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You Can Wash Away Your Troubles, With Soap
“Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain,” goes the song. Is there such a thing as soap and water for the psyche? Yes: Metaphor is that powerful, say Spike W.S. Lee and Norbert Schwarz
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Nock Receives McArthur ‘Genius Award’ Fellowship
Matthew Nock of Harvard University was awarded the 2011 MacArthur Fellowship for his research on suicide and self-injury among adolescents and adults. Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death and the third leading cause
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Cinco consejos para envejecer con gracia
CNN Mexico: Olvida esa perspectiva que nos ha enseñado la vida moderna sobre que la vejez es aburrida. Tendrás mayor tiempo libre y ningún otro miembro de tu familia dependerá económicamente de ti. Aprovecha ese
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As Minds Get Quicker, Teenagers Get Smarter
Adolescents become smarter because they become mentally quicker. That is the conclusion of a new study by a group of psychologists at University of Texas at San Antonio. “Our findings make intuitive sense,” says lead
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Q & A With Psychological Scientist Alan Kazdin (Part 2)
Below is part 2 of Kazdin’s Q & A: 1. Do therapists you know believe that expanding their media outlets interfere with patients’ progress or encourage it? I do not have knowledge of what therapists
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Active lifestyle, positive thinking keeps you feeling young
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Dennis Czarnowski plays softball nearly every day, works full time — and even closes down the bars regularly, playing billiards and other games while drinking soda with friends. People might be surprised to
