• Additional Support for Depression Prevention

    CBT continues to lead the way with depression-prevention programs.  Three to take a look at include:
    www.kpchr.org/public/acws/CWS_MANUAL.pdf
    http://moodgym.anu.edu.au
    http://cathchit-public.bds.uchica.go.edu
    These programs are all designed for “at-risk” teens, but with a possible 20% of teens reaching levels of clinical depression and a much higher number in the non-clinical range, it seems these may be techniques we all need to know [...]

  • iphone App Provides CBT Support

    CBTReferee is a new iphone application created by a CBT patient who needed an easy way to keep track of his daily thought record.  Andrew Arrow, the creator of CBTReferee, built the application for his own use and then posted it on the app store not thinking it would be that popular.  Surprisingly, there has [...]

  • Parents May Underestimate Children’s Stress

    In a recent study 14% of kids aged 8-12 and 28% of teens aged 13-17 reported significant levels of stress.  Less than 5% of parents rated their children’s stress as extreme, showing a wide gap between the kid’s perception and that of their parents.  Parents also tended to miss the mark on what was causing [...]

  • Emotions Sound (and look) Similar Across the World

    Different cultures have different languages, different ways of communicating, and unique stories and experiences.  However, despite our differences, a new study shows that people have a universal expression of emotion.  A study out of the University of London explored how people in London and a remote village in Namibia understood and expressed feelings.  The “basic” [...]

  • New ADHD Treatments Needed

    In an important article published in the January 2010 edition of the Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, Laurence Hirshenberg outlines the flaws of the current AD/HD treatment strategies and argues we need additional evidence-based treatment options.  Indeed, the ongoing NIMH MTA study continues to produce more and more information about the limitations of [...]

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