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Prejudice Can Cause Depression at the Societal, Interpersonal, and Intrapersonal Levels
Although depression and prejudice traditionally fall into different areas of study and treatment, a new article suggests that many cases of depression may be caused by prejudice from the self or from another person.
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Psychologist Carol Ryff on Wellbeing and Aging: The FPR Interview
PLOS: Dr. Carol D. Ryff, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Institute on Aging at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, speaks with science writer Karen A. Frenkel about well-being in the United States and
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Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention
The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention will be held November 15 – 18, 2012 in National Harbor, MD. For more information visit: http://www.abct.org/Members/?m=mMembers&fa=Convention
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The Forgetting Pill Erases Painful Memories Forever
Wired Magazine: Jeffrey Mitchell, a volunteer firefighter in the suburbs of Baltimore, came across the accident by chance: A car had smashed into a pickup truck loaded with metal pipes. Mitchell tried to help, but
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Shannon Wiltsey Stirman
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD Boston University School of Medicine, USA http://www.bumc.bu.edu/psychiatry/faculty-staff/ What does your research focus on? My research focuses on the implementation of evidence based practices in mental health.
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Psychologists Stress the Importance of Memory in Preventing Relapse after Therapy
Addictions, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder—such painful and harmful problems are recalcitrant to treatment. In the clinic, a person may suppress the association between the stimulus and the response—say, a bar with ashtrays and smoking—by learning