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Insomnia: Predisposition, Precipitation, Perpetuation
A State of Mind - A special report for the Canadian Mental Health Association (pdf)
The Right Patients for the Drug: Managing the Placebo Effect in Antidepressant Trials (pdf)
On Target Spring 2007 newsletter - a anxiety & depression resource (PDF)
blog roll
- Agoraphobia
- Anxiety 2 Calm
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Anxious Living : An Exploration
into Social Anxiety - Dare to Dream
- Dear Tobacco
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Dr. Deborah Serani's:
Psychological Perspectives - Fast Weight Loss?
- Finding the Confidence
- GNIF Brain Blogger
- Legacy of War
- Mental Health Minutes
- PTSD Combat
- The Happiness Guy
- The Trouble With Spikol
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WebMD: Anxiety and
Stress Management - We Worry: A Blog for the Anxious
recommended links
Depression Is Real Coalition
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ABIL: Agoraphobics Building
Independant Lives -
Agoraphobia and Panic
Disorder Foundation -
Anxiety Disorders Association
of America - Anxiety Network Australia
- Anxiety-Panic.Com
- AnxietyZone
- Army Behavioral Health
- BrainPhysics - OCD
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Canadian Network for Mood
and Anxiety Treatments - Choices in Mental Health (UK)
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David Baldwin's
Trauma Information Pages - EMDR Institute, Inc.
- EMDR Network Japan
- Fear of Flying course (free)
- Healthy Minds
- Information for People with Anxiety Disorders
- Internet Guide to REBT, CBT
- Living with a Brain Disorder
- Morita Therapy
- Mayo Clinic : Depression
- Mayo Clinic : GAD
- Mayo Clinic : OCD
- Mayo Clinic : Panic Attacks
- Mayo Clinic : PTSD
- Mayo Clinic : Social Anxiety
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Medicines.org.uk - Anxiety &
Depression guides - Mind-Your-Mind Canada
- National Center for PTSD
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National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) - No Such Thing As Crazy
- OCD Action, UK
- OCD Ireland
- Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
- Open Minds, Open Doors
- Paniccure.com
- Partners With PTSD
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Rational Emotive Behavior
Therapy (REBT) - Sane Australia
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Shyness & Social Anxiety
Service of Australia -
Social Phobia/Social Anxiety
Association - Social Anxiety Support board
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South African Depression &
Anxiety Group - Suicide Prevention Help
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tAPir - the Anxiety Panic
internet resource -
The Panic Center (Free
CBT based programs) - The School of OCD
- UN-WHO Drug Trials Database
"just don't smoke"
"Don't smoke, whatever you do, just don't smoke."
Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner
- Menthol cigarettes harder to quit
- Secondhand smoke in cars serious threat to kid's health
- Starting smoking young increases addiction risk
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Smoking doesn't slim girls;
stunts boys' growth - 40 reasons why you should quit smoking
- Pregnant smokers 'prime' their kids to smoke
- Smoking related coronary artery disease quickly reversed if young smokers quit
- Not ready to quit? Try cutting back
- Half smoking again within year of lung cancer surgery
- Cutting back 'compensation' increases toxin load per cigarette
- Tobacco companies upped nicotine level 11% since 1998
- Workplace passive smoke increases lung cancer risk
- Hooked by genes: The DNA sequences cigarette companies love
- Smoking causes long lasting changes to brain's bio chemistry
- Nicotine receptor stimulant trebles the odds of stopping smoking
- Bupropion, nortriptyline double chances of quitting
- Nicotine's powerful role in reinforcing smoking
- Pregnant smokers raise child's risk of stroke, heart attack
- Smoking linked to pancreatic cancer
- Neurobiology of Smokers' Cravings
- 'Low cancer risk' cigarettes as deadly as regular kind
- Quitting reduces lung cancer death risk by 70%
- Fetal nicotine exposure linked to teen attention problems
- Outdoor second-hand smoke exposure can harm
- Response to day's first cigarette predicts ease of quitting
anti torture campaign
- Torture experts write APA policy
- [APA] still rocked by torture debate
- Petition for psychologists
- AMA president says APA "did not accurately represent our ethical guidelines"
- Psychologists Aiding Torturers
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Annual conference endorses
APA's torture policy :( - Physicians for Human Rights call on Congress to vote No on Military Commissions Bill
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Torture is a Form of Trauma;
Trauma Causes PTSD - Psychoanalysts' association condemns torture use
- Humiliating, inhumane or degrading treatment IS torture
Deputy Army Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Lt. General John (Jeff) Kimmons, has stated that no actionable intelligence had been obtained through abusive interrogation methods in the last 5 years.
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New Jersey.
9 tips for 'mindfully' surviving the Holidays
posted Monday, 11 December 2006
Trying to survive the holidays with a little peace of mind?
Consider "mindfulness."
The Mindful Awareness Research Center, part of the UCLA Semel Institute of Neuroscience & Human Behavior, is dedicated to investigating, evaluating and disseminating mindful awareness — - the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one's physical, mental and emotional experiences. This approach has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention and promote a general sense of health and wellness. The center has designed experiential and educational classes and is now offering them at UCLA to the general public.
The Mindful Awareness Research Center recommends:
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When the phone rings, try not to immediately answer it. On the first ring, take a breath. On the second ring, decide to fully listen to whoever is calling. On the third, answer it.
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When you're feeling stressed, see if you can turn the corners of your mouth up into a smile (even if it feels a little false at first). Scientific studies show the act of smiling affects our brains and will actually bring on more happiness.
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Eat one meal alone where you focus only on your meal. Turn off the TV, don't read or talk on the phone. Notice your food with full attention. Notice what your tongue and teeth do. Fully tune into the tastes and flavors.
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When walking down the street, even when shopping, see if you can feel your feet on the ground. Even if you are rushing, see if you can stop for a moment, take a breath, feel your feet and notice your surroundings. It's amazing how often we forget to be exactly where we are!
- When you're feeling holiday stress, wish yourself well. You might say: May I be happy, peaceful, at ease. < /li>
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When you are waiting in a long line, perhaps at the post office, wish others well: May they too be happy, peaceful, at ease.
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When driving, make sure to breathe! Notice the feeling of your hands on the steering wheel; notice your posture. Don't immediately turn on the radio. Remember that worrying about getting to your destination won't make you go any faster!
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When you are with a friend, child or partner, can you be fully present as you listen? Determine not to interrupt, to let them talk without needing to fix or solve anything. Give them your full attention.
- Carve out a minute or two to sit quietly and notice your breathing. Feel the in breath and the out breath as it moves in your abdomen, chest or nose. Don't try to control your breathing. When you start to think of other things, bring your attention back to your breath. Just one minute a day of paying attention to your breath can be helpful.
The Mindful Awareness Research Center has additional mindful awareness meditations for download.
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