Halve the Risk of a Heart Attack

May 2, 2012

Proponents of positive psychology may take satisfaction from a Harvard study that shows optimistic people have half the risk of suffering... Read more...

Barbara Van Dahlen, Ph.D. Named One of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People

May 2, 2012

Barbara Van Dahlen, Ph.D., has been named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Van Dahlen founded Give... Read more...

1 in 88 Children Diagnosed with Austim

May 2, 2012

The Center for Disease Control released a report in April — designated as Autism Awareness Month — that among 8-year-olds,... Read more...

BCBS of Florida Takes Dangerous ‘New Directions’

May 2, 2012

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.” – Macbeth by William Shakespeare In the latter half of 2011,... Read more...

A Critical Thinker’s Views on ADHD and the DSM

May 2, 2012

The November/December issue of The National Psychologist carried an article by Dathan Paterno, Psy.D., called “A divergent view on... Read more...

Catholic Church Sexual Abuse: A Decade of Crisis

May 2, 2012

This year marks the 10th anniversary of The Boston Globe ’s investigative report on child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church... Read more...

Perspectives of a Second-Generation Psychologist

May 2, 2012

I am trying to remember when I first understood what my dad did for a living. As a kid I think I knew that he helped people, but that’s... Read more...

Offspring Follow Parents Down the Psychological Path

May 2, 2012

I never knew exactly what Dad did for a living until I was well into high school. I knew he was a psychologist and that a psy- chologist... Read more...