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2000 Features

12/18/00 - Talking to Your Kids About Drinking Helps
Study shows that it can prevent harmful college drinking behavior

12/14/00 - New Antipsychotic Meds Work Better
in patients newly diagnosed with schizophrenia

12/01/00 - Butterfly Ballots Confuse Canadians too
Research in Alberta has implications for U.S. voting reform

11/23/00 - Mentally Ill Smoke.... A Lot
Harvard Research finds that they smoke twice as much as other Americans

11/11/00 - Listing Bush First on Florida Ballot Responsible for Win?
Research shows effect for ballot order, suggests randomization

10/30/00 - Exercise is an Effective Antidepressant
A new study also finds that it keeps depression from returning

10/16/00 - Video Games to Treat ADD?
Video Games may work better than traditional brain wave feedback

10/02/00 - Breast Cancer Patients who get Group Therapy Live Longer
Research from Stanford University is undergoing replication

9/19/00 - What about St. John's Wort?
It may help, but it can react with other medications

9/18/00 - Treat Your Depression over the Phone
A new program uses written material and the phone to actually treat depression.

9/04/00 - Great Presidents are Stubborn and Disagreeable
Researchers study presidential personalities with interesting results.

8/23/00 - 'Survivor' and Human Nature
Are we really as deceitful and cruel as the Survivors on TV?

8/14/00 - New eTherapy Sites work within State Lines
Is this model the future of Online Therapy?

7/31/00 - Women and Stress
The fight-or-flight response is not the whole story for women.  They tend-and-befreind.

7/17/00 - Prozac and PMS - What's in a Name?
Why is Lilly calling Prozac 'Sarafem' when marketing it to women with PMS?

7/03/00 - Virtual Reality Biofeedback 
NASA research allows you to see your body from the inside-out.

6/19/00 - Medications or Therapy for Depression
Which works better? It may depend on who you ask.

6/05/00 - What's Next for Managed Mental Health
Charles Kiesler predicts a closer relationship with Primary Care.

5/22/00 - Can you Pee in Public?
If you have a shy bladder you may have paruresis 

5/8/00 - Violent Video Games increase Violent Behavior
Two studies find a strong link between violent game play and real life violence

4/24/00 - Psychology's Dilemma
Today's psychology majors face an uncertain job picture.  What should they do?

4/10/00 - The Mind and the Body are the Same Thing
Updated information on the mind-body relationship

3/31/00 - What's Wrong with Wonderland
NAMI hates it, but it's not a bad television show

3/20/00 - A Stricter Standard for Online Counseling
Counselors organization requires encryption

3/06/00 - Which Candidate do you Really like?
You may be surprised - a test will tell you your unconscious preference.

2/28/00 - Getting Help for Less
You don't have to be rich to get therapy or medications

2/14/00 - Rescuing Healthcare
Rescue Healthcare Day fights back against managed care 

1/31/00 - Valentines Day is Over-rated.
What psychologists know about love - Pauline Wallin, Ph.D.

1/24/00 - Is Anyone Allergic to People?
Social Phobia gets a new ad campaign

1/10/00 - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
There are several disorders that go by this label.  Learn how they differ.

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