by Joye C. Anestis As I've mentioned before, I am scared to watch any mental health reality show on TV. I fear that they will provide extreme misinformation, and I don't want to waste precious TV time on something that...
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August 3, 2010
July 7, 2010
Kudos to us!
by Joye C. Anestis It's always fun to receive an award, but perhaps even more so when you didn't know you were up for one. I received notification yesterday that we received a 2010 HAL Medical Blog Award! Specifically, we...
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July 3, 2010
New dads can get depressed, too
by Joye C. Anestis Wow, things are certainly different around here since the last time I sat down to write a post, over 4 months ago. I ask for your patience as I put my writing hat back on and...
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June 23, 2010
Deflating empty arguments - A defense of mental illness diagnoses
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. Welcome back to PBB. It's been a chaotic couple of weeks for us and the site will be making a transition of sorts as Joye takes the lead and I begin my internship. I'm not...
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June 9, 2010
Movin’ on up….
Greeting PBB readers. Just a quick heads up that the site will not likely have any new posts for a week or so, as Joye and I are beginning the process of moving to Mississippi, where I will complete my...
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February 24, 2010
Hiatus
A quick update for PBB readers. The site will be on a brief but indefinite hiatus in the coming days as Joye and I attend to some very exciting personal business. We very much look forward to returning to our...
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January 29, 2010
Clinically significant distress or impairment: essential to a diagnosis or redundant?
by Joye C. Anestis We've spent a good amount of time covering some potential diagnostic changes in the upcoming DSM-V. The proposed changes discussed on PBB so far include altering the format of the mood and anxiety disorders, changing the...
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January 20, 2010
Mortality rates in eating disorders: adding EDNOS to the equation
by Joye C. AnestisBy now it's pretty much common knowledge that eating disorders are devastating. For instance, we know that anorexia nervosa (AN) has the highest mortality of any psychiatric disorder (10%; APA, 2004). Surprisingly, most of these deaths are...
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December 29, 2009
Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy on YouTube
by Joye C. Anestis I recently received notice that the Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy has its own YouTube channel. Here you can find videos of Dr. Judith Beck and Dr. Aaron Beck discussing cognitive therapy. They also feature videos...
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December 12, 2009
I can’t just throw it away: Prevalence and heritability of compulsive hoarding
by Joye C. Anestis I almost never watch reality programs about mental illness. Without fail, they frustrate me because they are generally full of misinformation. Therefore, I have never watched the A&E program Hoarders...if any of you have and want...
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