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Therapy 32 times more cost effective at increasing happiness than money
Research by the University of Warwick and the University of Manchester finds that psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money. The...
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Getting help when money is tight
Imagine this situation. You fall into a deep malaise. Friends say you need help, but you don’t have insurance (or the insurance you do have has very limited mental health benefits), and you worry that...
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How psychotherapy works
Bruce E. Wampold, Ph.D., is chair and professor of counseling psychology and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Wampold is a groundbreaking researcher and...
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Debate over cognitive, traditional mental health therapy
Image credit: Getty Images There is an interesting article in the LA Times this morning Debate over cognitive, traditional mental health therapy Eric Jaffe takes a look at the debate centered around...
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Leading psychotherapy researchers attack a JAMA article This paper criticizes the methodology of a meta-analysis and 8 studies published in the JAMA last year which indicated that longer term...
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More mental disorders treated with drugs only
More mental disorders treated with drugs only compared with a decade ago, while “talk therapy” — either by itself or in combination with medication — is on the decline, a new study finds. The...
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A look at four psychology fads
Getty Images The LA Times takes a look at four psychology fads: est, primal therapy, Transcendental Meditation, lucid dreaming Now and then, a new psychology movement bursts onto the popular scene and...
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China on the couch
This week in the New Yorker Evan Osnos writes about how psychoanalysis is gaining a foothold in China. Here, Osnos talks about the state of mental health in the world’s most populous country and the...
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Therapy Dogs
A number of studies have found that just being around a dog or petting a dog can lower blood pressure. One study found the same with a pet goat. Another found that simply watching a Lassie movie was...
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uok? The upside of texting.
Image: iStockphoto Text messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behavior such as reckless driving. But a social welfare professor at the University of California,...
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