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Friday, February 17th, 2012
Ever wonder what helps some folks handle money better than others? Recent information from the American Psychological Association might offer some insight into this issue. And, psychologists can help people with willpower.
Excerpt:
It’s probably not a surprise to read that money and the economy are top causes of stress for Americans, as shown in APA’s most recent Stress in America Survey. Whether it’s thinking about paying the mortgage, buying groceries, or saving money a lot of brain power is devoted to making financial decisions. These financial decisions, big or small, require willpower.
One way to understand willpower is that it is like a muscle that can become tired. As you exert your willpower, it begins to lose its strength. Recent research indicates that people whose willpower is run down are more likely to spend an increased amount of money and purchase additional items than those who haven’t recently exerted their willpower. Low willpower, research suggests, can lead to less control over spending.
People who are constantly faced with tough financial decisions, such as those who are less financially stable, more readily deplete their willpower.
via Willpower, Finances and Spending.
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Monday, February 13th, 2012
An interesting article in the New York Times highlights how our own psychological makeup can impact our decisions about investing and money. Learning to understand how emotion and beliefs can affect our decision making might help some make better financial decisions.
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PEOPLE’S intuition is often wrong when it comes to investing. We often buy when we should be selling, or focus on red herrings. So are there ways to overcome these tendencies?
After a flood of research in the growing field of behavioral economics, we know the answer is yes, although doing the right thing with money involves recognition and discipline.
Many tenets of prudent financial decision-making can be found in the work of Daniel Kahneman and his acolytes. Professor Kahneman’s best-selling book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2011 opens up some new vistas on human behavior that can be applied to our worst investing mistakes.
Professor Kahneman, a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in economic science in 2002, has turned classical economics on its head in many ways, noting that it is folly to engage in day trading or to think you have an advantage in picking securities. Investors don’t always act in their own best interests and are consistently led astray by emotional motives and cognitive errors, he said. Overconfidence is a bugaboo.
“People have little idea, by and large, of the investment world,” Professor Kahneman said. “They are convinced they have an advantage.”
One of the most common errors investors commit, he has found, is making bad decisions simply because of the overriding fear of loss, an important concept of the so-called prospect theory he pioneered with his fellow researcher, Amos Tversky, who died in 1996.
via Learning to Mistrust Your Financial Instincts – NYTimes.com.
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
Check out this study showing that depression negatively impacts productivity at work and that treatment of depression can improve performance and productivity at work. Another important point is that for many people, feeling like you are doing a good job at work can be a source of satisfaction that can help maintain a more positive mood.
If you are feeling down or depressed, effective treatment for depression including counseling and psychopharmacological treatment is available.
Excerpts from Study:
A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health CAMH (in Canada) has found that employees with depression who receive treatment while still working are significantly more likely to be highly productive than those who do not. This is the first study of its kind to look into a possible correlation between treatment and productivity.
People who experienced a depressive episode were significantly less likely to be highly productive, the study showed. “We expected this, as past research has found that depression has adverse effects on comprehension, social participation, and day-to-day-functioning,” said Dr. Carolyn Dewa, Head of CAMH’s Centre for Research on Employment and Workplace Health and lead author.
“What’s exciting is we found that treatment for depression improves work productivity. People who had experienced a moderate depressive episode and received treatment were 2.5 times more likely to be highly productive compared with those who had no treatment,” she says. “Likewise, people who experienced severe depression were seven times more likely to be high-performing than those who had no treatment.”
via CAMH: Study finds that treatment of depression can increase work productivity.
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Deep brain stimulation (DSB) involves placement of a tiny electrode in a region of interest in the brain. DBS has been used for more than a decade to treat Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. More recently, it also has shown promise for treating symptoms of depression and possibly bipolar disorder when other treatments have not been effective.
For most people, psychotherapy and psychopharmacology will be the best option for depression treatment but for those with intractable depression, the future may include DBS as a treatment option.
Excerpt from report:
A new study provides additional data on the safety and long-term efficacy of subcallosal cingulate SCC deep brain simulation DBS in patients with treatment-resistant depression, including those with bipolar disorder.
Results show that after 2 years of long-term stimulation, there was a 92% response rate and 58% remission rate in 12 patients in the study. No patient who achieved remission had a spontaneous depressive relapse.
Published online January 2, Archives of General Psychiatry via More Good News on Deep Brain Stimulation in Depression.
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Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Change is hard. And, big changes can be especially hard to make and to maintain. So, if you are going to make a resolution for the New Year, think of something small that you would like to change and set a realistic goal.
By setting unrealistic goals, we set ourselves up for failure and can even make ourselves feel worse than we did before we set the goals. So, before you create a list of New Year’s resolutions to ring in 2012, try to think of just one small change that you would like to make AND that you think you can maintain for the long haul.
For example, rather than putting yourself through another all-out diet that will likely be difficult to maintain, choose a small change in your diet that can lead to better health. Giving up sugary beverages like soda might be a good option that could be maintained over time (and that likely would result in a marked reduction in caloric and sugar intake).
And, of course, if you want to make greater changes in your life for 2012, working with a psychologist and behavioral specialist can be a great option. Change is hard, but you don’t have to do it alone.
Good luck!
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Friday, December 30th, 2011
Diet soda may not be the healthier alternative many had hoped. A new study suggests that the popular drinks may increase the risk for stroke, myocardial infarction, and vascular death.
“People who had diet soda every day experienced a 61% higher risk of vascular events than those who reported drinking no soda,” lead investigator Hannah Gardener, ScD, an epidemiologist from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Florida, told reporters attending a news conference here at the International Stroke Conference.
Other beverages may be healthier. For example, drinking iced tea with lemon without sweetener, water with lemon or seltzer with lime can be great alternatives to soda of any kind. Start the New Year with a healthier diet. Our nutritionist and registered dietitian, Laura Foresta, offers nutrition counseling and coaching services in our Downtown Boston and Newton Corner, MA locations. Call today to schedule a consult.
via Diet Soda May Heighten Risk for Vascular Events.
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011
A new study investigating the effectiveness of anti-depressant medications found that while most people showed improvement in symptoms of depression, some actually showed increasing symptoms.
The researchers suspected that for those who did not benefit from medication, the unpleasant side effects of the medications, such as sleep disturbance, might explain why some participants felt worse after using the medication.
The research highlights the need for an individualized approach to treatment of depression and other behavioral health issues. One size does not fit all. For many, psychotherapy and counseling will be the best option.
If you or a loved one suffer from symptoms of depression or another emotional issue, help is available. To learn more about treatment options, call us at 617-259-1895.
Excerpt:
Up to a fifth of patients being treated for depression with some medications may do worse than those given a placebo, according to a U.S. study.The findings, published in Archives of General Psychiatry, highlight the importance of quickly identifying how patients respond to certain drugs, said lead author Ralitza Gueorguieva, at the Yale University School of Health.
“Identifying variables that are associated with response is a very important question that we havent quite tackled,” she said.
via Some depressed people do worse on drugs: study | Reuters.
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
Food scientists are shedding light on items loaded with toxins and chemicals–and simple swaps for a cleaner diet and supersized health.
Clean eating means choosing fruits, vegetables, and meats that are raised, grown, and sold with minimal processing. Often theyre organic, and rarely if ever should they contain additives. But in some cases, the methods of todays food producers are neither clean nor sustainable. The result is damage to our health, the environment, or both. So we decided to take a fresh look at food through the eyes of the people who spend their lives uncovering whats safe–or not–to eat. We asked them a simple question: “What foods do you avoid?” Their answers don’t necessarily make up a “banned foods” list. But reaching for the suggested alternatives might bring you better health–and peace of mind.
Excerpts From List. To view more info about each one, visit the link below to read the full article.
1. The Endocrinologist Wont Eat: Canned Tomatoes
2. The Farmer Won’t Eat: Corn-Fed Beef
3. The Toxicologist Won’t Eat: Microwave Popcorn
4. The Farm Director Won’t Eat: Nonorganic Potatoes
5. The Fisheries Expert Won’t Eat: Farmed Salmon
6. The Cancer Researcher Won’t Drink: Milk Produced With Artificial Hormones
7. The Organic-Foods Expert Won’t Eat: Conventional Apples
If you would like to learn more about eating healthy and improving your health, working with a nutritionist and registered dietitian can help. Laura Foresta, RD, LDN, is a nutritionist at CPA, who offers nutrition counseling and coaching services in Boston and Newton, MA. Call today to schedule a consultation or to learn more.
via 7 Foods You Should Never Eat | Fox News.
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Other mammals, not just humans, can experience anxiety and stress. And, they can develop more severe forms of anxiety and stress such as PTSD. PTSD is an anxiety disorder that results from exposure to extreme stressors such as those often encountered in combat. Much like humans, animals need psychological treatment and behavior therapy to deal with the effects of stress and PTSD.
Excerpt from article:
The call came into the behavior specialists here from a doctor in Afghanistan. His patient had just been through a firefight and now was cowering under a cot, refusing to come out.
Apparently even the chew toys hadn’t worked.
Post-traumatic stress disorder, thought Dr. Walter F. Burghardt Jr., chief of behavioral medicine at the Daniel E. Holland Military Working Dog Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base. Specifically, canine PTSD.
If anyone needed evidence of the frontline role played by dogs in war these days, here is the latest: the four-legged, wet-nosed troops used to sniff out mines, track down enemy fighters and clear buildings are struggling with the mental strains of combat nearly as much as their human counterparts.
via More Military Dogs Show Signs of Combat Stress – NYTimes.com.
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Saturday, November 19th, 2011
With winter approaching, the days are getting much shorter. That means we are being exposed to less sunlight than we are during the summer months. Reduced exposure to sunlight is thought to result in changes in mood and can lead to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) – a form of depression resulting from the low-sunlight seasons.
For some, simply using light boxes that mimic exposure to sunlight can help minimize or combat SAD. However, for many people the light boxes will not provide sufficient relief from SAD. And, for many people, the cause of their depression might not be SAD. For those people, depression treatments such as psychotherapy and counseling and/or psychopharmacology may be needed.
If you struggle with depression or sadness, help is available. Call us or complete our online intake form to learn more.
Excerpt from New York Times article:
For the millions of Americans who suffer from mild to severe winter blues — a condition called seasonal affective disorder, or S.A.D. — bright-light therapy is the treatment of choice, with response rates comparable with those of antidepressants. “Your natural clock is usually longer than 24 hours, and you need light in the morning to set it and keep it on track,” said Dr. Alfred Lewy, a professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University and an expert on seasonal depression and light therapy.
Yet many experts think light therapy is underused, given its affordability and relative lack of side effects, in large part because there is little profit to be made from it and no commercial incentive to promote the treatment.
Patients generally sit in front of the light box, which can be as small as 9 by 11 inches and 5 inches deep, with the bright light emanating from the square surface, in the morning. “With the natural dawn being later in winter, the body rhythms drift late,” Dr. Lewy said. “If you can fix the drift, you can fix the depression.”
via Light Boxes May Help Melt Those Winter Blues – NYTimes.com.
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