In December, in an entry titled, “The Look On Your Face,” we described a program designed to help save children from lifelong emotional problems by helping youngsters ages 3 to 5 to read facial expressions. Children with autism have difficulty recognizing emotions. The number of children diagnosed with autism has increased nearly tenfold in the… Read More »
Raphael Cushnir is the author of, “The One Thing Holding You Back: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Connection.” This new book describes how you can incorporate emotions into your daily life and offers ways to identify and release specific emotions that have been blocking your success and well being. On the Media Clips page of… Read More »
Dr. Judith Orloff, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA, has written a new book, “Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself From Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life.” She describes the book as “a guide to staying brave and positive during stressful times.” Dr. Orloff says, “Emotional freedom is being able to transform negative emotions into… Read More »
This photo was taken of a page in a magazine in Thailand… .
In the United States, as many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. Millions more are struggling with binge eating disorder. The last week in every February is National Eating Disorders Week. The aim of NEDAwareness Week is… Read More »
This photo is from an office in Bangkok, Thailand… .
This month’s issue of the Archives of General Psychology includes the results of a seven year study investigating the association between media exposure in adolescence and depression in young adulthood. Of the 4,142 participants (47.5% female and 67.0% white) who were not depressed at baseline and who underwent follow-up assessment, 308 (7.4%) reported symptoms consistent… Read More »
Two months ago, in an entry titled, “The Look On Your Face,” this blog described a $2.7 million grant for an intervention program designed to help save children from lifelong emotional problems by helping youngsters ages 3-5 to read facial expressions. Just as reading facial expressions is important, so is recognizing and expressing one’s feelings. … Read More »
In a comedic piece about euphemisms, George Carlin reminded us that what we now call Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, was called “shell shock” in World War I and “battle fatigue” in World War II and “operational exhaustion” during the Korean War. Carlin reminded us that buried under all this jargon is the pain and… Read More »
Malehealth.co.uk is run by the Men’s Health Forum, the UK’s leading charity working to improve men’s health. Part of its web site is devoted to emotional health. It asks, “Are you emotionally healthy?” and offers seven yes/no questions to help assess your level of emotional health. It also provides insight to get to know your… Read More »