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Opinionators Weigh in on Early Admissions, Online Essays |
| Monday, September 18, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: Assessment & Evaluation
In an update of two previous entries, The New York Times Week in Review features commentary on Harvard's recent decision to eliminate early admissions as well as last week's story about students bu... more
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Father of Cognitive Therapy Awarded Highest Medical Honor |
| Monday, September 18, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
Dr. Aaron T. Beck, who in the 1960's pioneered Cognitive Behavior Therapy as a variation on Freudian psychoanalysis, received one of this year's five historic research awards from th... more
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How Much Homework Is Enough? |
| Friday, September 15, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: Homework Habits
Educators, students and interested observers have long debated the relative value of homework and how best to balance it with in-class activity. One of the primary functions of education is certainl... more
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Debate Over Media and Body Image Continues |
| Friday, September 15, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
The recent decision by Madrid's local government to ban underweight models from participating in Spain's fashion week is only the latest, most unexpected episode in the ongoing battle over... more
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We should have seen it coming |
| Friday, September 15, 2006 By |
Category: Bullying/Victimization
“We should have seen it coming.” It seems like every time there is violence in a school, in the aftermath the question that is thrown around over and over again was why did no one see the signs?... more
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We should have seen it coming |
| Friday, September 15, 2006 By |
Category: Our Psychology
“We should have seen it coming.” It seems like every time there is violence in a school, in the aftermath the question that is thrown around over and over again was why did no one see the signs?... more
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Separating Healthy Training from Disordered Eating |
| Thursday, September 14, 2006 By Dr. Mada |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
Earlier this week the regional government of Madrid passed a ban on using overly thin models during the city's upcoming Fashion Week. Many are rightfully lauding the move as a major blow against an in... more
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Universities Debate Early Admissions Policies |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category:
Harvard University's recent announcement that it would eliminate early admissions starting in 2007 raised eyebrows across higher education, with related schools questioning the ultimate effectiven... more
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Exercise to Increase Health, Not Necessarily Lose Weight |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
We like to talk about a lot of issues regarding weight loss and its relation to overall health. While fingers may get pointed at a number of culprits and explanations, the bottomline remains that exer... more
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Bipolar Disorder, Like Depression, Proves Costly in the Workplace |
| Tuesday, September 12, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Bipolar Disorder
By digging into data obtained as part of the NIMH's National Comorbidity Survey Replication Study (NCS-R) researchers have been able to put a monetary value on the amount of work lost by those sufferi... more
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More Students Cheating Online |
| Monday, September 11, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category:
Cheating is an unavoidable element of education, in spite of strict regulations and diligent professors. Whether due to a lack of conviction or an overwhelming desire to perform, countless students us... more
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Sometimes Depression Treatment Must Go Beyond Talk and Medication |
| Monday, September 11, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
Technological advances have helped us gain a better understanding of depression and other diseases of the mind. Where we once were limited in our options, there are now many tools and avenues availabl... more
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International Experts Focus on Suicide Prevention |
| Monday, September 11, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
September 10 marked the third annual World Suicide Prevention Day, and international experts used the day to weigh in on the causes and destructive effects of this worldwide affliction. Far from a... more
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Five Years Later |
| Monday, September 11, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
We don't have many days like today. Our nation, while not perfect by any stretch, has stood as a beacon of freedom for 230 years--nearly a quarter of a millennium. Over the course of those years, only... more
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More Adults, Fewer Teens Using Drugs |
| Friday, September 08, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
The overall use and abuse of illicit drugs in America remainedrelatively steady last year, but surveys noted significant declines inuse among those 12-17 and increases among those 50-59. The 2006 pres... more
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Higher Education Report Offers Sobering Message |
| Friday, September 08, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category:
This year's national report card on higher educationfinds America's college enrollment and graduation rates declining astuitions move disproportionately upward. Though the United Statesremains the w... more
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DOJ: Prisons Not Exactly Helping the Mentally Ill |
| Thursday, September 07, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
There will probably be a lot of anger and indignation about the recently released Department of Justice report on the state of mental health in our nation's prisons. To anyone who has worked in the p... more
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Balancing Expectations to Cut Stress and Anxiety |
| Wednesday, September 06, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: School Psychology
Florida State sociology Professor John Reynolds published a study this summerthat shows high school seniors' expectations of success are wildlyoutpacing their actual production. On the surface, tellin... more
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Worthless Complaining About College Costs |
| Wednesday, September 06, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: College Life
Writing in the New York Times, William Chace, former president of Emory and Wesleyan Universities, discusses the financial aspects of going to college. Chace lays out the financial aspects of getting... more
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Kindergarten Testing: Too Much Too Early? |
| Wednesday, September 06, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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In yet another variation on the overworked American children theme, Newsweek's most recent cover story focuses on new trends in testing the performance of our youngest students. Parents and te... more
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Mind/Body Approach Utilized for Healing Vets |
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
An excellent piece in this week's Newsweek looks at some interesting and positive strategies for helping those veterans considered "severely injured" heal and cope after returning from the battlefield... more
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Balancing Expectations to Cut Stess and Anxiety |
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Stress
Florida State sociology Professor John Reynolds published a study this summer that shows high school seniors' expectations of success are wildly outpacing their actual production. On the surface, tel... more
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MA Study Finds Nicotine Levels Increasing |
| Thursday, August 31, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health released the results this week of a 7-year-long study that examined the amount of nicotine in many common cigarette brands. Their main finding, which has... more
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When "I Don't Want to Go to School" Becomes "I Can't Go to School" |
| Thursday, August 31, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: Mood Issues (Depression, Anxiety, etc.)
While Pat Benatar let us all know that "Love is a Battlefield," Saturday morning cartoon heroes from Doug Funny to the "Recess" gang have shown us that school too, can be a battlefield. One might arg... more
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If a Steroid Scandal Breaks and No One Cares, Does It Make a Sound? |
| Wednesday, August 30, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
In February 2004, the NFL's Carolina Panthers, something of an upstart as only a 9-year-old franchise, appeared in their second Super Bowl, eventually succumbing to the New England Patriots. This eve... more
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