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Behavioral Psychology

Stop Beating Students with Disabilities in Schools

Alice Farmer | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Aclu, Abuse, Psychological Stability, Corporal Punishment, Punishment, Elementary School, Human-Rights-Law, Students, Disabled-Children, Child Abuse, Human Rights Watch, Disabilities, ACLU Torture, Behavioral Psychology, Politics News
Alice Farmer

Corporal punishment causes pain, humiliation, and in some cases deep bruising or other serious injury; it also can have long-lasting psychological consequences.

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Codependency Pt 2: An Incomplete Sense of Self

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 08.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Acoas, Psychology, Codependency, Acoa, Codependence, Raising Children, Personal-Boundaries, Behavioral Psychology, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

When the attachment with a parent is fraught with fear, the child can become overly preoccupied with getting it right for the parent rather than for themselves.

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Does Anyone in NYC Sleep Well Anymore?

Stephen Josephson | Posted 08.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Coping Strategies, Behavioral Psychology, Sleeping Well, How to Sleep Better, New York News
Stephen Josephson

Recent discussions with my friends and patients in New York City suggest that a good night's sleep might be something of the past, a fond memory of sorts.

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Men In Love With B*****s Ain't Men 'tall!!

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 07.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Sexuality, Cheating Relationships, Healthy Relationships, Interpersonal Relationships, Women, Relationships, Bitch, Interpersonal-Communication, Men, Relationship Advice, Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Sexuality, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

The idea that men love mean girls has led to a generation of divorce-fated, confused people who actually buy the bunk that stipulates we should treat each other poorly to get what we want from a relationship.

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Bankers' Brains, Market Behavior

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Psychology, Markets, John McCain, Wall Street Crisis, Behavioral Psychology, Economics, Wall Street, Aig, Herd Instincts, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae, Business News
Peter A. Ubel

Rationally directed greed would never have led us to this financial crisis. People are not nearly as rational as the market evangelists in the Republican Party would have us think.

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