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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: cognitive behavioral therapy

cognitive behavioral therapy stories: 3 news summaries

Staying Sharp While Aging:
It Has a Price

Exercising the brain can stem tide of memory loss

Aug 17, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fighting the aging process is more about hard work than anti-wrinkle cream and hair dye, Jonah Lehrer writes in the Washington Post. The issue for most of us is not to dance like Madonna or swim like US Olympian Dara Torres; it's to remember names and places and find the... More »

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memory • aging • brain • cognitive decline • cognitive behavioral therapy

 '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

Software Brings Autism Therapy Into Homes

Computer network is alternative to
expensive, hard-to-get therapists

May 1, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Seattle software company is offering new hope to parents of autistic children who struggle to get, and afford, behavioral therapy, which can cost upward of $30,000 a year and isn't usually covered by insurance. Jigsaw Learning has created a game-like computer network, called TeachTown, that provides some aspects... More »

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autism • software • treatment • startup • cognitive behavioral therapy

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