Changing Thoughts May Be Better Than Changing Behavior in the Early Stage of Psychotherapy for Severe Depression

Written by Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D. on 16.05.2010 | Depression, Psychotherapy

What works in Cognitive Therapy? Do cognitive methods work better than behavioral methods in the treatment of depression? Read on to find out…

New Study Suggests You Can Reprogram Your Brain in Less Than Five Days!

Written by Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D. on 24.04.2010 | Meditation, Psychology

Many previous studies have shown through the use of neuroimaging that meditation can change the brain. But most of those studies have looked at medium to long-term meditators. Some looked at monks who had meditated for decades, and some looked at new meditators who had meditated daily for 6 to 8 weeks. At least this [...]

How to Read Media Coverage of Scientific Research: Sorting Out the Stupid Science from Smart Science

Written by Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D. on 14.04.2010 | Health, Medicine

Reading today’s headlines I saw an interesting title, “New Alzheimer’s Gene Identified.” I was intrigued. Discovering a gene that caused late onset Alzheimer’s would be a major scientific breakthrough, perhaps leading to effective new treatments. So I read the article carefully. To summarize the findings, a United States research team looked at the entire genome [...]

Hacking Your Next Job Interview: The Real Secret to Getting Hired

Written by Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D. on 01.02.2010 | Happiness, Jobhacks

This post is for my oldest niece, who told me she had an interview for a job, and wondered if there were any “psychological tricks” for doing well in an interview. I thought about it, and realized she wanted help with some Jobhacks™. It turns out that there are some tricks. These are written about [...]

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