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	<description>by Dr. Andrew Gottlieb</description>
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		<title>Changing Thoughts May Be Better Than Changing Behavior in the Early Stage of Psychotherapy for Severe Depression</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What works in Cognitive Therapy? Do cognitive methods work better than behavioral methods in the treatment of depression? Read on to find out...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2010/05/16/changing-thoughts-may-be-better-than-changing-behavior-in-the-early-stage-of-psychotherapy-for-severe-depression/</link>
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		<title>New Study Suggests You Can Reprogram Your Brain in Less Than Five Days!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2010/04/24/new-study-suggests-you-can-reprogram-your-brain-in-less-than-five-days/</link>
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		<title>How to Read Media Coverage of Scientific Research: Sorting Out the Stupid Science from Smart Science</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reading today&#8217;s headlines I saw an interesting title, &#8220;New Alzheimer&#8217;s Gene Identified.&#8221; I was intrigued. Discovering a gene that caused late onset Alzheimer&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2010/04/14/how-to-read-media-coverage-of-scientific-research-sorting-out-the-stupid-science-from-smart-science/</link>
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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 [...]]]></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]]></description>
		<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 [...]]]></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 more [...]]]></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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2009/09/12/a-better-voicemail-message-warning-humor/</link>
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