May 2010
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February 2010
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PAR assessment toolkit →
The PAR Assessment Toolkit was created to provide assistance to psychologists, mental health workers, and anyone else who administers standardized assessments. The scope of this application was in response to a Customer focus group where Customers conveyed their desire for specific tools to assist in their day to day assessment tasks.
Landon Library goes green with solar cells on roof →
Concussion vs. MTBI →
“Concussions have become so commonplace that people diagnosed with the condition tend not to take the brain injury seriously, a new study concludes.
It’s a tendency that could lead to increased damage – especially in children – a team of Canadian researchers warn. So they are recommending that cases of concussion be referred to more precisely, as “mild traumatic brain injury,” or MTBI for...
Clinical drug trial to examine protective effect... →
“Natural progesterone, the sex hormone used in the first contraceptive pills, is to be tested on patients with severe head injuries… Previous studies have shown that progesterone supports the normal development of neurons in the brain, and that the hormone has a protective effect on damaged brain tissue.”
Doctors Without Borders on Tumblr →
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Doctors Without Borders is doing an extraordinary amount in Haiti. Please support their efforts and donate anything you can.
The Twilight Turns A Deeper Blue - The Winterhouse...
"How to stop flaming and love email: - Dinosaur... →
Dr. Norman Doidge travels across North America to... →
"Changing Your Mind" at Scientific American... →
“The Psychology Foundation of Canada (PFC) is a national registered charity...”
– http://www.psychologyfoundation.org/
“Let’s turn down the temperature on outrage. Our differences matter, but...”
– Dr. Carol Goodheart, “APA in the Age of Outrage”, http://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/01/pc.aspx
Erasing fear memories →
“Erasing fear memories”… not forgetting the event, but forgetting the fear itself…? remembering the fearfulness without reliving it…?
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Dr. Kate Hays →
Link to Dr. Hays’ blog on performance psychology and the benefits of fitness for mental health.