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January 1, 2013

The Antipsychotic Epidemic

An alarming number of children and adolescents who walk into a psychiatrist’s office in the United States each year walk out with prescriptions for powerful... Read More

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January 1, 2013

Can Video Games Power Up Your Practice?

Wonder if Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man ever needed couples therapy? What might a family therapist say about the sibling rivalry of the Super Mario Bros... Read More

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November 1, 2012

Psychotherapy's Declining Market Share

While the "empty chair" was once identified as a popular Gestalt therapy technique, for many therapists today, faced with empty appointment hours and diminished clinical... Read More

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November 1, 2012

Can Genes Predict Therapy Outcome?

What if you could predict how well a client would respond to psychotherapy? What if a simple test could tell you whether a patient needed... Read More

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November 1, 2012

Navigating the Maze of DSM-5

The American Psychiatric Association is scheduled to publish the much-delayed fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) by May 2013. With its worldwide... Read More

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November 1, 2012

What Causes Borderline Personality Disorder?

Do childhood trauma and a chaotic family environment cause adult borderline personality disorder (BPD)? Common clinical wisdom says yes, but new results are leading some... Read More

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September 12, 2012

Old Pills, New Promises for PTSD

With nearly eight million Americans affected by the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and tens of thousands of troops returning from military operations in... Read More

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September 12, 2012

"Manpocalypse" Now

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo knows a thing or two about tough guys. In 1971, his notorious Stanford prison experiment, originally planned for two weeks, had to... Read More

Clinician's Digest Sept/Oct 2012

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September 1, 2012

Clinician's Digest

- Analysis for autism - Researchers' reliance on college students - New off-label PTSD medications - Is manhood in danger Read More

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September 1, 2012

WEIRD Science

Imagine a world populated by college undergraduates. A world filled with binge drinkers and sleep-deprived procrastinators tweeting their sexual exploits to virtual friends across the... Read More