Tag Archives: research
You’ve to move it move it.
My son has a birthday card he got from his grandparents. It’s one of those annoying singing birthday cards that have no audio fidelity at all but makes a 4 year-old crack up. The song is I like to move it. … Continue reading
The science of anger
Self-restraint can be hard to effectively manage. There’s been an ongoing debate about the notion of catharthis and whether it works to help us relieve emotions or not, for example. A recent article in Wired.com discusses the issue a bit … Continue reading
DBT again shown to be effective
The American Psychological Association highlights some key findings regarding the treatment of personality disorders. Help for personality disorders: In a study comparing dialectical behavior therapy and traditional psychotherapy, women who underwent dialectical behavior therapy were more successful at reducing suicide … Continue reading
Thinking faster
Training the brain through mindfulness practice is an essential part of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. We work on developing a way of sorting out what is important to attend to and what needs to be left out of awareness. It’s not … Continue reading
Sleep and health
When a client first gets started in therapy, we often try to “go back to basics.” That is, recalibrating those things that tend to get off center when things get hard: sleep exercise eating medication use Specifically referred to as … Continue reading
Paying penance or distracting?
When reminded of an immoral deed, people are motivated to experience physical pain. This is the opening line of the discussion section in a recent article published in Psychological Science. The hook is alluring, isn’t it? Thinking about times that … Continue reading
More disheartening treatment utilization news
The NIMH reports on a recent study released in Archives of General Psychiatry: About 3 percent of U.S. adolescents are affected by an eating disorder, but most do not receive treatment for their specific eating condition, according to an NIMH-funded … Continue reading
Being an expert isn’t all that great.
For a long time, psychologists have known about the heuristics people use to make sense of their worlds. One of the better known is the idea of chunking information into to smaller, more manageable pieces of information. Try memorizing this … Continue reading
On avatars and anxiety
I’ve long been fascinated with the idea of using computers to deliver treatments. I’ve always been described as a gearhound and if you were to see my office, you’d understand why. While it may seem counter-intuitive that a psychologist would … Continue reading
A Curveball’s Curve? It’s All in Your Head
Wired says: A curveball is a unique pitch, in that the ball exhibits two distinct types of motions. The ball approaches batters, dancing across their field of view — from peripheral to center (or vice versa) — all the while … Continue reading