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Psychotherapy and Clinical Boundaries
Many forms of psychotherapy are known to be quite efficacious in the treatment of a variety of clinical disorders. Several pooled analyses indicate that 75 to 80% of psychotherapy patients have a positive response. Prochaska and Norcross indicate that there are four indicators that account for much of the positive impact: 1) clients realize that have more choices; 2) they have an opportunity to experiment, as a result, they are capable of changing their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors; 3) psychotherapy is cathartic; and, 4) enhanced awareness. Further, the therapeutic alliance along with specific client factors, accounts for 85% of the positive impact in psychotherapy.
Intelligence – Are You Holding Back Your Brain?
Is intelligence fluid or crystalline? Is it a function of nature or nurture? Are you born smart, or is the power of your brain under no one's control but your own?You might have cruised through classes at school, or you might have struggled and wondered how your peers managed to pass their classes so effortlessly. In the first case, perhaps you met your match at university when you found you were no longer at the top of the class. In the second, perhaps you had just spent your life assuming some people were born smarter than others. In both cases you are treating intelligence as if it were a static trait -- you're born with a fixed quantity of it, and that quantity never changes.
Bad Christmas Gifts – A Neuroscientific Gifting Guide
Gift-giving isn't easy -- particularly during the holidays, when there are so many different people for whom to buy. It's overwhelming and stressful, and people cope with the burden in different ways. Some, like myself, begin lists in September, all the while picking up hints from others and taking note, then making my purchases before Thanksgiving. Others rush to the mall the weekend before -- or of -- Christmas, hoping something will catch their eye or they'll snag a great deal.
Major Depression in the Real World – The STAR*D Trial
Major depression is a very common and debilitating. It is characterized by low mood, changes in sleeping patterns, changes in appetite, lack of energy and a very substantial loss of quality of life. Depression may not improve for long periods of time, often years, and that someone who has experienced one episode of major depression is likely to experience more. Frequently, depression is accompanied by other medical conditions, like for example cancer or heart disease.
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