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The mental health industry today is dominated by what is known as the biomedical model of mental illness, which essentially believes “that mental disorders are brain diseases” and emphasizes primarily pharmacological treatment (Deacon). One way to wrap your head around...
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The scientific community is presented with a disease. Resources are marshalled and medical researchers commit themselves to finding a cure. This is how the science of medicine works, and we see it right now as scientists around the world are...
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[In an intermittent series of articles I plan to review the most recent literature on suicide with an eye toward how the research can inform public and personal action on this matter.] When it comes to suicide, nobody knows anything....
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Let’s say you have a job performance review coming up. You naturally feel stressed about it, and to take your mind off of things you go home and watch a funny movie. Suppose the job review doesn’t go all that...
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Mindfulness classes often begin by warning students about the dangers of automatic pilot–the state iof being where we engage in an action without even realizing we are doing it. The classic example is driving a car, say, on a route...
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[Note: I am including an essay from my book titled Don’t Worry, Be Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Troubled Times” available on Amazon] It was Friday morning and I was out for a run. It was an eraly spring day, and...
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NB. This article appeared in the Arizona Daily Star on Nov 7, 2017 From William Buckley to Allan Bloom to Rush Limbaugh, the right has long accused liberals of embracing moral relativism — the view that in ethical matters there...
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The New York Times recently published an excellent guide to meditation—a worthy contribution to the ever-expanding literature on the topic, a literature that feeds an appetite bordering on obsession about an issue that shows no signs of becoming sated anytime...
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In two articles, “A Positive Outlook may be Good for your Health” and “Turning Negative Thinkers into Positive Ones,” NYT writer Jane Brody explores the connection between positive emotions and health and examines the mechanisms for increasing positive emotions. She...
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