trial-based thought recordSocial anxiety disorder (SAD) often follows a chronic course and is associated with substantial impairment in functioning. Although results from clinical trials clearly establish evidence for efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy in treating this disorder, up to 50% of ...
Last week, the phrase “You can’t lick a badger twice” unexpectedly went viral on social media. The nonsense sentence—which was likely never uttered by a human before last week—had become the poster child for the newly discovered way Google search’s AI Overviews makes up plausible-sound...
So anews storythis week caught my eye, with the headline “Obese People Can Suffer From Social Anxiety Due to Weight Alone.” To a non-psychiatrist, this statement probably seems self-evident: people who are overweight or obese (just like people with any other aspect of their physical appear...
After writing the script, the child may tape record their narrative and listen to it over and over until the SUDS rating lowers to 20 or less. Imaginal exposure does not seem to work with individuals who believe their obsessive thoughts are real, if the narrative evokes a very high SUDS ...
He decided, “I’m going to finish it. I will still have an amazing experience; I will climb to the top of Mount Katahdin,” In 46 days, 8 hours and 7 minutes, Jurek completed the race, breaking the record for the fastest finish on the Appalachian Trail, Jurek’s wife, Jenny, ...
“Come in, state your problems, and here’s your script. Next in line!!” Unfortunately, all the trappings of modern medicine—shrinking reimbursements,electronic medical record systemswhich favor checklists over narratives, and patients who frequently want a “quick fix”—contribute directly to ...
Langer, Harvard’s first tenured female psychology professor and a trailblazer in social psychology, who has spent over 45 years upending assumptions about the human mind. Known for her groundbreaking “counterclockwise” study—where elderly men reversed signs of aging by living as their younger…...
I made this short clip on the road this past Autumn after I had just talked to some university students. I was inspired by the spa I was staying at. it was all done up and put me in the mood to pre-record this short (I promise) Happy Holiday message. Here are more pictures of ...
History is a record of endings, separations and adieus; present times are no different. Children grow up and move away; friends get new jobs and leave; marriages end; life gets busy and relationships are neglected. And there is always the final farewell that comes when we are never ...
I want to remind you that you can pick up a free electronicGratitude Journal, which I created for you. It works on Windows operating systems only but does work with Windows 10. You can even use the popup function so that you can record something that happens or something you think of as...