A team of American scientists claims that a new method of testing for neurological diseases could provide doctors with a rapid and noninvasive method of diagnosing degenerative disorders. The research reveals that magnetic resonance spectroscopy can distinguish between different disorders in patients, allowing earlier diagnosis.
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August 25, 2010
What clients think CBT will be like and how it really is
People expect cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to be more prescriptive than it is, and therapists to be more controlling than they really are. That's according to a series of interviews with 18 clients who undertook 8 sessions (14 hours) of CBT to help with their diagnosis of generalised anxiety disorder.Henny Westra and colleagues selected for interview nine clients whose therapy had ended po
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Impact Of Stalled Recovery On Mental Health Status Of Children Revealed By ‘Legacy Of Katrina’ Report
Five years ago Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans caused the evacuation of 1.5 million Gulf Coast residents. After a year, 500,000 people remained displaced, many residing in highly transitional shelters, including the notorious FEMA trailer parks...
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Cephalopod Consciousness Part 2: The Case for Animal Consciousness
In this second post of the series “Cephalopod Consciousness”, I’ll talk about the methods that scientists have used to attempt to study consciousness in animals. For perhaps the first time in the history of this blog, I’ll write about science without making any specific reference to cephalopods – I’m saving that for part 3. Here [...]... BAARS, B. (2005
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Drawing pain
The pain drawing has to be one of the more ubiquitous assessment tools around. There are many versions of outlines of naked bodies on which a person can scribble, colour, and write to indicate to treatment providers exactly where they feel their pain, and to a certain extent, some of the sensory features of that … Read more... Schott, G. (2010) The cartography of pain: The
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Managing Trauma in the Workplace
Edited by Noreen Tehrani. Managing Trauma in the Workplace looks at the impact of trauma not only from the perspective of the employees but also from that of their organisations. In addition to describing the negative outcomes from traumatic exposure it offers solutions which will not only build a more resilient workforce…ISBN: 9780415558938Published Aug 24, 2010 by Routledge
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No good deed goes unpunished
In Estonia, there is an old saying: "No good deed goes unpunished." Yes, you read that right: folk wisdom warns Estonians about being too unselfish because good deeds do not get rewarded. Instead, the performer of good deeds depletes their own resources but receives, if anything, bad things in return. Does that sound too cynical for you? Well, now this old proverb has a piece of social psychology
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Better interventions are needed to reduce HIV risk among men who have sex with men, experts say
Although a cognitive-behavioral intervention to encourage men who have sex with men to reduce their substance use and sexual risk behavior (as both are linked) was partially successful, a similar reduction was achieved in comparison groups who did not receive the intervention suggesting that better methods for changing behaviors are needed.
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…The Big-5 and you: What others take from your personality scores
[Wherein our hero discusses the Big-5 personality traits, and how they correlate with other trait factors. Provided are links to Big-5 personality test so you can compare your own scores] I’m of the opinion free will doesn’t exist. The more I learn the more it appears that those things I consider to be ‘me’, are [...]... Petrides, K., Vernon, P., Schermer, J., Ligt
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