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therapy stories: 23 news summaries

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 Speed Shrinking Offers Quicker Fixes 

... And promotes shrinks' books, in 180-second encounters

Nov 14, 09 5:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Freud must be shuddering in his grave, but that doesn't bother Susan Shapiro, the author of Speed Shrinking and the cheerful organizer of speed-dating-style therapy sessions for New Yorkers. On a recent evening, 200 talk-therapy-seekers stood in line at a lecture hall for their turn to spill their problems and... More »

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mental health • New York • Manhattan • therapy • psychoanalysis • psychiatrist • psychologist • Speed dating • Speed shrinking

German Doc Probed in Poison Death of 2 in Therapy

12 rushed to local hospital during session

Sep 20, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A German doctor was being investigated today for possible homicide after two patients in his therapy group died of poisoning, reports AP. Twelve others were rushed to a local hospital after one called emergency services. One is in a coma. The doctor has admitted giving his patients various drugs and... More »

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crime • murder • physician • doctor • therapy

First US Internet Addiction Rehab Center Opens

For $14,500, reStart offers therapy, socialization

Aug 27, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first US Internet addiction clinic has opened in Fall City, Wash. The Heavensfield Retreat Center offers “reStart,” a 45-day in-patient rehab program for Internet, video game, and texting addictions, LiveScience reports. Clients undergo talk therapy and social skills training, as well as feeding goats, raising chickens, and... More »

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Internet • rehab • depression • Washington • addiction • psychology • Tufts University • therapy • Internet addiction • psychologist • Internet Addiction Disorder • clinic

 Jon & Kate Hit Therapy;  
 Cameras May Follow 

Tab claims counseling will be shown on reality show

May 22, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - How will Jon & Kate Plus 8 deal with the rampant cheating rumors following its husband-wife team when the show’s next season premieres Monday? By broadcasting their therapy sessions, the National Enquirer reports. Kate Gosselin at first refused counseling, but she also “wants a future in showbiz, and... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • therapy • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • counseling • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

(Newser) - If you're ignoring your kid or getting divorced because of Facebook—it's happened—you might have a problem. CNN outlines five telltale signs of Facebook addiction.
  • Losing sleep: If you're tired every morning because of late-night-friending, take a break, a UCLA psychologist advises: "You shouldn't be neglecting
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entertainment • social networking • Internet • Facebook • psychology • therapy • Internet addiction

 American Psyche Shows 
 Recession Stress Fractures 

70% fear family income loss

Apr 9, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Depression is up as the US economy proceeds downward, but many of those complaining are not actually facing financial problems—they simply fear they could. “Even if you do everything right, something bad can happen to you,” says a woman whose doctor prescribed therapy. Polls find the economy... More »

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mental health • middle class • Americans • therapy • anxiety • economy • recession depression

(Newser) - Increasingly, having a couch to yourself is just too pricey. Group therapy is catching on as people look for a cheaper alternative to one-on-one sessions, the Wall Street Journal reports. And despite the One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest stigma it often endures, participants swear by it. “... More »

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recession • psychology • therapy

(Newser) - Potential good news for Parkinson's patients: An experimental treatment on mice that involves implanting electrodes on the spinal cord had great success, Reuters reports. Mice that received the so-called stimulator were able to move more easily. Human trials are expected to start next year, and they could lead the way... More »

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Parkinson's disease • dopamine • therapy • deep brain stimulation • spinal cord • lab mice • laboratory

 Madonna Searches
 for Softer Side 

Pop queen is in therapy

Jan 15, 09 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The Material Girl is in therapy, reports the Daily Mirror. Madonna has started counseling sessions with—of course—a Kabbalah center rabbi, in an effort to “tweak her tikkun.” In English? The famously controlling pop star wants to be “less domineering.” Along those lines, she had... More »

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celebrity • therapy • Madonna • Kabbalah • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • Lourdes Leon

Drug Abuse Rising
Among US Soldiers

Military struggles to keep up with demand for substance-abuse counseling

Nov 22, 08 5:16 AM CST
(Newser) - US soldiers are testing positive for drugs in record numbers even as the number of Army counselors shrinks, USA Today reports. This year 2.38% of troops tested positive during routine urine screens, up from 1.74% in 2004, and more than 7,000 soldiers were sent to counseling for... More »

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military • US Army • substance abuse • therapy • psychotherapy

 Squabbling 
 LiLo and Sam 
 Get Counseling 

Pair 'fighting like cats and dogs, sources tell  Page Six

Nov 21, 08 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Vicious spats between Lindsay Lohan and galpal Sam Ronson have led the pair to seek couples counseling, a source tells the New York Post. They’re “fighting like cats and dogs,” the insider said. “Sam and Lindsay are still very much together and very much in love,... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • therapy • Samantha Ronson

 Group Therapy 
 Linked to 
 Cancer Survival 

Study finds improved survival rates among breast cancer patients

Nov 17, 08 5:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Group therapy has been linked to improved survival rates among female participants with breast cancer, a new study has found. Findings appear to support the decades-old, controversial claim that psychological therapy can help cancer patients not only feel better emotionally, but survive longer and fight off recurrences of the disease,... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • medical research • survival rates • therapy • psychotherapy

(Newser) - The precise application of electricity to certain areas of the brain—the same principles a pacemaker uses for the heart—is showing promise for people with an array of illnesses such as Parkinson's, severe depression, epilepsy, and Alzheimer's, the Chicago Tribune reports. The treatment, called deep brain stimulation, remains in... More »

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medicine • depression • surgery • neuroscience • neurology • therapy • deep brain stimulation

Therapists See New Disorders
in Mega-Rich

Today's wealthy are too narcissistic to be depressed, say shrinks

Jul 7, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - These days the rich in America are richer than ever—but with more money come more problems, from fears of inadequacy to neurotic consumption. To help them with their troubles, these titans of Wall Street or K Street call upon a small group of therapists who make a specialty of... More »

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wealth • money • neuroticism • therapy • psychologist • psychotherapy

 'Virtual Iraq'
 Helps Vets
 Face Stress 

Treatment drags soldiers back to moments of crisis

May 18, 08 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Therapists are plunging US war veterans back into the horrors of battle—as therapy. A virtual reality treatment is helping them cope with post-traumatic stress disorder by returning them to scarring events until their shock value wanes. "When the ground starts vibrating and you smell smoke and hear the... More »

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veterans • Vietnam veteran • virtual reality • therapy • PTSD • Iraq veterans • Afghanistan veterans • cognitive behavioral therapy

 'Do-It-Yourself'
 Can Be Fightin' Words 

35% of British homeowners admit to house-related disputes

May 4, 08 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Adrian starts painting in the middle, but Hannah wants the wall layered methodically. Adrian storms out, and Hannah works alone. The DIY dispute is no anomaly: 35% of British homeowners said in a recent study that home improvements caused domestic rifts. Underlying the debates on paint color and floorboards is... More »

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home improvement • marriage • psychology • fight • therapy • relationship • couples

Joie de Vivre Sapped, French Turn to Web

Site houses tales of woe, provides outlet, voyeuristic thrill

Apr 25, 08 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - French website Vie de Merde is receiving all the misery it can handle, Der Spiegel reports. Since its February launch, France’s answer to group therapy (translated "life is shit") has posted 2,400 tales of woe. Another 40,000 are waiting in the wings, says its founder. More »

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depression • France • website • therapy • schadenfreude • voyeurism

Tiny Shocks
Win by a Nose

Sense of smell shows electric response; technique could help PTSD patients

Mar 28, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Electric shocks can sharpen the sense of smell, a finding that suggests new ways of altering sensory perception, the Chicago Tribune reports. MRIs showed subjects’ brains actually changing after researchers administered tiny shocks, which improved their ability to distinguish between similar smells. Because many psychological conditions relate to the senses,... More »

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mental health • brain • MRI • therapy • sense of smell • PTSD • electrical shocks • health research • phobias

Antidepressants Mostly Useless, Study Finds

Prozac and others make a difference only  in most extreme cases

Feb 26, 08 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Big Pharma swallowed a bitter pill yesterday as Prozac and other antidepressants were found in a UK study to be largely ineffectual in all but the most extreme cases of depression. The meta-analysis of 47 clinical trials submitted to the FDA with licensing applications for six popular antidepressants concluded that... More »

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medical breakthrough • depression • antidepressant • GlaxoSmithKline • prescription drugs • therapy • Eli Lilly • Prozac • Wyeth • pharmaceutical industry

Man-Training Manual Finally Hits the Stores

Therapists call dog analogy cute but no marital cure-all

Feb 10, 08 7:37 PM CST
(Newser) - A woman who has long compared men to dogs has a book coming out and a movie in the works, all plugging the notion that men can be trained. But critics fear that What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage is another pop psych title that props up... More »

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gender • women • men • marriage • psychology • therapy • book • economic stimulus package

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