Dr Lin Fraser » Lins Bits http://linfraser.com Thu, 03 May 2012 13:55:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Opinionator: The Brain on Love http://linfraser.com/2012/03/opinionator-the-brain-on-love/ http://linfraser.com/2012/03/opinionator-the-brain-on-love/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:36:16 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=558 By DIANE ACKERMAN  NYT
Published: March 24, 2012
A happy marriage relieves stress and makes one feel as safe as an adored baby.
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NYT Published: January 29, 2012
The debate over the new manual of mental disorders misses one thing: the diagnoses are only convenient categories.
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Published: January 12, 2012
When Grandma sends a determined tomboy frilly clothes, some readers suspect an agenda.
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Understanding the Mechanisms

 By Hasse Karlsson, MA, MD, PhD | August 11, 2011
 Although still preliminary, the studies using neuroimaging for measuring change caused by psychotherapy will in the long run lead to a more refined understanding of how different psychotherapies work
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NYT Magazine
Published: October 14, 2011
Was the person synonymous with multiple-personality disorder nothing more than an invention?
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Published: September 11, 2011
God? Conviction? Passionate intensity? What are the qualities that make for a life that matters?
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Published: August 11, 2011 NYT
As progress on equality for gay men and lesbians ripples through the country, one group has been prominently left behind: transgender people.
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Published: August 6, 2011  NYT
Joe Holt spent years trying to determine the cause of his problems in life, before deciding that the question was only a distraction from the real issue he faced: finding a way to live with them.
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Published: July 28, 2011 NYT
Harmony Santana is among a small group of openly transgender actors who are increasingly recognizable and finding a place on screen.
]]> http://linfraser.com/2011/07/when-they-play-women-it%e2%80%99s-not-just-an-act/feed/ 0 Men in Grief Seek Others Who Mourn as They Do http://linfraser.com/2011/07/men-in-grief-seek-others-who-mourn-as-they-do/ http://linfraser.com/2011/07/men-in-grief-seek-others-who-mourn-as-they-do/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:23:48 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=397 By PERRY GARFINKEL
Published: July 25, 2011  NYT
Research increasingly suggests that men and women experience grief in different ways, and the realization has bolstered a nascent movement of bereavement groups geared to men throughout the country.
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