1998 Articles
(All of these articles were updated in 2002)
12/21/98 - Getting Together with Family
Wonderful times, or times straight from hell. It depends on your family.
12/07/98 - Online Psychoanalyst Opens Shop
Psychoanalysis by chatroom, telephone, and videoconferencing.
11/30/98 - Affect Theory embraces EMDR
Emotions may play an important role in healing from past trauma
11/16/98 - Should Psychologists Prescribe?
The pros and cons of training psychologists to prescribe medications.
11/02/98 - Babies' Emotions
Affect Theory helps us understand babies, and helps us do more effective
psychotherapy.
10/19/98 - Mike Tyson's Assessment
Its release violated his privacy, but the text can teach us a lot about how people
are evaluated.
10/06/98 - Mental Illness Awareness
The stigma is beginning to lessen, but the picture is complex
09/28/98 - Self-Injury
Adolescents and young adults are cutting themselves.
09/14/98 - Letting Go
Why is it so hard for us to do this when we need to?
09/01/98 - Depressed Online?
Does the Internet really cause loneliness and depression?
08/24/98 - Managing Stress - Part III: Too Much of a
Good Thing?
Moderate stress can be positive, but too much is a problem.
08/10/98 - Managing Stress - Part II: The Relaxation
Response
Learn about this form of meditation.
07/27/98 - Managing Stress - Part I
Learn about the fight-or-flight response and a way to calm it down.
07/13/98 - Tennessee Botches Mental Health
TennCare replaced Medicaid and left mental health high and dry.
06/29/98 - Treatment E-Journal is Reborn
The psychiatrists pulled-out of this ground-breaking project, but the
psychologists are moving ahead.
06/15/98 - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Will magnets replace electroconvulsive therapy?
05/30/98 - Are Former Mental Patients Violent?
New research sheds light on the importance of substance abuse in the equation.
05/18/98 - A Set of Standards for Online Counseling
The National Board for Certified Counselors is the first with a set of guidelines
05/04/98 - An Online Support Group turns in a Member
An online murder confession raises questions about confidentiality.
04/27/98 - Reliability and
Suggestibility of Child Abuse Memories - Part 2
More on hypnosis and memory, and the implications for recovered memories.
04/20/98 - Reliability and
Suggestibility of Child Abuse Memories - Part 1
A look at the literature on hypnosis and memory, and the implications for recovered
memories.
04/13/98 - Corroboration of Child Abuse Memories
A new review of the literature documents how often recovered memories are
corroborated.
04/06/98 - New Research on Recovered Memories
A new Dutch study documents that memory for abuse can be lost and then recovered.
03/30/98 - Open-Ended Questions
are often used by therapists. They encourage people to open-up and talk.
03/23/98 - Cognitive Therapy for Depression and
Anxiety
Find out more about these effective techniques.
03/16/98 - Coping with Data Smog: What to do about Information Overload.
03/09/98 - The International Society for Mental Health
Online
A new organization for anyone interested in advancing online mental health issues.
03/02/98 - Real-time Online Modalities -
Conferencing with Chat, Telephone, and Video
add a sense of presence to online communication.
02/23/98 - Online Modalities - Email and Bulletin
Boards
An exploration of different modes of communicating on the Internet.
02/16/98 - Psychotherapy
What is it? How can it help mental disorders?
02/09/98 - The Body-Mind Queendom - An Unusual
Mental Health Site
A site with a twist from Quebec.
02/02/98 - Is Road Rage a Mental Disorder?
Some suggestions for coping with it.
01/26/98 - Eating Disorders on the Web - Is there
really help online
Or is face-to-face treatment needed?
01/19/98 - Living in the Present Moment
Importance vs. Urgency.
01/12/98 - Why are Natural Environments Special?
Nature relaxes us and recharges our batteries.
01/05/98 - Behavior Online - A Meeting Place for
Mental Health Professionals
Take a tour of this groundbreaking site.
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