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3 hrs ago | KMIZ

Which majors are most likely to be underemployed?

What you major in can mean the difference between making an annual salary or making Frappucinnos post-graduation, according to a recent report.

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4 hrs ago | The Guardian

James Davies's top 10 psychiatry critiques

The author of Cracked selects a battery of books that challenge received wisdom about mental illness and how to treat it I wrote Cracked: Why Psychiatry Is Doing More Harm Than Good because of the huge gulf between what most people believe about psychiatric diagnoses and medications and what the evidence actually reveals.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Psychiatry, Science

9 hrs ago | Radio Ink

Stress Management Expert Kelly Orchard

We've all joked from time to time about the mental state of the radio workforce, yet Kelly feels it's for real.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

KBCI CBS 2

Brazil lawmakers approve legislation to treat homosexuality as a disorder

A Brazilian congressional human rights committee on Thursday approved legislation that would allow psychologists to treat homosexuality as a disorder or pathology.

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Related Topix: Science, Gay/Lesbian

Seeking Alpha

Mind Over Yen: The Monetary Psychology Of Reflating Japan's Economy

"There is something you should know about me, about inception. An idea is alike a virus, resilient.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Asia, Science, Inception, Celebrities, Leonardo DiCaprio

Salon

Millennials likely aren't as conservative as they think

Conservatism the brand seems to be faring better than conservatism the philosophy.

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Related Topix: Science, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Penn State University Park, Pennsylvania State University, Amazon

Broward-Palm Beach

Michael Brannon, Former Pro Wrestler Turned Forensic Psychologist,...

Boos slice through the air as Dr. Red Roberts peacocks around the ring while snapping the straps of his red and white leotard.

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Related Topix: Science, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Nova Southeastern University

Cape Gazette

NAMI Delaware introduces Joshua Thomas-Acker as new executive director

National Alliance on Mental Illness in Delaware Delaware welcomes Joshua Thomas-Acker, PhD as its new executive director, effective immediately.

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Related Topix: Delaware, Delaware Government, Science

Spiked

The pathologising of climate scepticism

As the influence of environmental thinking has increased its hold over the political establishment, the failure to win the public support that might create the basis for decisive action to save the planet has also increasingly been blamed on climate sceptics operating on the internet.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Science, Life, Conspiracy Theory, Hobbies

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Examiner.com

Keeping family peace

Dr. Avidan Milevsky, notable psychotherapist at Wellspring Counseling in Towson, Maryland, and Associate Professor of Psychology at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is offering tips on how to keep the peace in your family this summer while out and about in the public eye while on your family vacation.

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Related Topix: Towson, MD, Science, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Family, Parenting

USA Today

Dona t let retirement stress marriage: Plan to be busy

Retirees without any kind of a plan are just going home to their spouses with nothing to do and causing stress in their marriages.

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Related Topix: Science, Raleigh, NC, Autos

The Capital-Journal

Judge denies psych eval of child in sex case of ex-vicar

A Shawnee County District Court judge denied a defense motion Monday that would have required a juvenile sex offense victim to undergo a psychological evaluation tied to the defendant's case.

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Related Topix: Religion, Lutheran Church, Science, University of Kansas, Shawnee County, KS

Wisconsin Gazette

Christian college expels lesbian student, sends her $6,000 bill

Danielle Powell was going through a hard time in the spring of 2011, just months away from graduating from a conservative Christian college in Nebraska.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Science, Grace University, Human Sexuality

Telegram

Catchin' some zzzs

Colleen Carney, associate professor and Director of the Sleep and Depression Laboratory at Ryerson University in Toronto monitors psychology student Molly Atwood in Toronto in 2010.

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Related Topix: Science, Medicine, Insomnia

The Detroit News

Identify your 'money script'to tune finances

What's your "money script?" Everyone has one. But not everyone knows what it is.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Examiner.com

Truth or Dare, the new birth is invisible

I know that this stuff probably doesn't sound fun to read in the middle of a summer's day, but being conscious is the capital "T" truth .

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Great Falls Tribune

Ingman-Halko

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Eddie and Cindy Ingman of Sand Coulee. She is a graduate of Centerville High School and the University of Montana in Missoula.

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Related Topix: Sand Coulee, MT, Missoula, MT, Science

Psychology Today

Psychology's Three Great Branches

Looking across the vast and complicated field of psychology today, it is easy to become confused.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology

Scientific American

Happy Father's Day! The Psychology of Papas.

Melanie Tannenbaum is a doctoral candidate in social psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she received an M.A. in social psychology in 2011.

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Related Topix: Science, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Parenting, Family

Forbes.com

Avoid These Common Investing Psychology Traps

Various authors have written on psychological or behavioral traps that lead people in the wrong direction with their lives in general.

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