Psychiatry’s Mind-Brain Problem Photo Recently, a psychiatric study on first episodes of made front-page news. People seemed quite surprised by the finding: that treatment programs that emphasized low doses of psychotropic drugs, along with individual psychotherapy, family education and a focus on social adaptation, resulted in decreased symptoms and increased wellness. But the real surprise — and disappointment — was that this was considered so surprising. The study, by Dr. Unfortunately, such clinical pragmatism has seriously declined in the United States, as psychiatry has veered toward pharmacology. Continue reading the main story Inherent to this proposition is the implication that psychological and social events somehow are not also brain events. With luck, studies like Dr. At the same time, it would be naïve to think that these problems will disappear, for they have dogged psychiatry throughout its history. However, having one foot on each side of the mind-brain divide was never a stable arrangement.
How to spot a psychopath in the office - Late Night Live If your boss is insensitive, narcissistic, controlling and a bully, there could be a very good reason. According to author and academic Adrian Furnham, psychopaths possess a number of traits that allow them to thrive in the corporate environment. Late Night Live takes a look. Psychopaths are great at climbing the greasy pole of corporate life because they display the exact same characteristics companies seek out in managers: poise, charm, self-confidence and decisiveness. That's the idea behind Adrian Furnham's latest book, Backstabbers and Bullies: How to Cope With the Dark Side of People at Work. 'It is tough at the top and often very difficult to get there. As Americans say, they're happy to 'kick ass'. Furnham, professor of psychology at University College London and adjunct professor of management at the Norwegian School of Management, originally wanted to add ‘bastards’ to that title, too. ‘There are 70,000 books with "leadership" in the title in the British Library,’ he says.
Wearing a suit changes the way your brain works, research finds Putting on a suit doesn't just change how you look, it can change the way you perceive the world and make you think more broadly, a new US study suggests. So it turns out that Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother may have been right about the power of formal wear all along. After testing people's thought patterns in relation to the formality of their attire, researchers found that suit-wearers felt more powerful, and this encouraged them to think about the big picture rather than getting hung up on the details. Or in psychology terms, donning a suit encouraged ‘abstract processing’ rather than ‘concrete processing’. "Putting on formal clothes makes us feel powerful, and that changes the basic way we see the world," the lead researcher, psychologist Abraham Rutchick from California State University, Northridge, told Joe Pinsker at The Atlantic. So for the next three experiments, the researchers asked half the students to change into suits before taking the cognitive tests.
Five tips for relationship happiness from existential philosophers - The Philosopher's Zone In the western world, lovers are free from arranged marriages. Yet all too often we bring chains to relationships in the form of misplaced expectations and ideals. Skye Cleary, the author of Existentialism and Romantic Love reaches for her existential classics for help, with five philosophical tips for a happy love life. Max Stirner, Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir all dealt with love and existential themes, but they all had different ideas about romantic love. The best love relationships are those where lovers are free and equal Too often, lovers use relationships as an escape from the world, according to Simone de Beauvoir. Relationships would be better if lovers were stronger-willed, mastered their passions, and were better friends. Instead, de Beauvoir advised lovers not to become so dependent on one another that they can’t exist without each other. The best love relationships are those that are free and intimate
A one-hour treatment has reversed insomnia in 73% of participants A simple one-hour therapy session in the early stages of insomnia may be all it takes to help treat the condition, according to a new study. Within just three months of participating in the 60-minute session, which helped them better understand insomnia and taught them coping strategies, almost three quarters of participants reported improvements in sleep quality. The approach isn't anything revolutionary - scientists have been using cognitive behavioural therapy for decades to help people sleep better - but this is the first time anyone has attempted to treat acute insomniacs within the first three months of sleep disruption, before the condition becomes chronic. “The results of our study clearly showed that a single therapy session had successful results, with an improvement in sleep quality for some 60 percent of those with acute insomnia within one month," lead researcher and psychologist Jason Ellis, from Northumbria University in the UK, said in a press release.