TITLE A fear of needles or injections may keep some from COVID-19 vaccine. This treatment can help. DESCRIPTION Sorry for being anecdotal: my dear friend has a number of physical problems that require medical attention that usually begins with needed blood work. Also this friend will not get necessary vaccinations (flu, pneumonia, tetanus, and… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Psychological Disorders and Therapy
Psychology Update — Mental Health Primers From APA
TITLE Mental Health Primers Helping teachers identify behaviors in the classroom that are symptomatic of mental health and other psychological issues DESCRIPTION This is truly an important resource whether you are a Psychology professor or a student in a Psychology course. This site presents very important resources that focus on problematic behaviors in students… Read more »
Psychology Update — 3 ARTICLES ON PAIN (Physical and Emotional) MANAGEMENT
3 ARTICLES ON PAIN (Physical and Emotional) MANAGEMENT This week’s Psychology Update along with the Psychology Website of the Week and Psychology Resource Ted Talk of the Week focuses on the mysterious distressing problem of pain and pain management. These articles can be used in conjunction with the chapters on nervous system, Positive and… Read more »
Psychology Update — How psychologists can help patients with injection fear
TITLE How psychologists can help patients with injection fear DESCRIPTION In this difficult time period of the Covid-19 pandemic, many people who would desire to be vaccinated find themselves being controlled by their phobias and injection fears. Given the high stakes Psychologists need to step in and use empirically studied methods to help… Read more »
Psychology Update — Music Therapy: Why Doctors Use it to Help Patients Cope
TITLE Music Therapy: Why Doctors Use it to Help Patients Cope DESCRIPTION Have you hear about Music Therapy as an adjunct to medical treatment? Music Therapy has been validated in hospital settings as a very helpful adjunct in patient treatment. “The healing power of music — lauded by philosophers from Aristotle and… Read more »
Psychology Update — How to Spot Depression in Young Children
TITLE How to Spot Depression in Young Children DESCRIPTION Depression in young children is often difficult “to spot” and may have different symptoms than those in later childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Through the pandemic many have struggled with emotional difficulties — this article does an excellent job in focusing on “how to spot depression… Read more »
Psychology Update — What Can Therapy Help Us With?
TITLE What Can Therapy Help Us With? We don’t need a psychiatric diagnosis to benefit from therapy. DESCRIPTION Often the question arises: “How do I know if I need psychotherapy? I’m not (colloquial for psychiatric diagnosis).” This excellent article describes different scenarios and situations that would help answer the questions regarding when therapy… Read more »
Psychology Podcast of The Week — iTunes U on Addictions
PSYCHOLOGY PODCAST OF THE WEEK iTunes U on Addiction Search for the following Episodes 1 — Roy Baumeister “Building Self-Control to Fight Addiction” 2 — Rajita Sinha “Stress and Addiction: Breaking the Cycle of Addiction” 3 — Leslie Jacobsen “Nicotine and the Teenage Brain” iOS: (free): Click on the the link below to… Read more »
Psychology Video Resources of the Week — NIMH: MULTIMEDIA
PSYCHOLOGY RESOURCES OF THE WEEK TITLE National Institute of Mental Health: MULTIMEDIA URL https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/media/index.shtml DESCRIPTION This NIMH site provides up to date information regarding MULTIMEDIA and many videos regarding mental health conditions. Further it provides CURRENT news and events as well . The site can be considered as a resource for students… Read more »
Psychological Science: The Curious Mind
Abnormal Psychology, 15th Edition DSM-5-TR Update
Behavioral Neuroscience
Personality, 15th Edition
Cognition, 11th Edition
