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XMental health care at stake in 2012 vote
One in five Americans over age 18 suffers from a diagnosable mental illness in any given year. That's upward of 40 million potential voters. So why have we heard virtually nothing about mental health care from either candidate during this campaign?
Off-the-couch mental health therapies
When you think of psychotherapy, the first image that comes to mind might be one of a distressed patient lying on a couch, talking, while...
Mindfulness, being in the moment is now of the moment
Every Thursday at lunchtime at the Hammer Museum in Westwood, several dozen people turn off their cellphones and take seats in the bright...
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Pets and your health: the good and the bad
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Division of duty is the name of the brain game
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Artistic expressions born of brain disorders
Many people who have suffered brain damage turn to creating art. Researchers are studying them to help unravel how the brain works.
After brain damage, the creative juices flow for some
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Irreconcilable differences at the end of the day: Men, women and housework
Men, it's your health and happiness or hers. Women, it's your health and happiness or his. At the end of the day, if there's housework to be...
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A teen's friends are a powerful influence
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Parenting experts weigh in on 'Tiger Mother'
In "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" (Penguin Press, 2011), Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua describes child-rearing techniques that, as...
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A look at the mind's natural shortcuts
Wray Herbert is thinking about your brain. He concludes that your thinking may be so ancient that you're making more mistakes than you'd...
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