Drugs and talk therapy, memory, aging, Prague from Sasha Rolde on IP.net

Dear Colleagues,

As I read through this week’s international psychoanalytic website, it became abundantly clear to me that that the debate pro and con “talk therapy”  is   heating up with several posts comparing, contrasting, and judging different types of therapy and pharmacotherapy. I find this curious in light of the fact that whenever there is a human disaster of any sort in this country – cause by man ( vis Newtown, Boston Marathon or consequences of bullying) or nature (tsunami, tornados, earth quakes) the mental health  professionals are called upon to provide “talk therapy”. the ambivalence in the population yearning for human connection vs. a quick fix with a drug is mind boggling. Continue reading Drugs and talk therapy, memory, aging, Prague from Sasha Rolde on IP.net

When Social Skills Are a Warning

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Click Here to Read: When Social Skills Are a Warning.  Behavior Changes Serve as an Early Signal of Mental-Health Issues; Starting Treatment Sooner by Shirley S. Wang in The Wall Street Journal on May 20, 2013.

With many neurological disorders, from Alzheimer’s to ADHD, the first clue something is wrong may be atypical social behavior. Shirley Wang reports on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.

Scripps 86th Annual Spelling Bee: Kneydlekh

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Click Here to View: The Agony and the Ecstasy of the National Spelling Bee: Photographs  on the Daily Beast website on May 31, 2013.

Click Here to Read: Knaidel, Kneydl: New Yorkers Dish on Dumpling Spellings By WNYC Newsroom on the WNYC website on  May 31, 2013.

Click Here to Read: Some Say the Spelling of a Winning Word Just Wasn’t Kosher By Joseph Berger in The New York Times on May 31, 2013.

So, we couldn’t help overhearing the tuml about the fellow who won the Scripps 86th National Spelling Bee, thereby exposing how Merriam-Webster has mangled a word near and dear to the hearts of us all. And then the matsoh ball hit the fan… Continue reading Scripps 86th Annual Spelling Bee: Kneydlekh

Psychoanalysis, Science, and the Seductive Theory of Karl Popper

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Click Here to Read:  Psychoanalysis,  Science, and the Seductive Theory of Karl Popper by Don C. Grant and Edwin Harari.

This articles originally appeared as:   Don C. Grant and Edwin Harari (2006).  Psychoanalysis,  Science, and the Seductive Theory of Karl Popper. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 39:446-452 and appears here with all requisite rights and permissions.