Chaz Bono on GMA
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What REALLY makes psychotherapy work?
Research suggests the main factor is the therapist-client "alliance".
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-be-swayed/200808/what-really-makes-psychotherapy-work
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World Books Review: Reading Jung’s “Red Book”
An examination of the the recent publication and translation (ninety years after it was begun) of C. G. Jung’s confessional meditation “The Red Book.” The volume stands in a select company of books that exerted an enormous influence on social and intellectual history even while it remained unpublished.
THE RED BOOK by C.G. Jung. Edited by Sonu Shamdasani. English translation by Shamdasani, Mark Kyburz, and John Peck. W.W. Norton & Co. 404 pages, $195.
http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/23/world-books-review-reading-jungs-red-book/
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Podcast on Caster Semenya
Ariel Levy from the New Yorker discusses the controversy over Caster Semenya's gender and the implications of her story for sports and society. Click on the link to hear the podcast
Ariel Levy on Caster Semenya Nov 23 podcast
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Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a New Option for Depression
Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), delivered in real time, can effectively reduce depression and may expand treatment options beyond a therapist’s office, according toresearch published this August in the journal The Lancet.
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Why Exercise Makes You Less Anxious
Well: Phys Ed: Why Exercise Makes You Less Anxious
Thanks to improved research techniques and a growing understanding of the biochemistry and the genetics of thought itself, scientists are beginning to tease out how exercise remodels the brain, making it more stress-resistant.
Continue reading in today's Sunday NYT http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/phys-ed-why-exercise-makes-you-less-anxious/
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Therapy 32 times more cost effective at increasing happiness than money
November 20, 2009
(PhysOrg.com) — Research by the University of Warwick and the University of Manchester finds that psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money. The research has obvious implications for large compensation awards in law courts but also has wider implications for general public health.http://www.physorg.com/news177927882.html
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A new article in the New Yorker about the runner Caster Semenya
What is the ultimate difference between a man and a woman?
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‘Cycler’ Book Series to Bring Teen Gender Fluidity to the Big Screen
The production company behind hits Shoot 'Em Up and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has optioned the rights to Cycler, Lauren McLaughlin's young-adult book series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Cycler, which tells the story of Jill, a 17-year-old suburban girl whose motto, "I am all girl," is turned on its head when for four days every month turns into Jack, a teen with male anatomy and typical fantasies of girls. Jill develops a Plan B comprised of visualization techniques and chanting after research and hospital visits fail to explain her mysterious transformation
.http://www.shewired.com/Article.cfm?Section=2&ID=23965
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Gender-test runner Semenya to keep gold medal, says South Africa
CNN) – South African runner Caster Semenya will be allowed to keep the gold medal she won in the women's 800-meters at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, in August, the country's sports ministry announced Thursday.
Click link to read article CNN Nov 19, 2009
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