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  • Sublimate: Do Something!

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    Psychology Today
    May 17, 2018

    "Sublimation is not just about acting on feelings – that can often be dangerous. It’s about turning what could be a destructive force into something productive," writes Dr. Deborah Cabaniss.

  • Terrorists or Copycats? What's the Difference?

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    Psychology Today
    May 17, 2018

    Dr. Madelyn Gould explains, “The detailed coverage of terrorist attacks may be giving people who are vulnerable or thinking along these line ideas about what to do and how to do it.”

  • Living with Flat Affect: Like 'Resting Bitch Face' but Not Funny

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    Glamour Magazine
    May 17, 2018

    Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman says that flat affect is just one behavioral symptom that occurs in a constellation of features of different illnesses, and they aren’t all psychiatric.

  • Mayumi Okuda, MD: The Chapman Perelman Domestic Violence Initiative

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    MD Magazine
    May 17, 2018

    Dr. Mayumi Okuka shares information on Columbia's Chapman Perelman Domestic Violence Initiative, a program designed to help victims of abuse get the help and resources they need in this video.

  • Studies Explore How Antidepressants, Placebo Effect the Brain

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    Healio
    May 17, 2018

    Dr. David Hellerstein discusses his 3 posters that he presented At the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting regarding antidepressants and depression.

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  • DSM-5 Moves Closer to 'Living Document'

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    Medpage Today
    May 17, 2018

    At the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Dr. Paul Appelbaum, chair of the DSM steering committee, discussed how the APA is re-examining the DSM and its revision process.

  • Doctors' Suicide Rate Highest of Any Profession

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    WebMD
    May 17, 2018

    Dr. Beth Brodsky says the rate of doctor suicide is not surprising given the stress doctors face.

  • Reframing ‘Mommy Brain’

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    New York Times
    May 17, 2018

    "The current evidence in scientific literature suggests that pregnancy changes the brain on a physical, cellular level in ways that we are only beginning to understand," writes Dr. Alexandra Sacks.

  • Marijuana Growers Turning to Hemp as CBD Extract Explodes

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    Associated Press
    May 17, 2018

    Pre-clinical studies on a hemp-derived extract called cannabidiol have shown promise for treatment of chronic pain, anxiety, and other conditions in animals, said Dr. Ziva Cooper.

  • Performance Anxiety Doesn’t Mean the End of Your Sex Life… Here’s Why

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    Healthline
    May 17, 2018

    Dr. Ravi Shah explains, “Some people may have anxiety around sex because they have unrealistic expectations about what healthy sex is. Across both men and women, that has to do with low self-esteem.”

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