New York Times
Friday 11, July 2008
Benedict Carey
The study of anxiety is fast merging with the science of memory. No longer focused just on symptoms like social isolation and depressed mood, scientists are turning to the disorder’s neural roots, to how the brain records and consolidates in memory the frightening events that set off long-term anxiety. And they are finding that it may be possible to blunt the emotional impact of even the worst memories and fears. Link to read article
Source: New York Times
What would you do if, when you visit the ATM to withdraw £100, it dispenses £200 because it has been incorrectly stacked with £20 notes and not £10 notes. Would you keep the cash or return it to the bank? If you return the money would it be because: (a) It is wrong not to return someone else’s property; (b) It wouldn’t be fair to the bank’s shareholders; or (c) I might get found out and prosecuted for theft. Link to take the ethical test  Link to read article
Source: The Times
July 10, 2008
Young people and adults who experience social anxiety may benefit from a revolutionary new study being carried out at the University of Sydney.
The study’s lead researcher, Dr Adam Guastella from the University of Sydney’s Brain & Mind Research Institute, said the treatment involves a combination of cognitive-behaviour therapy and d-Cycloserine (DCS), an antibiotic commonly used to treat tuberculosis. [continue reading…]
What’s wrong with parents today?.
We try too hard. We are so anxious for our children to be successful, to be good athletes or musicians, to get into good colleges and to have good careers and to be happy that we overreach and plant the seeds of incompetence, frustration, unhappiness, even mental and emotional disorders. That’s the sobering news from the latest crop of books on parenting.
Carl Honore, author of “Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children From the Culture of Hyper-Parenting” (HarperOne, $24.95), says he was inspired to take on the topic when he saw himself becoming one of those parents. At a parent-teacher conference, his 7-year-old’s art teacher told him that his son was “incredibly imaginative,” that he was indeed “a gifted young artist.” :Link to read more
Source:The Hartford Courant via American Psychological Association
