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‘I Spent 30 Years Searching For Secret to Happiness – The Answer Isn’t What I Thought’
... Professor Bruce Hood, of the University of Bristol, speaks of the human tendency "to blow things out of proportion…[focusing] on our own failings or inadequacies". He runs ten-week courses at Bristol on the science of happiness and talks about the need to find balance because, as he puts it, "our minds are biased to interpret things very negatively".
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Resilience in Black Americans Spans Multiple Levels of Support
A new study shows that supports at the individual, relational, and community levels work together to foster resilience, expanding notions of mental health interventions. Visit Page
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The Easiest Way to Feel More Organized
... It’s tempting, of course, to turn this type of manageable task into an existential undertaking. “Instead of thinking, I’m going to spend an hour this week on paperwork, it becomes, I’m going to be an organized person,” said Stephanie Preston, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. She emphasized that for some people, “rage cleaning” every room over a long weekend works. Certain personalities are wired for that kind of stimulation, in the same way that some people like the cold-turkey challenge of Dry January to jump-start healthier drinking habits. ...
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4 Things Therapists Want You to Know Before You Start Therapy
... With the right therapist, you should feel safe and respected. You should not feel as though you’re being secretly judged. With that in mind, try to speak with more than one therapist before committing. Many offer free 10 or 15 minute consultations. And trust your gut. Within about three sessions it will most likely become clear whether you work well together, said Riana Elyse Anderson, a clinical psychologist and an associate professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work in New York City. If the fit feels off, then move on. “It’s like dating,” she added. “You want to cut your losses early.”
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People With A.D.H.D. Are Likely to Die Significantly Earlier Than Their Peers, Study Finds
Stephen Hinshaw, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies A.D.H.D. but was not involved in the new British research, described the study as “a major finding,” the first analysis of deaths of subjects diagnosed with the disorder. He said it was unfortunate that the subjects’ causes of death were not included. “There are risk factors to work on,” he said. “That is the key limitation of the study, because it would be really important to know, in terms of prevention, should we be focused on suicidality? Better diet and exercise? Depression?”
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Exploring Decision Making in People with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCD can be treated, but people with the disorder tend to have a lower quality of life than neurotypical people. A recent study theorized that decision making could be, at least partly, to blame. Visit Page
