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		<title>Hacking Your Next Job Interview: The Real Secret to Getting Hired</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is for my oldest niece, who told me she had an interview for a job, and wondered if there were any &#8220;psychological tricks&#8221; 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 in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2010/02/01/hacking-your-next-job-interview-the-real-secret-to-getting-hired/</link>
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		<title>Holy Cow, Psychology Lounge Got Holy Kawed!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check it out on Alltop.com!
http://holykaw.alltop.com/depressing-effectiveness-of-anti-depressants
Copyright © 2010 Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D. /The Psychology Lounge/TPL Productions
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		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2010/01/24/holy-kaw-psychology-lounge-got-holy-kawed/</link>
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		<title>New Study Shows Antidepressant Medication Fails to Help Most Depressed Patients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A very interesting study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) demonstrated very clearly that when it comes to antidepressant medication, the Emperor is wearing few if any clothes! The researchers did what is called a meta-study or meta-analysis. They searched the research literature for all studies that were placebo-controlled studies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2010/01/22/new-study-shows-antidepressant-medication-fails-to-help-most-depressed-patients/</link>
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		<title>Does Money Buy Happiness? No, And The Answer Of What Does Buy Happiness May Surprise You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is often said that money can buy happiness, and as I’ve blogged in earlier articles, this is true, but only up to a basic middle class economic status. Above that, money doesn’t seem to add much happiness. (See my posts here and here.)
So what does buy happiness? We have a surprising answer from our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2009/12/02/does-money-buy-happiness-no-and-the-answer-of-what-does-buy-happiness-may-surprise-you/</link>
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		<title>New Study Finds the Best Pharmacological Stop Smoking Solution: (Hint, it&#8217;s not what you&#8217;d think)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study at the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, compared all except one of the current drug treatments that help with quitting smoking.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2009/11/23/new-study-finds-the-best-pharmacological-stop-smoking-solution-hint-its-not-what-youd-think/</link>
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		<title>Why do Most Psychologists Ignore Science Based Therapy? Evidence Based Psychotherapy and the Failure of Practicioners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new article in Newsweek magazine titled Ignoring the Evidence documents how most psychologists ignore scientific evidence about treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy which have been proven to be effective.  A two-year study which is going to be published in November in Psychological Science in the Public Interest, found that most psychologists &#8220;give [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2009/10/09/why-do-most-psychologists-ignore-science-based-therapy-evidence-based-psychotherapy-and-the-failure-of-practicioners/</link>
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		<title>A Better Voicemail Message! (warning, humor!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you tired of all those multiple choice voicemail menus? Press infinity if you&#8217;d like more options. I saw this on the web, and had a giggle. Maybe I&#8217;ll change my voicemail message to it. (Kidding!)

Welcome to the Psychiatric Hotline.

If you are obsessive-compulsive, please  press 1 repeatedly.
If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2009/09/12/a-better-voicemail-message-warning-humor/</link>
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		<title>Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often asked about social anxiety and shyness, and how to overcome them. I was lucky enough to be quoted in a Forbes Magazine article about that very topic. And here&#8217;s a link to a pdf of the article, which is easier to navigate. Enjoy!
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D. /The Psychology Lounge/TPL Productions
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		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2009/03/02/overcoming-social-anxiety-and-shyness/</link>
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		<title>Which Anti-depressant Should You Take? Now We Know</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Accepted wisdom for a number of years has been that all modern anti-depressants work equally well, and that drug selection depends more on the side effect profile desired. Thus a lethargic patient might benefit from an activating antidepressant like Prozac, and an anxious patient would be better off with Paxil. Often prescribing practices are based [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2009/03/02/which-anti-depressant-should-you-take-now-we-know/</link>
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		<title>Does TV Watching Increase the Risk of Depression in Teenagers?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A study published in the February 2009 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry found that those teenagers who watched more than 9 hours a day of television where more likely to become depressed as young adults.
The researchers used data from a larger study of 4,142 adolescents who were initially not depressed. After seven years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2009/02/16/does-tv-watching-increase-the-risk-of-depression-in-teenagers/</link>
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