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Antiabortion Amendments Stalling Unrelated Bills In Ky. House - Two Republican members of Kentucky's House are attaching antiabortion-rights amendments to several unrelated bills that are awaiting a chamber vote, a move that is threatening to derail changes related to children's Medicaid coverage, among other things, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. The amendments -- sponsored by Reps...
American Psychiatric Association 2010 Annual Meeting Features Conversations With Terry Bradshaw - Mental illness can affect anyone, including celebrities and public leaders. The American Psychiatric Foundation's ninth annual Conversations event, will feature sportscaster and former NFL star Terry Bradshaw, who will talk candidly about his personal story of living with mental illness...
Different Signal Paths For Spontaneous And Deliberate Activation Of Memories - Entirely different signal paths and parts of the brain are involved when you try to remember something and when you just happen to remember something, prompted by a smell, a picture, or a word, for instance. This is shown by Kristiina Kompus in her dissertation at Umeå University in Sweden. Imagine you are asked to remember what you were doing exactly one week ago...
Mother's Flu During Pregnancy May Increase Baby's Risk Of Schizophrenia - Rhesus monkey babies born to mothers who had the flu while pregnant had smaller brains and showed other brain changes similar to those observed in human patients with schizophrenia, a study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found...
Young Boys' Academic Functioning May Be Adversely Affected By Video-Game Ownership - Parents of young boys may want to encourage moderation when it comes to their kids' video game habits. According to new findings in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children. Psychological scientists Robert Weis and Brittany C...
Confidence Is Key To Gauging Impressions We Make - The gift of "seeing ourselves as others see us" is particularly beneficial when we judge how we've made a first impression - in a job interview, during a sales pitch or on a first date. Yet, many come away from these situations with at best a vague notion of how that first impression was perceived or at worst no clue at all. Now, psychologists at Washington University in St...
Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy Recognized For Advocacy Work On Mental Health Issues - Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) was honored last night by the American Psychological Association for his advocacy work and legislative accomplishments on mental health issues. The APA presented Kennedy with the 2010 Outstanding Leadership Award, given annually to a member of Congress who has prominently championed the goals of professional psychology...
Mind Calls For Regulation Of Counsellors And Psychotherapists, UK - Mind today presents new evidence to illustrate the barriers people face when trying to make a complaint about counsellors and psychotherapists and urgently calls for independent statutory regulation to help protect clients from malpractice (1)...
Risk-Free Treatment For Low Female Sexual Desire - According to the Journal of Sexual Medicine, people who engage in regular sexual activity gain several health benefits, such as longer lives, healthier hearts, lower blood pressure, and lower risk of breast cancer. However, approximately 33 percent of women may not receive these benefits due to low sexual desire...
National Jewish Health Receives Grant To Learn How Families Cope With Food Allergy - Families with food-allergic children face a life of constant vigilance and the looming fear of life-threatening allergic reactions. This fear can have a huge impact on an entire family's life, from heightened anxiety to severe limits on their daily activities. Some families cope well with this situation, while others find it extremely stressful and difficult to manage...

April 26, 2006

Political Psychology: The Bush Bubble Myth

Filed under: North America, Political Psychology — 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: Asia, Psychology of Terrorism and Disaster — 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: Clinical Psychology, Japan, North America, World 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: Clinical Psychology, Japan — 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: Career and Employment, Education, 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?

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: Career and Employment, Education, Jobs Posting, 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

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: Clinical Psychology, Education — 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

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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