

Filed under: Counselling Room, Life Questions and Answers, Psychology Resources, Psychology of Health, North America, Cognition and Perception, Personality Psychology, Clinical Psychology — Admin @ 12:23 pm

The pressures of academic deadlines, worry about grades, juggling relationships and part time jobs can keep you “on your toes”. Throw in angst about figuring out who you are and where you’re heading in life and it’s a lot to deal with. A certain amount of anxiety can be expected for most students. For this […]

University of Otago

Filed under: Education, Clinical Psychology — Admin @ 12:20 pm

I am proud to introduce you to the University of Otago. As New Zealand’s first university, founded in 1869, Otago has earned an international reputation for the quality of its research and teaching.
In 2006 Otago will have over 20,000 students enrolled and has a presence in each of the four main cities of New Zealand […]

Timothy Trull’s CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Filed under: Teachers' Resources, Education, Book Reviews, North America, Clinical Psychology — Admin @ 12:18 pm

In language your students will understand and enjoy reading, Timothy Trull’s CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY offers a concrete and well-rounded introduction to clinical psychology. A highly respected clinician and researcher, Dr. Trull examines the rigorous research training that clinicians receive, along with the empirically supported assessment methods and interventions that clinical psychologists must understand to be […]

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