slaughtered-rainbow: Feeling worried? Answer a simple question - “can I control this outcome I’m worried about?” If no, then there’s no point in worrying; if yes, then act on it! #WisdomMatters ..read more

didanawisgi: “Filling the conscious mind with ideal conceptions is a characteristic of Western theosophy, but not the confrontation with the Shadow and the world of darkness. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular.” — Carl Gustav Jung in his essay The Philosophical Tree, paragraph 335, (1945). Available in Alchemical Studies, Collected Works Volume 13, translated by R. F. C. Hull ..read more

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funeral: From a unified psychotherapy perspective, although there are times in which it might be appropriate to focus more on one system relative to the other, each person and each problem is made up of all these systems of adaptation operating in a socio-historical-organic context and practitioners should be able to assess and treat all of these systems. —Gregg Henriques on cognitive Behavioral Therapy versus Psychodynamic Therapy and the Unified Psychotherapy approach ..read more

Adult ADHD: Patient Perspectives and Best Practice Strategies: thisadhdlife: This is probably the most informative talk I’ve heard on ADHD in a while.  I know it’s meant for clinicians. But, even as someone who has a background in Psychology, I find it fascinating. I nearly cried at the “omission” part because I know for a FACT that that was me before my diagnosis and medication. They talk about “multiple contacts with healthcare providers” and I was just nodding the entire way. In my undergraduate education, I saw several doctors… and I even saw the school counselor twice in m ..read more

psychandme: Common Core Beliefs Core belief is a belief created in the subconscious mind between birth to age seven, that a person has internalized as a truth or reality. Becoming conscious of our core beliefs will allow us to unlearn the ones we do not like and make new decisions to create new responses. Common core belief #1 • I am not worthy, good enough, something is “wrong” with me. The adult behaviours displayed by this belief are Self betrayal, negative self talk, procrastination, chronic fear of criticisms, performing or playing a role and denying one’s own needs and boundaries. Commo ..read more

psychinfo: As a note, Antisocial Personality Disorder is also listed in this chapter of the DSM-5.  That is because it is related to Conduct Disorder - you don’t qualify for a diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder unless you met the criteria for Conduct Disorder by age 15! What chapter would you like to see next? You can see my previous DSM-5 posts here: Paraphilic Disorders Personality Disorders ..read more

neurosciencestuff: How quickly do we experience the benefits of exercise? A new University of Maryland study of healthy older adults shows that just one session of exercise increased activation in the brain circuits associated with memory - including the hippocampus - which shrinks with age and is the brain region attacked first in Alzheimer’s disease. “While it has been shown that regular exercise can increase the volume of the hippocampus, our study provides new information that acute exercise has the ability to impact this important brain region,” said Dr. J. Carson Smith, an associate pro ..read more

bpod-mrc: Pathology Rethink Huntington’s disease is a rare and incurable, neurodegenerative disorder characterised by uncontrolled movements, changes in mood, and declines in reasoning and memory. The causative mutation – which creates an abnormally extended version of the huntingtin protein – was discovered decades ago, yet the protein’s normal function and how its mutation leads to pathology remain unclear. Because huntingtin interacts with many cellular proteins, its abnormal extension was widely considered to be a gain-of-function mutation – one that causes excessive recruitment of inter ..read more

neurosciencestuff: When it comes to making moral decisions, we often think of the golden rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Yet, why we make such decisions has been widely debated. Are we motivated by feelings of guilt, where we don’t want to feel bad for letting the other person down? Or by fairness, where we want to avoid unequal outcomes? Some people may rely on principles of both guilt and fairness and may switch their moral rule depending on the circumstances, according to a Radboud University – Dartmouth College study on moral decision-making and cooperation. The f ..read more