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Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: The Latest trend in Mental health care
By: James Cartreine, PhD, Editor, Harvard Health Blog
What if you could get what a psychologist offers without actually having to see one? Many people enjoy the warm, caring relationship provided by a mental health clinician, but others simply want to get better. Many people would rather not open up to another person about their problems — at least, not in person. Plus, seeing a mental health clinician can be inconvenient and expensive - Read More....

To Better Cope with Stress, Listen to your body
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS- New York Times
JANUARY 13, 2016
To handle stress and adversity more effectively, we should probably pay closer attention to what is happening inside our bodies, according to a fascinating new brain study of resilience and why some people seem to have more than others.
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By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS- New York Times
JANUARY 13, 2016
To handle stress and adversity more effectively, we should probably pay closer attention to what is happening inside our bodies, according to a fascinating new brain study of resilience and why some people seem to have more than others.
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-Give, if You Know What is Good for You
By: Elizabeth W. Dunn and Ashley Whillans- New York Times
December 24, 2015
Sandstrom and Sally Dickerson and the geriatric medicine physician Kenneth Madden and is forthcoming in the journal Health Psychology, provides the first causal evidence that spending money on others may improve physical health. Read more...
By: Elizabeth W. Dunn and Ashley Whillans- New York Times
December 24, 2015
Sandstrom and Sally Dickerson and the geriatric medicine physician Kenneth Madden and is forthcoming in the journal Health Psychology, provides the first causal evidence that spending money on others may improve physical health. Read more...

Sense and Sensitivity
By: Andrea Bartz- Psychology Today
July 5, 2011
They tear up at phone commercials. They brood for days over a gentle ribbing. They know what you're feeling before you do. Their nerve cells are actually hyperreactive. Say hello to the Highly Sensitive Person—you've probably already made him cry. Read more....
By: Andrea Bartz- Psychology Today
July 5, 2011
They tear up at phone commercials. They brood for days over a gentle ribbing. They know what you're feeling before you do. Their nerve cells are actually hyperreactive. Say hello to the Highly Sensitive Person—you've probably already made him cry. Read more....

Can You Make Yourself Smarter?
By: Dan Hurley-The New York Times
April 18, 2012
Early on a drab afternoon in January, a dozen third graders from the working-class suburb of Chicago Heights, Ill., burst into the Mac Lab on the ground floor of Washington School in a blur of blue pants, blue vests and white shirts. Minutes later, they were hunkered down in front of the Apple computers lining the room’s perimeter, hoping to do what was, until recently, considered impossible: increase their intelligence through training. Read more...
By: Dan Hurley-The New York Times
April 18, 2012
Early on a drab afternoon in January, a dozen third graders from the working-class suburb of Chicago Heights, Ill., burst into the Mac Lab on the ground floor of Washington School in a blur of blue pants, blue vests and white shirts. Minutes later, they were hunkered down in front of the Apple computers lining the room’s perimeter, hoping to do what was, until recently, considered impossible: increase their intelligence through training. Read more...