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LLMs in the Exam Room: Is AI Ready for Primary Care?
AI is edging into healthcare. Can it handle the exam room accurately, or is it just a helpful, high-tech assistant?.
by: (John Nosta)
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Why Decorating Early for Christmas May Make You Happier
You might feel social pressure to wait until Thanksgiving before you start decorating for Christmas. But decorating early can have some surprising benefits for your mental health..
by: (Amy Morin)
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Grieving the Death of a Child Diminishes With Time
Reality still bites, but it no longer draws blood, and at the same time, the prospect of your own happiness has floated its way back into the picture..
by: (Larry Carlat)
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The Impact of Social Media Scrolling on Brain Development
Social media has the potential to rewire a person’s brain. For adolescents, this can be problematic; their sensitive brains become increasingly responsive to social rewards..
by: (Gary Goldfield Ph.D.)
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Rumors Are Darkly Creative Narratives
Gossip, driven by personality traits and psychological motives, can influence power dynamics, relationships, and reputations in positive and harmful ways..
by: (Hansika Kapoor Ph.D.)
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How To Survive Holiday Food (and Beverage) Pushers
Do the offerings of the holidays derail your best intentions? Many people feel caught off guard by food and beverage pushers. .
by: (Pamela D. Garcy Ph.D.)
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Inner Critic vs. Fierce Love
Personal Perspective: Tired of pushing yourself to reach your goals? Discover the power of fierce love to achieve your dreams with grit and grace..
by: (Homaira Kabir)
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The Potential Cost of Honesty in Perinatal Screening
A key to supporting perinatal caregivers is to provide them with mental health support. However, our current screening practices often discourage them from getting needed help. .
by: (Erin O’Connor Ed.D.)
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Proactive Mental Health for Children
To improve mental health care for all the children who need it, the Child Mind Institute has begun a program of prevention and workforce development..
by: (Mitzi Perdue MPA)
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When Meditation Backfires: A Journey to Stress-Free Living
A candid exploration of meditation struggles, revealing the stress it brings and alternative paths to peace through exercise, emotional awareness, and guilt-free napping..
by: (Justin James Kennedy, Ph.D., D.Prof.)
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Understanding and Combating Weight Stigma
When individuals, communities, and organizations commit to reducing weight stigma, we can create a society where everyone can feel valued and respected.
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by: (Sophie S. Whynacht Ph.D.)
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When Your Worth Is Based on Your Medals
When athletes are valued only for their achievements, they can lose sight of their own sense of humanity, self-esteem, and autonomy. .
by: (Monica Vilhauer Ph.D.)
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Unveiling Your True Authentic Self
Shadow work is the practice of exploring and integrating hidden parts of ourselves to foster self-acceptance and personal growth. The ultimate goal is inner wholeness and freedom..
by: (Moshe Ratson MBA, MFT)
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Are You Doing Too Much Work in Your Relationship?
Relationships need nurturing to thrive, but, sometimes, putting in "work" can feel like an endless, uphill battle..
by: (Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D.)
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The Mind-Body Problem—A New Solution
Coherent materialism claims that thinking in the real world requires couplings of software and hardware that satisfy constraints of time, space, energy, and history. .
by: (Paul Thagard Ph.D.)
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Dinosaur Behavior: What We Know and How We Know It
Dr. David Hone, a dinosaur expert, writes about dinosaur behavior, including grooming, feeding, fighting, mating, and group living, which resembles many modern animals. .
by: (Marc Bekoff Ph.D.)
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The Dos and Don’ts of Defending Healthy Boundaries
We all struggle with people in our lives ignoring our boundaries, and then we wonder how to maintain them and remain focused on our healing and growth..
by: (Monica Vermani C. Psych.)
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Uncertainty Requires Connection
Thomas Merton and Rebecca Solnit tell us that uncertain moments call for connection and shared purpose..
by: (Alexander Snider)
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3 Signs You and Your Partner Have Roommate Syndrome
A partner should feel like a lover, not a roommate. What if they do?.
by: (Mark Travers Ph.D.)
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When a High-Profile Influencer Promotes Corporal Punishment
Is it possible for individuals to adopt new behaviors after hearing about the behavior in a fictionalized story? According to Albert Bandura, and social learning theory, it is..
by: (David J Bredehoft Ph.D.)
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How Mothers Influence Their Daughters' Body Image
By recognizing the significance of their own body image, mothers can take proactive steps to foster self-acceptance in their daughters. .
by: (Sophie S. Whynacht Ph.D.)
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How to Develop a Growth Mindset
Beware of praising your kid too much. The result might be exactly what you fear..
by: (Alex Auerbach Ph.D., MBA)
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Hurtful Words and Actions Can Disrupt Sleep
Studies have shown that when children and adolescents experience discrimination, the ensuing emotional distress can lead to sleep problems..
by: (Joseph A. Buckhalt Ph.D.)
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Reducing Conflict in Twin Families During the Holidays
The holiday season can be particularly stressful for twins and their families. Careful planning, kindness, and staying in the moment can help foster harmony..
by: (Barbara Klein Ph.D., Ed.D.)
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Election Day and Beyond
On Election Day and beyond, find resilience and connection amid political change by learning strategies to process emotions and cope with the results..
by: (Isha W. Metzger Ph.D., LCP)
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Crowdfunding Fertility Treatment: A New Reality
Fertility crowdfunding is a path of hope and vulnerability. Discover its highs and lows, and learn how communities can support the journey to parenthood, one donation at a time..
by: (S. Fenella Das Gupta Ph.D., MFT)
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Knowing When to Trust the Judgments From Ourselves or Others
Judgments are trustworthy if they are well-calibrated and inclusive of the evidence..
by: (John Wilcox Ph.D.)
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Cognitive Superposition: Human Multitasking Meets AI
Large language models achieve "superposition," tackling multiple tasks simultaneously with precision, contrasting with the brain’s multitasking that blends experience and intuition..
by: (John Nosta)
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A New Look at Identity in Borderline Personality Disorder
People with borderline personality disorder have an unstable and sometimes chaotic identity. New research shows how these disturbances can best be captured and understood..
by: (Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP)
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What We Get Wrong About the DEI Backlash Narrative
It is problematic to frame DEI as the cause of this backlash or that its divisiveness indicates malevolence. .
by: (Oscar Holmes IV Ph.D.)
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