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Self-Esteem As A Concept by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Even though my current primary role at work is as an evaluator, I still do a bit of therapy. More important, I enjoy therapy and the unique challenges it presents. One concept ... Read on »

Depressing News On The Juvenile Rehabilitation Front by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health This research is simply depressing. Simply put, the more help a juvenile receives from the justice system, the more likely they will later engage in crime as adults (by a sev ... Read on »

Alleged Rapist Placed On House Arrest by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Wow. Just, wow.BTW, I like one commenter's suggestion - put the guy in the judge's house... Read on »

Instigating Geek Wrath!!! by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Funny little post here about how to raise the hackles of a geek. Normally these gentle creatures are passive (or at least passive-aggressive), content to while away hours wor ... Read on »

Napping Important to Mental Health of 4 and 5-Year Olds by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Interesting study here about the potential relationship between the sleeping patterns of four and five-years olds and hyperactivity, depression, and anxiety. What the article ... Read on »

Pirates, Pirates Everywhere!!! by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Blundering Barnacles!!!! Thar be pirates everywhere!!! Okay, not really. But, given the Somali pirate stuff in the news the last few months, pop culture has incorporated th ... Read on »

Attention Problems In Kindergarten Predict Poor High School Achievement by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health This has happened a few times recently. I write a post about a topic, in this case attention, and then in the next day or two an article or study comes out relevant to that v ... Read on »

The Concept of Attention - Selected Quotes and Observations by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Here are some quotes and observations regarding the concept of attention, on of many cognitive functions often assessed by clinicians, in a wide variety of contexts. It seems ... Read on »

Forensic Psychology - The Issue of Free Will Versus Determinism by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health One of the “Bibles” of forensic psychology is Psychological Evaluations for the Courts, written by Gary Melton and others. It is a extremely informative book that ... Read on »

Happy Memorial Day by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health And why we take the day off... Read on »

Low Response To Alcohol Increases Risk Of Alcoholism by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I attended a conference several years ago on conceptualization and treatment of dual diagnoses: individuals with a mental health issue as well as a substance abuse problem. T ... Read on »

Better News on the Alzheimer's Front by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Yesterday I posted about the increasing difficulty in assessing the early onset of dementia in older adults. Those results were based on the usual way of assessing dementis - ... Read on »

Early Detection of Dementia in the Eldery Increasingly Difficult to Assess by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Here is an interesting article about the increasing difficulty of assessing dementia in the eldery, compared to thirty years ago. The article discusses research that suggests ... Read on »

Age of Initial Word Recognition Important to Later Reading Skills by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Here’s an interesting article regarding the importance of timing when it comes to learning to read. The article discusses how, in the past, researchers have found diffe ... Read on »

Maternal Depression and Infant Sleep Disturbance by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health This article discusses the recent finding that infants born to mothers with depression exhibit sleep difficulties as soon as two weeks after birth. This finding, though preli ... Read on »

Cracking the CIA Code by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Neat article in this month's Wired about a code the CIA (and others) have been unable to crack. For twenty years. On a sculpture outside of their building. That the ... Read on »

Quick Round-Up - Psychology Links by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Here's a few links to psychology posts I've read in the last few days...1) Mind Hacks has an interesting review of some research about men who fantasize about ... Read on »

Raising Money for Mental Health Services the “Long-Distance” Way by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health No, I don’t mean by seeking donations from overseas. Rather, the British mental health organization Mind is raising as much as $200,000 dollars through a distance runni ... Read on »

Columbia, Mexico, and the Necessity of Institutional Justice by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Not too long ago, I posted a brief observation about the drug cartels of Columbia, and their similarities to today’s Mexico. Obviously I have no in-depth knowledge of t ... Read on »

Improving the Decision-Making of the Poor by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I’ve been reading the February issue of Seed Magazine, and came across this article on behavioral economics. Other than recommending the article, which just briefly dis ... Read on »

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