Recently added articles from Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association:

Help available for children suffering from feeding disorders.(Mind News)(Brief article)

Mar 22, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Relatively unknown, feeding disorders refer to an individual's resistance to eating. The New York Times recently reported research that indicates most individuals suffering from feeding disorders are children, because of a delayed association of hunger ...

Hand movements may assist the learning process.(Mind News)(Brief article)

Mar 22, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Children who make hand gestures while learning new concepts appear to retain that knowledge better than children who do not make the hand gestures while learning, according to a study by University of Rochester psychologist Susan Wagner Cook. ...

Study shows ADHD is undiagnosed in over half of children.(Mind News)

Mar 22, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Findings from a national ADHD prevalence study have shown that about 2.4 million children (ages 8-15) in the United States are suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), CBS News recently reported. Of those 2.4 million, less than half ...

Family counseling speeds recovery of ill children.(Mind News)(Brief article)

Mar 22, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Families dealing with severely ill children may now play a more active role in the child's recovery. A study conducted by Texas Tech University Marriage and Family Therapy faculty and recently reported by Science Daily has found that family therapy works ...

Working women more likely than men to stay home with sick children.(Mind News)(Brief article)

Mar 22, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In today's progressive culture, traditional gender roles seem to be an idea of the past. Women are advancing in the workplace, and men are adjusting their priorities and taking on household duties. However, a study conducted by the University of Cincinnati ...

Intent of communication still distinguishable in baby talk.(Mind News)(Brief article)

Mar 22, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Baby talk may not be so nonsensical after all. Research reported by Science Daily has shown that regardless of what kinds of words are spoken, adults are aware of the intent they are communicating, whether consciously or subconsciously. The term ...

Parenting and children: an essay.(Lifestyle)

Mar 22, 2008; Baer, Mike ... We have had a fractured infrastructure in the parenting process for several generations. We now have young parents who have lost the skills of child rearing. Parents no longer have an extended family to assist them or close neighbors to play a vital role. We lack incidental learning on how ...

Counseling gifted adults: a case study.(Case study)

Mar 22, 2008; Prober, Paula ... Abstract: Gifted children are often identified by their insatiable curiosity, advanced mental ability, intensity, and thought-provoking questions. But what happens when these children become adults? What are they like, and do they have any particular mental health needs? This paper uses a ...

Roots of uncertainty.(Practice Management)

Mar 22, 2008; Hixson, Ronald ... Accepting children into your practice mix introduces multiple uncertainties with roots that can run for several generations. We inherit more than DNA. We inherit a pattern of-tendencies to include behaviors. We see some of these patterns in the children that come to our practice. Some can ...

Yoga of the mat: motivating clients to surrender to discomfort.(Cover story)

Mar 22, 2008; Eliot, Eve ... Abstract: Inability to endure discomfort drives compulsions to eat, drink, spend, worry, and overwork. Clients come to therapists asking for relief from rage, addiction, exhaustion, frustration, and self-destructive acting out. They want skills for moving away from discomforts or ...

Who Are We?(Book review)

Mar 22, 2008 ... Who Are We? By Ron Dultz [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At surface level, Ron Dultz's book, WHO ARE WE?, is just what it claims to be: a theory of need-based psychology, mental health, and the psychological essence of human nature. Readers who pick up the book ...

Brain Power: How to Fine-Tune Your Brain Naturally.(Book review)

Mar 22, 2008 ... Brain Power: How to Fine-Tune Your Brain Naturally By C. Samuel Verghese, MD, Phd Want to feel better, improve your memory and brain function, and increase your capacity for spiritual life? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With the help of C. Samuel ...

Viewing therapy through a new lens.(Case Study)(Case study)

Mar 22, 2008; Bartlett, Carolyn ... This article presents a snapshot of a family in crisis and the author's spontaneous intervention. It deconstructs the intervention and the father's perceived personality type through the lens of the Enneagram Personality Typing System. It introduces a hypothesis about why the intervention ...

Redefining heroes.(Culture Notes)

Mar 22, 2008; Rosenberg-Javors, Irene ... Baseball scandals, steroid abuses, and Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old pregnant star of Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101," are stories that have dominated the headlines. From the news, it would appear that our "heroes" are deserting us at express speed. All our "superstars" are not so "super" ...

As hippocrates forewarned: 'sexual misconduct' by physicians.(Issues in Therapy)

Mar 22, 2008; Gross, Bruce ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 2005 (the most recent year for which data was available), 963.6 million visits were made to physicians throughout the United Sates (Cherry, Woodwell, & Rechtsteiner, 2007). This is the equivalent of 331 visits per 100 persons per year. Among medical ...

Conference spotlight: "The Science of Happiness".(Conference Spotlight)(Conference news)

Mar 22, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This year's National Conference of the American Psychotherapy Association will feature an all-day workshop on Friday, September 5th, by Bill O'Hanlon, a seasoned author and presenter. O'Hanlon will be presenting on "The Science of Happiness: Using Positive ...

Conference spotlight on Dr. Raymond H. Hamden: "Psychology of Terrorists: 4 Types".(Conference Spotlight)(Conference news)

Mar 22, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Hamden will be offering a 2-day certification course on September 3rd and 4th at this year's National Conference in San Diego. His presentation will act as a training course in terrorist psychology using a clinical, psychoanalytical, and ...

How effective are you?(Chair's Corner)

Mar 22, 2008; Reidenberg, Daniel ... Recently, I was watching a rerun of a legal-based television show, and in this episode, a wife was bringing a lawsuit against her deceased husband's therapist. The husband died by suicide, and it was her contention that the therapist helped the husband/client uncover old memories that were ...

Dr. Atty. Paris M. Finner-Williams speaks on chaplaincy.(Interview)(Interview)

Mar 22, 2008; Crowe, Kristin A. ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Kristin A. Crowe" What is a chaplain? What do chaplains do? Dr. Atty. Paris M. Finner-Williams: Generally speaking, a chaplain is a deacon, pastor, minister, rabbi, priest, religious leader, person, or clergy a) in charge of a chapel, b) ...

Medical management of anxiety in children and adolescents.(RX Primer)

Mar 22, 2008; Kalapatapu, Raj K. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many medical disorders, medications, and substances of abuse may present with symptoms of anxiety in children and adolescents. A diagnosis of a primary anxiety disorder should only be made after exclusion of such etiologies. Examples of medical ...