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Writing archive

Here are soapbox articles and tips that are more than a year old:

  Soapbox Tip
11/04 Curses and Deeply Held Beliefs "How do I want to be about this?"
10/04 "Sailing to Bermuda" Reward achieving milestones
7/04 The Limits of Compromise Playful motivation
6/04 The Power of Forgiveness "Why can't I be 'King of the World'?"
3/04 "Play nicely with the world" "Play nicely with the world"
2/04 Beware bad love-life advice Thought stopping
1/04 Cognitive-behavioral counseling   Notice your thinking
9/03 Rudeness and stress Improve depression
7/03 Happiness [not available]
6/03 "Physical therapy" Improve depression
3/03 Balance Reduce stress

Here are the "Go with the flow" and "Emotional health digest" digests that are more than a year old:

  Featured Summaries
11/05 Risks associated with using SSRI antidepressants, stess accelerates aging, the benefits of being flexible with emotional expressiveness, CBT as a powerful adjunct to medical treatment for pain, and the power of apologizing.
10/05 Benefits of meditation, risk taking essential for anxiety treatment, the myth of childhood depression, review of treatment for conduct disorder, review of non-methadone treatments for opiod abuse.
7/05 Prejudice as a part of "tribal psychology," children of schizoprenic mothers, psychological cost of war, multi-family groups, and antidepressant withdrawal mistaken for depression.
6/05 Cola drinks and hyperactivity, moods affect buying and selling, sifting career advice, PET effective for depression, and an overview of anxiety and depression.
5/05 Psychological effect of 9/11 on elders, anxious parents raise anxious kids, mindfulness and mental health, antidepressants fair poorly in the long run, and the key to a happy relationship.
1/05 Psychotherapy not as effective as previously reported, notes on winter depression, tips for reducing anxiety during small talk, notes on relationship between depression and pain, and teachers haunted by night terrors.
10/04 Quality socializing helps heart, how the human brain experiences abandonment, backrubs fight the blues, connecting anger and scapegoating, the relationship between poverty and mental health.
7/04 Pets and stress, limit children's exposure to TV ads, more on nature versus nurture, grief therapy ineffective, DARE not as effective as "harm prevention" programs, a summary of facts about women and depression.
6/04 School-based self-esteem programs get failing grade; new findings about depression treatment; Couples: when "time outs" hurt more than help; Addictions treatment: myths versus realities.