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Member Spotlight: 2025 Spence Award Recipient Justin Minue Kim on the Science of Emotion

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Specifically, my first publication as a PhD student was one of the first to combine fMRI and DTI to provide a link between amygdala–prefrontal circuitry and trait anxiety (Kim & Whalen, 2009). For instance, could a brief movie-watching fMRI session serve as a useful tool to assist in the formal diagnosis of anxiety disorders?

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Why 30-Day Rehab for Drugs and Alcohol is Not Enough for Long-Lasting Recovery

Clear Behavioral Health

Cons of a 30-Day Rehab Some of the downsides to short-term residential treatment can include: Overlooking mental health concerns: Short-term treatment for drug and alcohol addiction may not provide adequate time to address co-occurring mental health conditions such as mood and anxiety disorders. National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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How Pretend Play Helps Children Build Skills

Child Mind Intitute

Keough, PhD Psychologist, Anxiety Disorders Center Child Mind Institute Pretend play, also known as imaginative play, includes a range of imaginative behaviors and actions that become more complex over early childhood (Lillard et al., By Kathryn L. Symbolic play emerges around age three. Pretend play and creative processes. Singer, D.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 6)

Mad in America

Furberg 12 studied under the Freedom of Information Act the question of prescription drugs and violent behavior by reviewing the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) from the years 2004 to 2009. meprobamate) as well. With such frequent and severe adverse TD-inducing side effects, how can one justify the use of these medications?

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

Mad in America

In 2009, the New England Journal of Misinformation made clear that ensuring the integrity of published data is not their brief. Rather than give us a serenic, which many might feel was not unreasonable to take at times, doctors have to give us an anxiety disorder. Medical Journal editors see FDA approvals.