Archive for June, 2008

Mental Disability across the Life Span

Monday, June 30th, 2008

By LeVonder Brinkley Summary and Abstract An estimated 26.2 % of Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Approximately 30% of adults and 17% of the children and adolescents in the United States display serious emotional psychological disturbance. The field of behavioral genetics studies the effects of ...

Conduct Disorder: Definition, Statistics, Parental Role and Intervention

Monday, June 30th, 2008

by Dinah Stacy Abstract and Summary The paper presents a comprehensive analysis of current journal articles, research and literature on conduct disorder. The correlation of unproductive parenting, poor choices during pregnancy, etiology, childhood environment and the lack of disciplinary practices at home and at school are presented as key determinants of this ...

Overcoming Loneliness and Isolation in Boston: 7 Strategies for Making Friends and Building Relationships

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The first thing I think of when I think of Loneliness is Bill Cosby. I don’t think Bill Cosby is necessarily a lonely guy, but I remember a scene from the Cosby Show where he tells Trudy (his youngest daughter) he wants to be alone. “But won’t you be lonely?” Trudy ...

SKU 011.CAB solution –Problem Installing Office 2007. Error

Friday, June 13th, 2008

I was having a terrible time installing Microsoft Word 2007 / Microsoft Office 2007. it kept reading ERROR something --find SKU011.cab. I went around the online looking for a solution to install the program, and tried a lot of solutions that didn't work (copying the CD to my harddrive--didn't work). However, this ...

Is it Better to be a Psychotherapist, Counselor, Psychologist — or Work for Wal-Mart? : Insurance Absurdity, No Show Clients, and Lots of Student Loan Debt

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

A recent article in the Massachusetts medical publication, Proto, titled “Trouble in Triplicate” states that billing for medical services now accounts for close to one third as much as providing medical services! The problem, at its core, involves the complexity of administrative processes necessary to file with insurance companies ...

Depression In Adolescence: Depression Risk Factors, Depression Effects, Depression Treatment

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

By, Laura P. Naylor Abstract Depression is very common in adolescence and if not treated properly it can produce long-term negative consequences, such as alcohol and drug abuse, criminal behavior, and even suicide.  It is imperative that parents, educators, mental health workers, and the entire society better understand the signs, symptoms, risk ...

Autonomous Influencing Views Creating a Culturally Crisis Society

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

By, Brian A. Lewis Abstract Culture, was once “thought of as a whole, internally consistent system of symbols and values held in common by members of bounded social groups, including whole society” (Erickson, 2002 p. 229). Culture shapes the nature of many features of every developmental environment. Nearly every aspect of development ...

Online Social Networking (i.e., “Facebooking”) with Therapy Clients

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

It finally happened. I have profiles on YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Digg, Reddit, Technorati, Ning, Squidoo, XING, Answers.Yahoo, GodTube, MySpace, Yedda, Furl, Blogger, StumbleUpon, del.icio.us, Yelp, and Google Talk, to name a few. Most of these I hardly use. Some of them I've been on once to create ...

Abundant Life Counseling Center: A Brief History of the Premier Boston Christian Counseling Center

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Abundant Life Counseling Center (ALCC) opened in 1983 under the directorship of Kristine Lima, a Christian Therapist in Boston and Cambridge, who now lives and practices in Seattle, Washington. Over Abundant Life Counseling Center's 15 year span of providing quality Boston Christian Counseling, the counseling center had several directors including ...

Thrilled to Death: How the Endless Pursuit of Pleasure is Leaving us Numb (Book Review, Thomas Nelson 2007)

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Are you living a joyless existence? Despite living in the most affluent times in the history of the world, people are still unhappy. Why? Dr. Arch Hart proposes that ordinary people are experiencing anhedonia -- that is, a diminished capacity or complete inability to feel pleasure. A client from Dr. Hart’s ...