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1Industry Insider: Allied Health Care 1 Citation According to the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the fastest growing occupations in 2009 are heath related because of the growing population of baby boomers needing health care . When you think of professions in health care naturally the first thing that comes to mind are doctors and nurses, which require substantial education and degrees. There are, however, many fields that have little to do with medicine, nursing or dentistry. These careers fall into the, technorati.com
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1 Citation By Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. In his book Taming the Tiger Within : Meditations for Transforming Difficult Emotions, acclaimed author and Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh writes: Recognize and embrace your anger when it manifests itself. Care for it with tenderness rather than suppressing it. In an earlier article I wrote about the difference between destructive and constructive anger and how Thich Nhat Hanh writes about taking care of our anger. There are three things you c, technorati.com
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1 Citation In what is believed to be the first U.S. study designed to prevent anxiety disorders in the children of anxious parents, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children?s Center have found that a family-based program reduced symptoms and the risk of developing an anxiety disorder among these children. Despite its small size, the study suggests that as few as eight weekly family sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy go a long way to prevent or minimize the psychological damage of childhood anxiet, technorati.com
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Do You Know What Clinical Psychology Is? 1 Citation behavior therapy Approximately 91% of those employed in the clinical psychology field engage in psychological assessments aimed at diagnosis and treatment. Tests may include intelligence/achievement tests like IQ tests or WISC-IV tests, which measure knowledge, verbal skills, memory, reasoning, attention span and spatial perception. Personality tests try to categorize behavioral and logical patterns. The MMPI, Rorschach Inkblot test or the Myers-Briggs test all try to reveal the psychologi, technorati.com
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Introduction: Purpose and invitation 1 Citation The name ?Sci-mat?, short for science matters, was chosen to reflect that the purpose of this blog is to provide a platform to express opinions about recent developments, and possible applications, of science in general. The second reason for choosing Sci-mat is that I deeply believe that science does indeed matter; I am optimistic about the power of science to improve the quality of human life. A third reason for the name Sci-mat is more personal. I am a MATure 73 year old semi-retired scientis, technorati.com
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Do You Know What Clinical Psychology Is? 1 Citation severe mental illness Historically, some could say the father of modern scientific psychology is Wilhelm Wundt, a German psychologist who founded the first major laboratory at the University of Leipzig in 1879. There he examined the mind like any other science, deducing it to a series of chemical reactions and interacting physical components. In 1881, he , technorati.com
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Mindfulness training for Clinical Psychologists 1 Citation Introducing Mindfulness to Clinical Psychologists in Training: An Experiential Course of Brief Exercises , Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, Volume 15, Number 4 / December, 2008 University of Bristol Campus, 29 Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5NB, UK North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK Abstract: A 14 session, structured, mindfulness skills group utilizing short (10 min) practices was undertaken by clinical psychologists in training as a voluntary lunchtim, technorati.com
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1 Citation This book presents 13 reviews collected to present the new advances in all areas of addiction research, including knowledge gained from mapping the human genome, the improved understanding of brain pathways and functions that are stimulated by addictive drugs, experimental and clinical psychology approaches to addiction and treatment, as well as both ethical considerations and social policy. The book also includes chapters on the history of addictive substances and some personal narratives of ad, technorati.com
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Cultural Approach to Combat Depression 1 Citation A University of Kansas professor has a unique hypothesis for combating depression ? use our hunter-gatherer ancestors for clues about how to best treat the disorder. Stephen Ilardi, associate professor of clinical psychology believes our modern, industrialized lifestyle is the key culprit behind the burgeoning depression epidemic, which continues to worsen despite decades of sharp increases in pharmaceutical consumption. ?A century ago, according to the best epidemiological evidence we hav, technorati.com
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Severe nightmares linked to elevated suicidal symptoms 1 Citation Washington, June 9 (ANI): Nightmares may be an acute warning sign that a person has elevated suicidal symptoms, according to a new study. During the study, severe nightmares were found to be independently associated with elevated suicidal symptoms after accounting for the influence of depression, whereas symptoms of insomnia were not. The study included 82 men , technorati.com
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