Month: September 2010
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How Men and Women Sleep Differently
WebMD looks at the why and what happens when insomnia hits a couples’ bedroom: He Slept, She Slept: Sex Differences in Sleep. In many cases, resolving the sleep issues — which Garfinkel is often able to accomplish in six to 12 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy — allows the couple to explore other issues that…
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Why Can’t I Sleep?
Six reasons from Psychology Today. Here’s one: 3. Turning sleep into a job. It’s eleven PM, you have an important early morning meeting, you’ve got to wake at 5:30 to shower, put on make-up, rouse the kids and make their lunches so you better sleep every minute! Except often you don’t. Worrying about sleep, thinking about…
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Breast Cancer and Stress
PsychCentral: Chronic Stress May Spur Progression of Breast Cancer The strong correlation between physical and mental health has been linked in countless studies. Now, new research suggests that chronic stress may significantly accelerate breast cancer progression…
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Anxiety Headlines
One way to measure the country’s–or, at least, journalists’–mood, the daily headlines: Recession is officially over, but anxiety lingers Sealing of BP Oil Well Doesn’t Eliminate Questions and Anxiety Anxiety Over New York Islamic Center Felt In Fargo Treatment is available!
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School Refusal and Anxiety Disorder
A look at both from the Wall Street Journal: “I Hate School” Extreme Edition. Anywhere from 5% to 28% of children will exhibit some degree of school-refusal behavior at some point, including truancy, according to Dr. Kearney, a leading authority on the behavior, and other experts. For kids with anxiety-fueled school refusal, the fear is…
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Sleeping Better in 14 Steps
14 Strategies for Sleeping Better from PsychCentral. Here’s a good one: Stop trying. Many people try to force themselves to fall sleep, especially if they have insomnia. However, because sleep is a biological process, Siebern said that it can’t be forced. In fact, “oftentimes short-term strategies of ‘trying to achieve’ sleep may actually maintain insomnia…
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Mindfulness Meditation
Here’s a great collection of guided mindfulness meditation mp3s from UCLA’s Mindfulness Awareness Research Center. More than a little interested in mindfulness practice? Mindfulness author Jon Kabat-Zinn is coming to UCLA on October 6th.
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Parenting Risk
Keeping Kids Safe From the Wrong Dangers. Summed up: Parents tend to worry more about remote dangers (terrorists) than mundane ones (obesity, football). (NYT)
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Anxiety Self-Help Pack
Anxiety self-help pack posted by the University of Huddersfield. 106 pages worth of worksheets and info. Have at it!