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Mental Health Internet Resources ~ FindCounseling.com findcounseling.com The original, trusted resource. Since 1996. Sign In Site Search The Latest Mental Health and Wellness News on Metapsychology Online Reviews Books are listed in order of most recent first. Click on any book title to read the full-length review by that MHN reviewer. Moral ImaginationEssaysby David BromwichReview by Bob Lane, MA on Nov 25th 2014 The Ethics of the Familyby Stephen Scales, Adam Potthast, and Linda Oravecz (Editors)Review by Christian Perring on Nov 25th 2014 Personality disorders A personality disorder is a type of mental disorder in which you have a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behaving. A person with a personality disorder has trouble perceiving and relating to situations and to people. This causes significant problems and limitations in relationships, social encounters, work and school. In some cases, you may not realize that you have a personality disorder because your way of thinking and behaving seems natural to you.

Children won’t be saved by a digital detox The idea of a “digital detox” makes my eyes roll so far back I see memories from a past life as concubine number 6. When will we come to terms with our own desires and, rather than banning something we fear altogether, try to understand it? Whether booze or sugar or Celebrity Big Brother, there is a more adult way of dealing with something we feel has a hold over us than writing it off completely. Cognitive Dissonance Explanations > Theories > Cognitive Dissonance Description | Research | Example | So What? | See also | References Description This is the feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time.

The latest dangerous "addiction" parents need to worry about: Mobile devices Follow me at @drClaire For parents of teens, “addiction” is a scary word. It brings to mind all sorts of things we never want to have happen to our children, from overdoses to arrests — and so we talk to our kids about drugs and alcohol. Identifying Similarities and Differences Related Classroom Examples Imagining Change Images help set the stage for understanding abstract concepts. Magnifying Learning Young English language learners talk about the world using hand lenses. 10 Signs You May Be Involved With a Sex Addict, By a Sex Addict  by Brian Whitney You've been hanging out with this guy for a while and everything is great. That's what you tell people. The truth is, everything is not so great. Things he says and does don't add up.

Is Seeing Believing? Horizon explores the strange and wonderful world of illusions - and reveals the tricks they play on our senses and why they fool us. We show how easy it is to trick your sense of taste by changing the colors of food and drink, explain how what you see can change what you hear, and see just how unreliable our sense of color can be. But all this trickery has a serious purpose.

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