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Archive for DSM – Page 2

Summarizing Neurologist Elkhonon Goldberg’s Book Entitled “The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World” (Part II)

In my December 6th, 2011, post, I began a multi-part series in which I announced my plan to summarize the book by neurologist Elkhonon Goldberg entitled The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World. This summary will take the form of a series of bullet points contained within multiple posts. This post contains part […]

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Bowlby Phobia

In my post of August 25th, 2011, I announced a series of posts focused on Nicholas Carr’s 2010 book The Shallows—What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. In my opinion Carr actually “clean rooms” Bowlby’s theory. The series I announced is designed to take Carr’s clean room observations and frame them using Bowlbian attachment […]

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Q – Do Mothers (Therapists) Really Attach to Their Babies (Clients)?

Q – Do mothers (therapists) really attach to their babies (clients)? A – George Lakoff—cognitive scientist turned political frame guru—tells an interesting anecdote.  Apparently a liberal journalist was interviewing then Vice President Dick Cheney. After the journalist posed his question to the VP, Cheney thought for a moment and simply stated: “I don’t accept the […]

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ADHD: Has this diagnostic fad run its course? – CSMonitor.com

ADHD: Has this diagnostic fad run its course? – CSMonitor.com. This article is by Stephen R. Herr, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Studies, Leadership and Counseling at Murray State University, and can be found over at the Christian Science Monitor. Let me begin by applauding Dr. Herr’s efforts to “broaden our view” […]

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