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Is it possible to think scientifically and creatively at once? Can you be both a psychologist and a writer? When you look at the world as a psychologist, you see it as a set of phenomena that can be subjected to scientific inquiry: identified, tested and either verified or discarded. When you look at the world as a writer, you see it as a set of phenomena to be captured, contemplated, transformed and set down for others to recognise and absorb. Although it is often presented as a dichotomy (the apparent subjectivity of the writer versus the seeming objectivity of the psychologist), it need not >>>

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The Massachusetts Psychological Association (MPA) honored Dr. Lorraine Mangione, professor and director of practica at Antioch University New England’s doctoral program in Clinical Psychology, at their Annual Conference in Norwood, on Nov. 7, 2015. The award recognized Mangione for her exceptional dedication to teaching and training in psychology, according to a press statement. “I have first-hand knowledge of Lorraine’s commitment to students and training,” said Dr. Wendy Vincent, an AUNE alumna and MPA conference committee member. “Upon meeting her at AUNE’s open house over 11 years >>>

Psychological therapy may yield greater benefits if providers can meet patients' preferences, a UK study suggests. Most of the nearly 15,000 study participants had treatment preferences - and those whose preferences weren't met were less likely to say the treatments helped with their problems, the researchers report in BMC Psychiatry. "When it comes to psychological therapies, it’s critical that people are invested in them and they engage in them fully," said senior author Dr. Mike Crawford, of Imperial College London. "When people don’t engage in them fully, they’re less likely >>>

John Gottman, a professor of psychology who specialises in marital stability is able to predict with 93.6 per cent accuracy whether a couple is going to divorce, according to a 1992 study. He doesn’t do this just using guesswork – instead when he observes couples he looks for specific indicators that suggest there are problems in the relationship that could lead to divorce. In his book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, which was first published in 1999, Gottman outlines what he is looking for when he predicts who is going to split up and who will stay happily together. There >>>

When it comes to how the market ended this week, it’s all psychological, according to Jerry Gulke of the Gulke Group. Whereas corn finished up 6 cents on Friday, soybean prices couldn’t hold onto the gains they made after USDA’s Tuesday reports. “You have to look over your shoulder because all you hear about is that big crop in South America,” Gulke says. “…We’ve got this psychological thing hanging over our heads out of South America that we‘ve got to get rid of this supply, and they’re trying sell them as quick as they can. China is buying beans from them and us, which >>>

Ladies, when you are attracted to a man, do you find yourself overlooking every little error? Do you find all his actions and gestures romantic even when in real sense they're not? Isn't it sad when he constantly forgets important dates and you perpetually justify his mistakes?Well, here's the reality – the only difference between his actions being romantic and selfish is how attractive you find him. That's the norm in modern dating. This is quite sad because, guys, if a woman doesn't find you attractive, even if you go to the sky and bring back a star, she will yawn at the gesture.Take a look >>>

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Q. Starting in January each year, I get very depressed. I think I may have a low-level depression, but I deal with it effectively other times. In the winter, however, I don’t want to go to work, do things with friends or get out of bed. Why does this keep happening and what can I do about it?Approximately 15 percent of depressed people report that their depression levels increase during the fall, grow worse during the winter and recede as spring approaches. This calendar-linked pattern of depression is referred to as Seasonal Affective Disorder or S.A.D. You have probably noticed that it happens >>>