This article was taken from a blog by Dr. Gad Saad in Psychology Today and found interesting. Dr. Saad is an evolutionary behavioral scientist who has published over 40 scientific articles in numerous disciplines including in marketing, consumer behavior, advertising, medicine, economics, and bibliometrics. The epidemiologist Donald Redelmeier and his coauthor Sheldon Singh published a paper ...
Recently it came to my attention that we have not re-explored the topic of family therapy for a while. I felt that it would be important to remind our listeners as well as people visiting our website what family therapy is about and what it means to seek help in this area. It is important ...
This is an article that I found some time ago and always thought that it related well to quality time spent with family. Most kids are interested in learning some basic cooking skills as well as involving themselves in various chores in the preparation and cooking of meals. Parents can help encourage this interest by ...
This is a great Ontario, Canada website that looks at different activities that families can focus on throughout the winter months both indoors and outdoors. Often families will tend to stay indoors and hibernate, however, to beat the winter blues and blahs these various activities and tips can be interesting alternatives. Editor's Note by Dr. Brian MacDonald: ...
Dr. Jeffrey Meyer and colleagues at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have discovered greater levels of serotonin transporter in the brain in the winter rather than in the summer. This article published in E- Science News on September 8, 2008 gives a scientific explanation for why some healthy people experience low mood and energy ...
Ronna Kaplan at the NE Ohio Family web site provides readers with a superb article on this family based site on how children can benefit from music therapy. Parents refer their children for music therapy for many reasons replacing sounds with speech increasing attentiveness, etc. Teachers and school psychologists may recommended music therapy in addition to school-based occupational ...
As art therapy has increased in popularity during the twentieth century, a growing number of counselors and various therapists have begun encouraging clients to do more than just talk about their feelings. Temporarily abandoning clumsy verbalizations, patients are heading for the art studios to sculpt, mold, paint, draw, and collage their innermost emotions and conflicts ...
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is a global effort initiated by the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO to help the citizens of the world rediscover their place in the Universe through the day and night-time sky and thereby engage a personal sense of wonder and discovery. This year coincides with the 400th anniversary of Galileo ...
Michael Persinger, a neuroscientist at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada has conducted research on the belief that people who feel that they will see a ghost so badly probably will. One such study, published in 2001 in Perceptual And Motor Skills chronicles the experiences of a teenager who in 1996 claimed to ...
Dr. McGuire of the University of Southhampton recently indicated that the majority of people in the homelessness community lack the psychological and practical skills necessary to live independently and hold down work or an occupation in the long term.  Frequently they turn to drugs and alcohol to cope with their difficulties as well as struggles with ...
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