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It's encouraging to discover that despite its name, Wired magazine actually isn't as enthusiastic as one might have imagined about the benefits of zapping one's brain with electricity. Its plea for caution on the part of enthusiasts for transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) using comparatively inexpensive headsets is an admirable piece of common sense. While the people who sell the...
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A British site called The Mental Elf is a handy resource for psychologists and members of the public who want to keep up with the latest research on mental health. The latest post underlines the findings of many other researchers, by indicating, yet again, that no one "brand" of psychotherapy is better than another for the treatment of depression. What...
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While I admit to being a complete sucker for dogs - my husband and I are just now recovering from the death of our British Bulldog four years ago and have begun the process of looking for a Welsh Terrier puppy - I'm not sure that I can accept the implicit linking by the Harvard Business Review of the canine...
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The expert psychologists at Psychology Melbourne's child and family services centre are watching very closely as a coalition of US legislators who recently formed the Bipartisan Congressional Dyslexia Caucus push ahead with plans to introduce policies that will assist individuals with the condition to pursue educational and career opportunities. The coalition is strongly supported by the Yale Centre for Dyslexia...
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Dr Alma Golden, an experienced pediatrician at a Texas children's hospital offers some advice for parents whose child might have received a diagnosis of ADHD under the controversial guidelines contained in the [also controversial] DSM-5. Dr Golden carefully presents both sides of the argument - "some people feel that this will benefit children who need help, and some fear it...
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Research published in an American medical journal shows that half an hour of daily meditation is as effective as drugs in the relief of anxiety and depression. The review of 47 randomised clinical trials, led by Dr Madhav Goya, of Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University, found that mindfulness meditation led to a 5-10 per cent. improvement in anxiety symptoms, and a...
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This being what journalists call "the silly season", when news is scarce and journalists prepared to do more than token research are even thinner on the ground than usual, it's perhaps understandable that even a respected newspaper like The Guardian and its "Science Desk" should have come up with a less than rigorous piece on overcoming worry. Daniel Freeman, a...
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So you didn't get an ATAR score of 99.9 in this week's VCE results? You didn't win a scholarship from Melbourne University for [SIGH!] "the best and brightest"? My advice to you and your parents is, don't let it spoil your Christmas. We've known for a long time that high achievements in exams and standardised tests don't count for much...
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Most psychologists know that the field of relationship counselling is arguably the most demanding and difficult areas of practice. That's one of the reasons we have developed our own program that has happily proved to be successful even with couples who have tried counselling previously without success. This morning, going through some of the articles I've collected over the years...
As someone who spends what some might regard as an inordinate amount of life online - Psychology Melbourne is a largely paperless office that employs modern technology to organise our business, provide a high level of service to clients and stay abreast of the latest research etc - I am constantly fascinated by the sheer serendipity of what one might...