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Is Depression an Emotional Mush?
The Huffington Post: I have a vivid memory of dropping my oldest son off at college, the first day of his freshman year, many years ago. He stood outside his dorm, waving as I drove
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Connecticut School Shooting: 4 Tips to Help Kids Cope
ABC: Alan Kazdin, a professor of child psychology at Yale University, offers four tips for parents to frame that discussion and help their kids cope. Don’t Over-Talk This Parents can easily project their own fears
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Reappraisal Defuses Strong Emotional Responses to Israel-Palestine Conflict
Reappraisal is a widely-used cognitive strategy that can help people to regulate their reactions to emotionally charged events. Now, new research suggests that reappraisal may even be effective in changing people’s emotional responses in the
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Newtown, Conn., Elementary School Shooting: Kids React Differently Than Adults
ABC: When even adults are left speechless by traumatic events, it’s hard to imagine what’s going on in the mind of a child. Adults often gorge on media images — trying to glean facts, gain
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Ekel macht scharfsichtig (Disgust makes us perceptive)
ORF Austria: Bestimmte Gerüche, der Anblick menschlicher Ausscheidungen oder von verdorbenen Speisen rufen bei Menschen Ekel hervor, was bis zu Brechreiz und Übelkeit führen kann. Der starke körperliche Widerwillen ist aus evolutionärer Sicht sinnvoll. Er
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When They’re Grown, the Real Pain Begins
The New York Times: When I was 24 years old, I brought my firstborn son, 3-week-old Jacob, to my childhood home on the Eastern End of Long Island to meet his grandparents. When I arrived
