by Craig Marker | May 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an excerpt from the Addiction in Society Blog:Hillary Clinton, in presenting her argument for why her campaign should continue in the face of overwhelming statistical odds, noted that Robert Kennedy was assassinated at a point later in the 1968 presidential...
by Craig Marker | May 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
There is a great article by Robert Leahy that appeared in the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy. In this article, he and his colleague, Dennis Tirch, discuss feelings of jealousy and how to deal with them. Below is an excerpt from Robert Leahy’s blog on...
by Craig Marker | May 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
An excerpt from the Freakonomics Blog:What do American drivers, the children of Lake Wobegon, and termites have in common? They are all above average. Here’s what a regular reader called LLP pointed out in an e-mail: There is a TV ad running here in Southern...
by Craig Marker | May 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an excerpt from slate.com providing a doctor’s account of why too many antibiotics are given out. It brings up an interesting question to psychotherapy. That is, should we kick out patients who we don’t feel need treatment? If we keep them in...
by Craig Marker | May 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an excerpt from the BPS blog on interviewing children and how the interviewer’s behaviors can profoundly impact the child’s answers:Eighty-six children, aged 8 to 10, took part in a ten minute lesson on how the vocal chords work, before being...
by Craig Marker | May 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an excerpt from Mind Hacks on the rise and fall of the incidence of Multiple Personality Disorder or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). This excerpt discusses John Kihlstrom’s 2005 review article on dissociative disorders:Dissociative Identity...
