Your Trusted Inner Circle at Work
When it comes to trust at work, too many people think big whole team , department, or company. However, if you want big benefits that trust brings think much smaller. You might have 2000 twitter followers, 500 Facebook friends, and 300 LinkedIn contacts, but genuine trusted work relationships may be less than a dozen. That s partially because the time and commitment to cultivate and nurture these ...
Psychology Today - Mon. Mar 28
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Infographic: A Snapshot of Who Is Sexting in Adolescence
Although sexting is sometimes portrayed as a recent problem caused by new technologies e.g., cell phones, social media , people have shared self-created nude photos since the days of the Polaroid camera. Nonetheless, parents may be concerned what it may mean if their child is sharing sexually explicit photos of themselves through technology. In our new infographic, we highlight our study findings ...
Psychology Today - Mon. Mar 28
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Reports suggest osteopathic manipulative treatment resolves concussion symptoms
CHICAGO -- March 28, 2016-- Two case reports published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association document improvements in concussion-related symptoms following an initial session of osteopathic manipulative treatment OMT . A concussion is a traumatic brain injury, usually caused by a blow to the head, which alters the way your brain functions. While most patients with mild concussions ...
EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 28
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Cigarettes cheaper than e-cigarettes in 44 of 45 countries studied
ATLANTA - March 28, 2016-Combustible tobacco cigarettes cost less to purchase than equivalent amounts of electronic cigarettes e-cigarettes in 44 of 45 countries sampled around the world, according to a new American Cancer Society study. The study, appearing in Tobacco Control , concludes the gap exists despite the fact that e-cigarettes are not yet widely subjected to comparable excise taxes as c ...
EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 28
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Enzyme may reduce risk of cardiovascular disease caused by HIV medications
According to the World Health Organization, approximately 37 million people are living with HIV. Antiviral medications are used to control the disease and prevent its progression to AIDS. Although antivirals improve health and increase survival for people with HIV, their use also has been linked to the development of cardiovascular disease. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri School of ...
EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 28
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What Do You Tell Your Team the Night Before the Big Game?
Right before last year s March Madness, I sent copies of what was to become my second NY Times Bestseller, Performing Under Pressure The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most to all of the 64 tournament bound coaches. After all, isn t getting the team to execute the book s title the goal of every coach It s hard enough to advance through the tournament but a team that can play its best u ...
Psychology Today - Sun. Mar 27
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“Mom, I’m Having a Panic Attackâ€
How many of you have received calls from your stressed out college student Mom, my boyfriend broke up with me and I can t stop crying, it s hard to breathe. Dad, I have 3 tests tomorrow and I don t know how I m going to handle it. I m so worried I can t eat or sleep .
Psychology Today - Sun. Mar 27
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Why Your Dog Lengthens Your Lifespan
My father did virtually everything wrong his entire life He smoked heavily from his early twenties to the day he died. He got no exercise. He ate a high-fat, high-salt, high-sugar diet . He lived alone and had no friends for the last 24 years of his life. He never went to church or prayed. He drank alcohol to excess the last 24 years of his life. He had a short fuse and was quick to anger . He did ...
Psychology Today - Sat. Mar 26
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ADHD, Creativity, and the Concept of Group Intelligence
I happened across a research article the other day that reported a surprising, counterintuitive finding that got me thinking about a number of things ADHD, its possible relationship to creativity , and the evolution of intelligence . Let me explain. In an experiment, inclusion of a person with ADHD greatly improved the problem-solving ability of groups, even though it led to more off-task behavior ...
Psychology Today - Sat. Mar 26
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What Holds Our Selves Together?
Most of us believe in the necessary fiction of a unified self, while at the same time knowing that we consist of different selves. Sometimes we experience our different selves very directly with an abrupt change in mood or while intoxicated or during a heated argument. After an argument, we might say, I don t know what got into me, I wasn t myself. After a challenging night, we may experience a mo ...
Psychology Today - Sat. Mar 26
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Brain Stimulation May Help People With Anorexia
Brain stimulation may ease major symptoms of the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, a typically hard-to-treat condition, a new study suggests. British researchers evaluated anorexia patients before and after they underwent repetitive transcranial stimulation rTMS , a treatment approved for depression. With rTMS we targeted ... an area of the brain thought to be involved in some of the self-regulati ...
Healthday - Sat. Mar 26
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Troubled Kids' Psychiatric Care Often Delayed by Insurance Rules
Children with severe psychiatric problems often have lengthy waits before they re transferred from a hospital emergency department to a psychiatric hospital due to insurance companies prior authorization requirements, a small study suggests. Mental health workers at one Rhode Island hospital spent an average of an hour on the telephone seeking insurance companies approval, the study authors report ...
Healthday - Sat. Mar 26
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