Boy Scouts to vote on lifting ban on gay youths
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Click Here to Read: Boy Scouts to vote on lifting ban on gay youths By Devon M. Sayers and Phil Gast on CNN website on May 23, 2013.
Archive for the 'General News' Category
CPS protests continue ahead of key school closings vote
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Click Here to Read: CPS protests continue ahead of key school closings vote by Sarah Schulte on the ABC News website on May 21, 2013.
Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Click Here to Read: Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That By Daniel Bergner in The New York Times on May 22, 2013.
Mathieu Amalric learns to stop worrying and embrace psychoanalysis in ‘Jimmy P’
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Click Here to Read: Mathieu Amalric learns to stop worrying and embrace psychoanalysis in ‘Jimmy P’ by Jill Lawless in the Washington Post on May 21, 2013.
When school doesn’t feel safe, facing facts helps
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Click Here to Read: When school doesn’t feel safe, facing facts helps By Maggie Fox on the NBC News website on May 21, 2013.
The Dark Side of Liberation
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Click Here to Read: The Dark Side of Liberation By Jennifer Sschuessler in The New York Times on May 20, 2013.
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Mary Louise Roberts has written “What Soldiers Do,” a book about sexual assaults by Americans fighting in France.
Trust your memory? Maybe you shouldn’t
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Click Here To Read: Trust your memory? Maybe you shouldn’t By Jacque Wilson on the CNN website on May 18, 2013.
If Your Shrink Is A Bot, How Do You Respond?
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Click Here to Read: If Your Shrink Is A Bot, How Do You Respond? by Alix Spiegel on the NPR Shots.com website on May 20, 2013.
Ellie (right) is a computer simulation designed to engage real people, like the woman on the left, in meaningful conversation and take their measure. The computer system looks for subtle patterns in body language and vocal inflections that might be clues to underlying depression or other emotional distress.
DSM-5: A Manual Run Amok
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Click Here to Read: DSM-5: A Manual Run Amok: It’s time for psychiatry to drop its field guide and try to learn about mental ills by Paul McHugh in the Wall Street Journal on May 17, 2013.
The most enduring feature of Freudianism was its claim that important facts about a patient’s mental life are buried in the “unconscious.”
Beware Social Nostalgia
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Click Here to Read: Beware Social Nostalgia by Stephanie Coontz on the New York Times Mobile website on May 18. 2013.
The Baby in the Well
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Click Here To Read: The Baby in the Well: The case against empathy by Paul Bloom in The New Yorker on May 26, 2013,
The evolution of the psychoanalyst’s office
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Click Here To Read: The evolution of the psychoanalyst’s office, Interview with Mark Gerald on the CBS Sunday Morning website on May 19, 2013.
Why French Kids Don’t Have ADHD
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Click Here to Read: Why French Kids Don’t Have ADHD. French children don’t need medications to control their behavior by Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D. on her Suffer the Children blog on the Psychology Today blogs on March 8, 2012.
Psychiatry’s New Diagnostic Manual: “Don’t Buy It. Don’t Use It. Don’t Teach It.”
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Click Here to Read: Psychiatry’s New Diagnostic Manual: “Don’t Buy It. Don’t Use It. Don’t Teach It.” That’s what psychiatrist Allen Frances, chair of the DSM-IV task force, has to say about DSM-5. By Michael Mechanic in Mother Jones Magazine on May 14, 2013
Gymnophobics are real-life ‘never-nudes’
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Click Here to Read: Gymnophobics are real-life ‘never-nudes’ Fox On “Arrested Development,” psychotherapist-turned-actor Tobias Funke, played by David Cross, is pathologically afraid of being naked, even in front of his wife. By Meghan Holohan on the NBC News.com website on May 17, 2013.
IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million medical records
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Click Here to Read: IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million medical records by Erin McCan on the HealthCare IT News website on March 15, 2013.
Longtime Highland Park Resident Wears Many Hats Providing Mental Health Services
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Click Here to Read: Longtime Highland Park Resident Wears Many Hats Providing Mental Health Services By bvd6656, Community Contributor on the Chicago Tribute website on May 16, 2013,
Minnesota now 12th state to approve gay marriage
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Click Here to Read: Minnesota now 12th state to approve gay marriage By Sofia Perpetua on the NBCNews.com website on May 14, 2013,
@GovMarkDayton posted this photo on Twitter.com, with the caption “It’s history”
Hagel orders retraining of sex-assault prevention officers; Army sergeant investigated
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Click Here to Read: Hagel orders retraining of sex-assault prevention officers; Army sergeant investigated By Craig Whitlock in The Washington Post on May 14, 2013.
Chuck Hagel
Shaking Off Loneliness
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Click Here to Read: Shaking Off Loneliness By Jane E. Brody in The New York Times on May 13, 2013.