Who is Changing the Lives of Our Kids?
posted by Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. on Feb 3rd 2012
"In the past few years we’ve been witness to many natural disasters from the 2010 7.0 earthquake hit in Haiti, affecting an estimated 3 million people, to the floods of Afghanistan, to Hurricane Katrina and many more. During that time, I created A Mindful Dialogue: A Path Toward Working with Stress, Pain and Difficult Emotions where 100% of the profits go to Save the Children. The book raised a few thousand dollars that I'm hoping benefited many children around the world. But this isn’t the only thing out there that is available to benefit the children of the world. This post is meant to raise awareness around who and what is out there to help change this world from the ground up, with our children.. " More...

OCD and College Accommodations
posted by Janet Singer on Feb 3rd 2012
"An interesting article recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal. "A Serious Illness or an Excuse" is worth reading and talks about what is happening on college campuses across the country: The number of students requesting accommodations has skyrocketed, and more of them than ever have some form of documented mental illness. While OCD in particular is not mentioned, this disorder is common enough to presume that it is present on college campuses." More...

Are You Harming Your Children Through Praise?
posted by Jeremy Fink, LCSW on Feb 2nd 2012
"What if I were to suggest that praise and encouragement might actually be harmful to your child? This suggestion may likely sound unreasonable and traducing of traditional child-rearing and educational practices; however, I advocate that under certain circumstances, praise can be damaging to the development of your children and may actually thwart their success and experience of happiness later in life. " More...

Private Practice Software
posted by Terry McLeod on Feb 1st 2012
"Professionals who need an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for a private practice have a number of options, and the trick to finding software that works for the individual practice is settling on one of them. My advice is to get a list of as many products as possible with a little information on each of them off the web and read it. Then, narrow the field to a half-dozen or so based on initial research and check their web sites out. " More...

When is Compassion Idiotic?
posted by Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. on Feb 1st 2012
"The term compassion has received a lot of attention lately. In some circles the word has lost its luster as when anything is over used. However, compassion is critical to ourselves, our relationships and our world. But here’s a side of compassion you need to know about that may not be the healing quality we’re all looking for. " More...

An Interview with Gregory Murray, Ph.D. on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)
posted by David Van Nuys, Ph.D. on Jan 31st 2012
"Professor Gregory Murray, head of Psychological Sciences and Statistics at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, discusses some of the ins and outs of the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, known as the DSM. He's the editor of the forthcoming book, A Critical Introduction to DSM, which will be published by Nova Science, which aims to develop an appropriately skeptical attitude to the use of the dominant psychiatric taxonomy. Dr. Murray discusses that he believes the DSM has certain biases in it and certain tendencies. He believes it's very useful to take a step back and say, "Well, who wrote the book, what's the aim of the book?" And once you've done that, you're starting to get a better sense of how the manual works." More...

Being Obsessive, Do You Second Guess Yourself?
posted by Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. on Jan 31st 2012
"There are several people I know, some of them patients and some of them friends, who, when it comes to making a decisions, go through an agonizing process. What makes the process of deciding so painful is that they feel compelled to examine every detail before moving ahead and making a choice. Having made the choice, they begin the process of" More...

The Importance of Saying "No"
posted by Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. on Jan 30th 2012
"Regardless of how others may react to a refusal, there is a price to be paid for always saying "yes." By constantly agreeing to do things that do not feel comfortable doing or that are inconvenient, there is a risk of..." More...