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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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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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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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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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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Laughing with others makes us all feel better – we experience a momentary elevation in our mood and our sense of feeling relaxed. But, scientists have long wondered why that is so. A recent series of psychological studies has illuminated some of the reasons laughter is good for us. And, our brains are behind it all.
Check out this excerpt from the NY Times. Link to full article is below.
Laughter is regularly promoted as a source of health and well being, but it has been hard to pin down exactly why laughing until it hurts feels so good.
The answer, reports Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary psychologist at Oxford, is not the intellectual pleasure of cerebral humor, but the physical act of laughing. The simple muscular exertions involved in producing the familiar ha, ha, ha, he said, trigger an increase in endorphins, the brain chemicals known for their feel-good effect.
His results build on a long history of scientific attempts to understand a deceptively simple and universal behavior. “Laughter is very weird stuff, actually,” Dr. Dunbar said. “That’s why we got interested in it.” And the findings fit well with a growing sense that laughter contributes to group bonding and may have been important in the evolution of highly social humans.
Social laughter, Dr. Dunbar suggests, relaxed and contagious, is “grooming at a distance,” an activity that fosters closeness in a group the way one-on-one grooming, patting and delousing promote and maintain bonds between individual primates of all sorts.
In five sets of studies in the laboratory and one field study at comedy performances, Dr. Dunbar and colleagues tested resistance to pain both before and after bouts of social laughter. The pain came from a freezing wine sleeve slipped over a forearm, an ever tightening blood pressure cuff or an excruciating ski exercise.
The findings, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, eliminated the possibility that the pain resistance measured was the result of a general sense of well being rather than actual laughter. And, Dr. Dunbar said, they also provided a partial answer to the ageless conundrum of whether we laugh because we feel giddy or feel giddy because we laugh.
“The causal sequence is laughter triggers endorphin activation,” he said. What triggers laughter is a question that leads into a different labyrinth.
Robert R. Provine, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the author of “Laughter: A Scientific Investigation,” said he thought the study was “a significant contribution” to a field of study that dates back 2,000 years or so.
via Laughter Produces Endorphins, Study Finds – NYTimes.com.
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
An interesting new report indicates that 1/4 of all U.S. employees are not getting enough sleep and the result is reduced productivity at work. Poor sleep doesn’t appear to result in absenteeism so much as mental absenteeism – we just can’t think as well or perform as well when we are tired. The study estimated that workers lose more than 11 days worth of productivity to poor sleep.
While the study did not address college students directly, other research has shown that college students have poor sleep habits and often don’t sleep enough, which also likely results in diminished academic performance. Staying up to do school work might help in the short run but in the long term might actually reduce academic performance.
Sometimes stress, anxiety or depression can be the cause of underlying sleep problems. If you are struggling with any of these issues, help is available. Many psychologists specialize in treating these conditions and some even specialize in treating sleep disorders.
Excerpts from report:
Insomnia is costing the average U.S. worker 11.3 days, or $2,280, in lost productivity every year, according to a new study. As a nation, the total cost is $63.2 billion.
“We were shocked by the enormous impact insomnia has on the average person’s life,” said lead author Ronald Kessler, a psychiatric epidemiologist and professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School. “It’s an underappreciated problem. Americans are not missing work because of insomnia. They are still going to their jobs but accomplishing less because they’re tired. In an information-based economy, it’s difficult to find a condition that has a greater effect on productivity.”
These findings appear in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal Sleep.
The results were computed from a national sampling of 7,428 employees, part of the larger American Insomnia Study (AIS), which was led by Kessler and funded by Sanofi-Aventis Groupe. Participants were asked about sleep habits and work performance, among other things.
via Wake-up call | Harvard Gazette.
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Monday, September 5th, 2011
Enjoy this long Labor Day weekend – research shows that the time off will not only make you more productive at work but also improved mental health. Small breaks at work or long vacations – either way it’s good for you and good for business. Check out the interesting article below (while you are on vacation).
Excerpt:
Just as small breaks improve concentration, long breaks replenish job performance. Vacation deprivation increases mistakes and resentment at co-workers, Businessweek reported in 2007. “The impact that taking a vacation has on ones mental health is profound,” said Francine Lederer, a clinical psychologist in Los Angeles specializing told ABC News. “Most people have better life perspective and are more motivated to achieve their goals after a vacation, even if it is a 24-hour time-out.”
The bottom line is that breaks are better for our brains than overtime. Where you get your break — from an hour on blogs, a day in the park, or a week golfing at Marthas Vineyard — doesnt matter so much as that you get it. If you care about your own productivity, dont be afraid to goof off online. And if you care about decision-making at the national level, tune out the critics and root for your presidents golf game.
via Why Summer Vacations and the Internet Make You More Productive – Derek Thompson – Business – The Atlantic.
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
A new study suggests that consuming chocolate might have health benefits including reduced cardiac problems and lower risk of stroke. While the findings are positive, more research needs to be done. And, eating too much chocolate with corresponding high caloric intake probably wouldn’t be good for people. But, for all of you chocolate lovers out there, this might be good news for your health.
If you would like to learn to eat healthier, CPA recently added nutrition counseling services. We believe nutrition and physical health are an important part of good mental health. Check out information on our new nutritionist, Laura Foresta.
Excerpts from Article:
In a city renowned for its love of food, it is only fitting that researchers presented the results of a new study in Paris, France, showing that chocolate is good for the heart and brain. In a presentation at the European Society of Cardiology ESC 2011 Congress, British investigators are reporting that individuals who ate the most chocolate had a 37% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 29% lower risk of stroke compared with individuals who ate the least amount of chocolate.
In the study, published online August 29, 2011 in BMJ to coincide with the ESC presentation, Dr Adriana Buitrago-Lopez University of Cambridge, UK and colleagues state: “Although overconsumption can have harmful effects, the existing studies generally agree on a potential beneficial association of chocolate consumption with a lower risk of cardiometabolic disorders. Our findings confirm this, and we found that higher levels of chocolate consumption might be associated with a one-third reduction in the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.”
Read full article: Chocolate Good for the Heart and Brain.
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010
There is an abundance of research showing that happily married couples are healthier than individuals who have never married. However, those in distressed or unhappy marriages also often are less healthy than those who have never married. The stress of an unhappy relationship can have a negative impact on our bodies in the same way that stress from other sources can. Couples counseling or marriage counseling can help you improve your relationship, which, in turn can have a positive impact on your health. If you would like to have a happier relationship and a healthier body, counseling might be helpful for you. To learn more about our couples counseling and marriage counseling services in Boston or Newton, please visit our Couples & Marriage Counseling page on our website. You can also find a listing of our Boston counselors and Newton counselors on our website.
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