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The Week in Weird (Naked Therapy Edition)

Welcome back to a new week and a brand-new roundup of some of the strangest stories in circulation. This week's theme centers on interpersonal relationships, with stories about the validity of nudity in relation to therapy, marriage and making wedding dresses out of the most ephemeral and surprising of materials. But we...

Opinion: The Rush to Diagnose Charlie Sheen

Many articles and blog posts have speculated about Charlie Sheen's recent bizarre behavior, and various possible diagnoses have been mentioned. People want to understand him -- what's wrong with him, why he's behaving this way and what can be done to help him. Although mental health clinicians might seem to be the perfect...

Meet the Woman Who Eats Couch Cushions

Compulsions drive people to do very strange and unusual things. But eating couch cushions? That may very well be the strangest yet. Adele, a 30-year-old woman from Bradenton, Fla., recently came forward on a TV show about her bizarre taste for foam materials. The woman is featured on the TLC program "My Strange...

Study: Playing Tetris Can Help Reduce Flashbacks

LONDON (Nov. 11) -- Picture the scene: You're lying in a hospital bed after being pulled out of a terrifying car crash. The doctors haven't found any physical injuries, but before you're allowed to leave, they hand you a Game Boy and insist you play Tetris for 10 minutes. That might sound a little unreasonable (you're...

New Suicide Risk Tests: Coming Soon to a Psychiatrist Near You?

(Aug. 5) -- Two new approaches to evaluating suicide risk seem to outdo existing approaches, including a psychiatrist's own opinion of whether or not a patient is in danger. Psychologists at Harvard have published two separate studies on the tests and want to see both incorporated into clinical practice to help doctors...

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How Self-Talk Can Help Accomplish Goals

A new study sheds light on the best way to "self talk" your way through a task.

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"I'm a 20-Something Seeking Literary Wisdom"

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrÃ¨sSugar Community.

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David Crews: More Evidence That Chemicals Are Changing Who We (And Our Children And Grandchildren) Are

Not so long ago a colleague and I wrote on The Huffington Post about the potential health dangers of the thousands of "endocrine-disrupting" chemicals that are pervasive in our environment.

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Common Memory Quirk Tied To Mental Illness

Lia Kvavilashvili sat in her office at the University of Hertfordshire, mentally reviewing a study she had recently published.

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How to Deal with Difficult Co-Workers

We've all had a co-worker who's driven us nuts â a micromanaging boss, a suckup colleague, a slacker employee.

Clinical psychology News From the Web

05/27/12 The Power of Pets: How Therapy Dogs Can Help Us Heal Source: Largo Patch - Largo FL A study of heart failure patients at the University of California Los Angeles showed those who were visited by a therapy dog while in recovery saw their heart pressure drop by 10 percent, epinephrine (a hormone the body makes when under stress) levels drop 17 percent and anxiety levels were lowered by 24 percent.
05/27/12 You're depressed because ofâ¦technology? Source: Manila Standard Today Posted May 27th, 2012 by Ed Biado & filed under Lifestyle.
05/27/12 PJ Care to open its doors to the public Source: BBC Beds Herts and Bucks PJ Care's Day Opportunities Centre, based in Bletchley, is opening its doors for a May celebration this month to show off its incredible services to the local community.
05/27/12 Women Should Be More Assertive Source: AllAfrica.com In my view women are a powerhouse by God's design.
05/26/12 Vet copes with experience becoming counselor Source: The Hour - Norwalk CT In this Friday, May 18, 2012 photo, Veteran Noah Cass poses for a photograph in Enfield, Conn. Cass, a Marine who served two tours of duty in Iraq, returned with post-traumatic stress disorder and a drinking problem.

Background on Clinical psychology

Clinical psychology is an integration of science, theory and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.

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