• Memorial Day, 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-31 21:32:30
    Another Memorial Day here in the U.S., and another year that we commemorate and remember those who’ve given their lives for our freedom and our nation. Those who have died did so that, in the future, our country might be safer. They died so that great evils could be done away with in WWII (and WWI). [...]

  • Psychologist (Cognitive, neuroscience research) - JAM - Merseyside

    Updated: 2010-05-31 06:45:33
    Contact Us Home > Displaying Job: Psychologist (Cognitive, neuroscience research) Job Search Keywords... lead the execution of cognitive programmes, establish... £30,000 - £40,000 a year From JAM - 31 May 2010 05:45:33 GMT - job details - View all Merseyside jobs

  • You Do Make a Difference in the DSM-5

    Updated: 2010-05-31 05:30:44
    Good news — you can make a difference! According to a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association last week, the 8,600 comments submitted in response to the draft of the new version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (called the “DSM-5″ for short — the 5 stands for the [...]

  • 8 Ways to Overcome Jealousy and Envy

    Updated: 2010-05-29 17:52:43
    I know that the fastest way to despair is by comparing one’s insides with another’s outsides, and that Max Ehrmann, the author of the classic poem “Desiderata,” was absolutely correct when he said that if you compare yourself with others you become either vain or bitter. Or, as Helen Keller put it: “Instead of comparing our [...]

  • Now What? Depression at Graduation (Or Any Transition)

    Updated: 2010-05-29 01:50:47
    I read somewhere that a large number of Nobel Prize winners become depressed after receiving their honor because their sense of purpose has been taken away. They have to grieve their pre-Nobel Prize life and find a new way of being, something to get excited about that will get you out of bed in the [...]

  • Best of Our Blogs: May 28, 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-29 01:50:46
    There are just a handful of days left until Memorial Day. How are you celebrating this three day weekend? For me, the holiday signifies the start of summer and all that the warm season brings. Superficially, I’m reminded of the things I love like barbecues, tank tops and flip flops and the things I could [...]

  • Dynamics CRM Project Manager - Cognitive (London) - London

    Updated: 2010-05-28 12:12:26
    email Helen on 0207 953 4021 or helen.artlett-coe@cognitive-group.com. Cognitive-Group is a pre-eminent recruiter of quality people in BI/BPM, ERP/CRM, Mobile... £55,000 - £65,000 a year From EngineerBoard.co.uk - 28 May 2010 11:12:26 GMT - job details - View all London jobs

  • Aspirin for Schizophrenia?

    Updated: 2010-05-28 07:23:14
    Could inflammation be a contributing factor to some symptoms in schizophrenia? And if inflammation is a significant factor in schizophrenia, could ordinary aspirin help? Researchers (Lann et al., 2010) from the Netherlands (I love researchers from the Netherlands!) set to find out. They looked at 70 inpatients in ten psychiatric hospitals who were already taking antipsychotic medications [...]

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapist - Band 7 - Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - London

    Updated: 2010-05-28 05:25:30
    million with a workforce of over 3300 staff.The post involves delivering cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) to patients of the CNWL eating disorders service... £35,746 - £45,353 a year From NHS Jobs - 28 May 2010 04:25:30 GMT - job details - View all London jobs

  • Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist - NHS Barnsley - Barnsley

    Updated: 2010-05-28 05:24:22
    COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL PSYCHOTHERAPISTS/HIGH INTENSITY TRAINEE'S - BAND 6/7£30,460 - £40,157 Per Annum Band 7 - qualified £25,472 - £34,189 Per Annum Band 6... £25,472 - £40,189 a year From NHS Jobs - 28 May 2010 04:24:22 GMT - job details - View all Barnsley jobs

  • Do You Think You Smell? Olfactory Reference Syndrome

    Updated: 2010-05-27 21:28:27
    Do you think you smell? Well, if we assume for a moment that you actually don’t smell or emit some sort of stinky odor, you’re like most people. In this modern world where many don’t think twice about showering each and every day, our bodies often have little chance to work up any kind of odor. However, [...]

  • Psychologist (Cognitive, neuroscience research) - JAM Recruitment - Liverpool

    Updated: 2010-05-27 18:13:35
    Login Psychologist (Cognitive, neuroscience... Youll also establish and lead the execution of cognitive programmes, establish a network of external... £30,000 - £40,000 a year From EngineerBoard.co.uk - 27 May 2010 17:13:35 GMT - job details - View all Liverpool jobs

  • Psychologist (Cognitive, neuroscience research) - JAM - North West England

    Updated: 2010-05-27 18:10:32
    insights/propositions. You’ll also establish and lead the execution of cognitive programmes, establish a network of external contacts relevant to the project... £40,000 a year From Need A Job - 27 May 2010 17:10:32 GMT - job details - View all North West England jobs

  • Head of CRM - Cognitive (London) - London

    Updated: 2010-05-27 18:10:22
    communication skills in order to gain senior stakeholder buy in to CRM. Cognitive-Group is a pre-eminent recruiter of quality people in BI/BPM, ERP/CRM, Mobile... £65,000 - £70,000 a year From EngineerBoard.co.uk - 27 May 2010 17:10:22 GMT - job details - View all London jobs

  • asp. net C# Developer - Cognitive (London) - London

    Updated: 2010-05-27 18:06:41
    desired. For more information please forward your CV in the first instance. Cognitive-Group is a pre-eminent recruiter of quality people in BI/BPM, ERP/CRM... £45,000 - £55,000 a year From PurelyIT.co.uk - 27 May 2010 17:06:41 GMT - job details - View all London jobs

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Clinical Leade - Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - Nottingham

    Updated: 2010-05-27 17:01:48
    STR workers are planned to join the team next year.You will provide High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Assessments and Interventions, in accordance with NICE... £38,851 - £46,621 a year From NHS Jobs - 27 May 2010 16:01:48 GMT - job details - View all Nottingham jobs

  • On Losing a Child

    Updated: 2010-05-27 05:20:50
    Cindy Haines, Chief Medical Officer of HealthDay and Managing Editor of Physician’s Briefing recently remarked that “Grief is an inevitable component of life lived fully. It is a rare soul, indeed, who passes through unscathed. But losing a child ranks at the top of the hardest to bear.” I have thought about this so often: What [...]

  • Email Not That Effective with College Depression

    Updated: 2010-05-27 05:20:50
    I’m always on the lookout for how technology can better help people with mental health issues. But some uses of technology leave me scratching my head. Take, for instance, this one: If you email a depression assessment quiz to college students, some will take it. Some of those who take it will have depression. Those are the [...]

  • Hyperion Essbase and Planning Senior Advisor - Cognitive Group - London

    Updated: 2010-05-27 00:37:43
    PLANNING AND ESSBASE SYSTEM 11 TECHNOLOGY. Cognitive are delighted to have been selected to lead the... delivers results. Cognitive-Group is a pre-eminent... £70,000 a year From Gisajob - 26 May 2010 23:37:43 GMT - job details - View all London jobs

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapist - AfC Band 7 - NHS Bolton - Bolton

    Updated: 2010-05-26 21:56:34
    that you have not been selected for interview.Cognitive Behaviour Therapist/IAPT High Intensity Therapist... to appoint to a new Cognitive Behaviour Therapist... £30,460 - £40,157 a year From NHS Jobs - 26 May 2010 20:56:34 GMT - job details - View all Bolton jobs

  • AX Functional Finance Consultant turns Practice Lead - Cognitive (London) - Manchester

    Updated: 2010-05-26 12:17:44
    the AX channel. Cognitive are acting as the search & selection partner for this organisation, apply today for immediate consideration. Cognitive-Group is a pre... £50,000 - £65,000 a year From EngineerBoard.co.uk - 26 May 2010 11:17:44 GMT - job details - View all Manchester jobs

  • Doc, Am I Normal? Yes.

    Updated: 2010-05-26 08:29:55
    Once in awhile I wish that everyone in the world could spend a week in my chair, listening to people describes their lives. What I think they would find, besides a real chance to help others, is that things they believe are “wrong” with them, are really completely normal. Our culture does a pretty terrible job [...]

  • Proof Positive: Chicken Little Goes to Resilience Therapy

    Updated: 2010-05-25 18:44:33
    “Today is a new day!” — Chicken Little Ms. Little released the following transcript with permission. Therapist: Let me make sure I understand this. So you initially believed the sky was falling? Chicken Little: I know it seems ridiculous now, but I was convinced it was happening. T: What made you think so? CL: I was hit on the [...]

  • Best of Our Blogs: May 25, 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-25 18:44:32
    Life is about beginnings and endings. As one season ends, for example, another one begins. While it’s difficult to let go of our beloved television shows (Lost) and our favorite season (spring), there is always something new and exciting just around the bend. The challenge is to have a bit of faith as we make [...]

  • 5 More Reasons Your Therapist Won’t See You Now

    Updated: 2010-05-24 18:40:43
    “Sorry, I can’t be your therapist. Here’s a referral to another colleague I trust…” Some people may take for granted that therapists can pick and choose who they see and under what conditions. Not all therapists will see every patient that walks through their office door. There are a variety of reasons a therapist won’t see [...]

  • The ABCs of Overcoming Anger in Your Relationship

    Updated: 2010-05-23 14:22:02
    Sarah hated it when Jeff was “stressed out.” He became loudly critical of her, the kids, the driver ahead of him, and anyone else that annoyed him. He was impatient and irritable, and when he wasn’t on the attack he became distant. Sarah didn’t know what else to do, so she resigned herself to “just [...]

  • Treatment of depression in diabetes an update Current Opinion in Psychiatry

    Updated: 2010-05-22 22:10:53
    : Advertisement Current Opinion in Psychiatry Wolters Kluwer Health Logo Login Register Activate Subscription Subscribe Help All Issues Current Issue Issue Displayed Advanced Search Saved Searches Recent Searches You currently have no recent searches Home Current Issue Previous Issues Published Ahead-of-Print For Authors Journal Info About the Journal Editorial Board Advertising Subscription Services Reprints Job Opportunities Rights and Permissions Mobile Home March 2009 Volume 22 Issue 2 Treatment of depression in diabetes : an update Next Article Text : sizing A A A Current Opinion in Psychiatry : March 2009 Volume 22 Issue 2 p 211-217 doi : 10.1097 YCO.0b013e3283207b45 Behavioural medicine : Edited by Mohan Isaac and Winfried Rief Treatment of depression in diabetes : an update Petrak

  • Preschool Depression: Real or Imagined?

    Updated: 2010-05-22 22:10:45
    Joan Luby, a Professor of Psychiatry in the Early Emotional Development Program at the Washington University School of Medicine, argues in a new journal article (Luby, 2010) that preschool depression is a real disorder that is important to identify early on. Preschool depression refers to preschool-aged children (between 3 and 6 years old) suffering from [...]

  • Are you eating the ‘right’ fruit and veg?

    Updated: 2010-05-21 14:36:43
    Are you eating the right’ fruit and veg Friday 21st May , 2010 You might be getting your five a day’ but researchers are now saying the fruit and veg most people choose may not always be the best . choice A new study from the US has discovered that most people get the right nutrition from only a few types of fruit and vegetables but there are better choices . available As an example , researchers said a papaya is better than an orange and sweet potato is better than carrots . Papaya provides 15 times the amount of beta-cryptoxanthin than oranges and sweet potato has double the amount of beta-carotene compared with . carrots This data highlights the importance of not only the quantity but also the significant impact the quality and variety of the fruits and vegetables you eat can have on

  • Postnatal depression affects dads too

    Updated: 2010-05-21 14:19:31
    Postnatal depression affects dads too Friday 21st May , 2010 A new study has revealed that men are just as likely to suffer the baby blues as . women Figures show that one in ten mums suffer with postnatal depression and this latest research has discovered the ratio is the same for fathers before or after the birth of a . child The American study observed that symptoms displayed by fathers are not hormonal as they are with women but more a response to the pressures of becoming a dad such as paternal responsibility , altered relationship with the partner and stretched . income Mental health experts also added lack of sleep and more domestic chores as probable factors in men becoming depressed The research team from the Eastern Virginia Medical School reviewed 43 previous studies involving

  • ‘Trendy depression’ claim challenged by mental health experts

    Updated: 2010-05-21 01:38:55
    Trendy depression’ claim challenged by mental health experts Friday 21st May , 2010 Mental health charities have challenged Janet Street Porter after she made a claim in her Daily Mail column that depression is the new trendy illness’ The journalist wrote that women should get a grip’ and that some illnesses go in and out of . fashion’ Three of the main mental health charities : Mind , Rethink and Time to Change have written letters of complaint to the Daily . Mail The letters were posted on Facebook and : read It is clear that Porter has an exceptionally limited understanding of depression . Contrary to her views , one in six people in the UK of all ages and backgrounds experience a real mental . illness’ Suggesting that such a debilitating problem is a trendy fad that people indulge in

  • Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in an Adult Mental Health Service: A Pilot Study of Outcomes and Alliance.

    Updated: 2010-05-18 23:00:00
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  • Diet and exercise ignored in favour of weight loss pills

    Updated: 2010-05-17 12:47:31
    Diet and exercise ignored in favour of weight loss pills Monday 17th May , 2010 With nearly one in four adults in England classed as obese , specialist advice on dieting and weight loss is losing out to prescription anti-obesity . drugs The number of prescriptions for weight-loss pills has risen to 1.5 million up by 13 per cent since 2008 and 66 per cent since 2005. And the cost of these drugs to the NHS is 47 million per . year The only recommended drug for obesity is Orlistat’ , commonly found under the brand name of Alli’ . However , many patients stop using it because of side-effects such as diarrhoea . And health care experts have also pointed out that the drug is only effective when eating a low-fat diet and regular follow-ups with a . GP Steve Field , chairman of the Royal College

  • Food allergy patients worst served by medicine

    Updated: 2010-05-17 01:50:50
    Food allergy patients worst served by medicine Monday 17th May , 2010 People with food allergies are among the worst served by doctors , according to a large-scale review of research into the . condition The review discovered that patients were being misdiagnosed and allergy tests were giving misleading results . Up to 30 per cent of people claim to have an allergy to certain foods but in a blind-test fewer than 10 per cent actually have . one Some of the well known allergy avoidance principles such as breast-fed babies have fewer allergies or avoiding feeding a baby eggs during their first year have been found to have little evidence to support . them The review also found that adults are eliminating foods from their diet without evidence based on a suspicion the food is causing an

  • Antidepressant drug warning to expectant mothers

    Updated: 2010-05-17 01:04:40
    Antidepressant drug warning to expectant mothers Monday 17th May , 2010 Pregnant women taking antidepressants have received a warning from health chiefs about the risks to their unborn . child The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency MHRA which acts as the Government’s medicine watchdog has advised doctors about the risks of a rare lung condition to babies born to mothers who take drugs such as Prozac and . Seroxat The lung condition , which is a persistent pulmonary hypertension that prevents babies from breathing properly once out of the womb , affects up to two in every 1,000 births but the risks could double when the mother takes . antidepressants This new warning comes after a link was discovered five years ago between antidepressants and birth defects . Then , doctors

  • Pregnant women not getting enough Vitamin D

    Updated: 2010-05-14 12:25:49
    Pregnant women not getting enough Vitamin D Friday 14th May , 2010 A new study from the US suggests that pregnant women must increase their levels of Vitamin D to avoid health problems for themselves and their . infant Results found that seven out of ten pregnant women were not getting enough of the vitamin which is not only essential for bone health but also a range of health . benefits Researchers from the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine suggest that women trying to conceive should begin taking vitamin D . supplements Prenatal vitamins do help raise vitamin D levels , but many women start taking them after becoming pregnant , 8217 wrote lead author of the study Dr Adit Ginde in the American Journal of Obstetrics and . Gynaecology Although research is ongoing , I think

  • Behavioural therapy found to ease Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

    Updated: 2010-05-14 12:08:08
    Behavioural therapy found to ease Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS Friday 14th May , 2010 New research published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatolog journal has found behavioural therapy to be an effective alternative to treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS is a common condition , characterised by lower abdominal pain , cramps , diarrhoea , constipation or a combination and alternation between all of these . symptoms The study showed that behavioural therapy can be an effective and safe alternative to medication when trying to treat the . condition During the study , participants attended one hour sessions for 10 weeks . Behavioural therapy was found to have benefits within the first four weeks and after a three-month follow up session , 95 per cent of

  • Alcohol, not stress disorder, is bigger problem for UK troops

    Updated: 2010-05-14 11:44:54
    , , Alcohol , not stress disorder , is bigger problem for UK troops Friday 14th May , 2010 Last year we published a story about a counselling project helping soldiers cope with post-traumatic stress disorder Now a new study suggests that alcohol abuse is a bigger problem than stress for British servicemen and women in war . zones Troops serving in Afghanistan and Iraq are 22 per cent more likely to consume hazardous levels of alcohol than those who are not deployed into . action Research carried out by King’s College London has identified mental health problems and PTSD rates to be roughly the same as in 2003. However , one in ten respondents to a survey claimed they were drinking alcohol at a level that is described by the World Health Organisation as . hazardous’ The study by the

  • Lack of sleep linked to obesity in children

    Updated: 2010-05-10 01:00:58
    Lack of sleep linked to obesity in children Monday 10th May , 2010 Sleep deprivation could be contributing to obesity among children according to research presented to the Paediatric Academic Society in the . US Results from a study by the Seattle Children’s Research Institute point to a lack of sleep being linked to a higher body mass index BMI which is one of the markers of . obesity The study involved 723 pre-adolescent children sometimes referred to as tweens’ and teenagers . Each child was measured for movements and assessed sleep patterns and their calorie . intake Measurements were taken using an accelerometer to determine activity levels and questions were asked about what the children ate and drank . The children were also asked about levels of sleep during weekdays and at the .

  • Recent evidence supports emotion-regulation interventions fo Current Opinion in Psychiatry

    Updated: 2010-05-07 12:48:51
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  • Recent research in stress coping and women's health Current Opinion in Psychiatry

    Updated: 2010-05-06 19:06:08
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  • How to deal with action overwhelm

    Updated: 2010-05-06 14:44:30
    It is easy to get distracted and unfocused, especially when it comes to getting things done. You may find yourself faced with a huge list of things that you need to do. It is easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer size of your list if you have a busy home and work life.

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    Updated: 2010-05-06 07:01:22
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