ICD codingMay 16, 2013
Behavioral Interventions in Patients With an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Despite promising trends toward improvement in psychosocial outcomes in ICD patients following behavioral intervention, and an ...
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PersonalityApr 30, 2013
China's 1-Child Policy Affects Personality
In 1979 China instituted the one-child policy, which limited every family to just one offspring in a controversial attempt to ...
Mental HealthApr 25, 2013
Mental health speaker series coming to Bozeman
Several local speakers will give their perspectives on mental health issues in a series of lectures in May, which is National Mental Health Month.
WorkplaceApr 11, 2013
Social media in the workplace: Research roundup
Social media have transformed corporate communication practices: Tools such as Twitter and Facebook allow organizations to speak ...
NeuropsychologyMar 31, 2013
Advances in neuropsychological assessment of sport-related concussion
6 Division of Pediatric Neuropsychology, Children's National Medical Center & Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, George ...
WorkplaceMar 18, 2013
What is Industrial/Organizational Psychology?
Many people, including students from all over the world, ask me about the Psychology specialty of Industrial/Organizational (or I ...
Childhood abuse and neglectMar 14, 2013
Overcoming the Pain of Childhood Abuse and Neglect
When we have been abused or neglected as children it can leave us feeling wounded, deprived, and wronged by those we love and trusted ...
Family & RelationshipsMar 8, 2013
Equal Parenting and the Quality of Parent-Child Attachments
Equal parental responsibility provides a context and climate for the continuation or development of high quality parent-child relationships, allowing both parents to remain authoritative, responsible, ...
Chronic fatigueMar 7, 2013
Exercise and CBT Can Help Chronic Fatigue
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a disorder that has long been surrounded by questions and unknowns. CFS is a painful and debilitating ...
Giftedness testingFeb 18, 2013
Giftedness: What Are We Testing?
A recent article in the NYT on testing for giftedness suggests that the test scores let in the well-prepared students rather than ...
Posttraumatic stress disorderFeb 9, 2013
Toughing it Out: Posttraumatic Stress in Police Officers
-- Re-posted from the online magazine, "The Trauma & Mental Health Report" “Imagine the most horrific things that happen in ...
Somatic symptom disorderFeb 5, 2013
Why Did DSM 5 Botch Somatic Symptom Disorder?
This is the third in a series of blogs on the trouble caused by DSM 5's mishandling of the boundary between medical and mental ...
Gun-violence researchJan 7, 2013
Hidden Psychological Roots of Gun Violence and Mental Health
Much of the discussion about gun violence, mental illness and public policy is like looking at the branches of the tree and its trunk ...
Existential psychologyDec 19, 2012
Upgrading Existential Psychology
It is not uncommon for a person in distress to decide that he would like some help with what’s ailing him: a certain malaise, a ...
TraumaDec 17, 2012
What Are the Best Treatments and Therapies for PTSD?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can take a real physical and emotional toll on affected individuals and their families.
HIPAA & PrivacyNov 30, 2012
What plan sponsors are required to do under the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Jessica Galardini, President and COO, JRG Advisors, the managment arm of ChamberChoice The Health Insurance Portability and ...
Media psychologyNov 30, 2012
Defining and Describing Media Psychology
Media Psychology—a specialty in psychology, communication, and technology Ten years ago, I published an article titled, "Media Psychology, A Field Whose Time Is Here." Variations were featured in The ...
Health PsychologyNov 13, 2012
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
We provide same-day in-person and video visits for urgent mental and behavioral health concerns not needing the care of an ...
Relapse preventionOct 14, 2012
Mental Illness: Preventing a Relapse
Relapses can have devastating consequences for people with mental disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression ...
Media Psychology and TechnologyOct 9, 2012
Join The Society for Media Psychology&Technology
This article explains the APA Society for Media Psychology and Technology and gives you an overview of media psychology refined ...
Family & RelationshipsOct 1, 2012
The Regnerus Study: Social Science on New Family Structures Met with Intolerance
Abstract: Despite claims that “no differences” exist between children whose parents had a same-sex relationship and children ...
Gaming-related problemsSep 27, 2012
The major goals of psychology
How psychology helps us describe, explain, predict, and change behavior Reviewed by Amy Morin, LCSW Psychology helps us ...
Advancement of PsychotherapySep 25, 2012
The Death and Rebirth of Psychotherapy
Tuesday, September 25th, marks the first celebration of National Psychotherapy Day. National Psychotherapy Day is the brainchild ...
PersonalityAug 15, 2012
Psychological therapies for borderline personality disorder
People with borderline personality disorder often have difficulties controlling their emotions and impulses, and find it hard to ...
ResearchAug 8, 2012
Academic Research
Academic research can be intense, stimulating, and rewarding. But it is important to know that a research career involves many ...
Forensic PsychologyJul 23, 2012
Use of risk assessment instruments to predict violence and antisocial behaviour in 73 samples involving 24 827 people: systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective To investigate the predictive validity of tools commonly used to assess the risk of violence, sexual, and criminal ...
Sport & PerformanceJul 17, 2012
Performance enhancement: Superhuman athletes
Enhancements such as doping are illegal in sport — but if all restrictions were lifted, science could push human performance to ...
Cognitive PsychologyJun 11, 2012
Conscious perception is a matter of global neural networks
The question which parts of the brain are responsible for the things that reach our awareness is one of the main puzzles in ...
Serious mental illness psychologyJun 5, 2012
Five Broad Models of Mental Illness
As the turmoil surrounding the construction of the DSM-5 continues (here is a recent op-ed piece by Allen Francis arguing the ...
Suicide preventionMay 23, 2012
DSM-5’s Proposed Suicidal Behavior Disorder
Mental health professionals know that change is hard. But, the field itself has been put to the test over the past two years, as ...