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New Link To Schizophrenia Discovered: May 12, 6:14am 1 review mental-health
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508122517.htm

Social Anxiety | Do You Have Telephonophobia? | General Information | Dealing…: May 8, 12:59pm 14 reviews mental-health
http://www.sufferingfromanxiety.com/general/social-anxiety-do-you-have-teleph...; Do You Have Telephonophobia? Fairly good advice--superficial, but a place to start.

10 Things I Learned from Mental Detox Week | iain tait | crackunit.com: May 4, 5:08am 23 reviews mental-health
http://www.crackunit.com/2008/04/30/10-things-i-learned-from-mental-detox-week/

Better Mental Health, Down on the Farm - Well - Tara Parker-Pope - Health - Ne…: Apr 14, 9:25am 2 reviews mental-health
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/better-mental-health-down-on-the-far...; Caring for farm animals appears to offer a therapeutic benefit for people with mental illness, according to new research. Earlier studies with cats and dogs have shown that animal-human interaction can decrease stress and improve self-confidence and social competence. To determine whether time working with farm animals makes a meaningful difference in mental health, Norwegian researchers studied how life on the farm might affect patients with problems like anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and personality disorders. Reporting in the journal Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, they recruited 90 patients, including 59 women and 31 men, with psychiatric ailments. The vast majority were being treated with antidepressants, antipsychotic drugs, mood stabilizers and other medications. during the six-month follow-up, the farm patients reported a statistically significant improvement in self-efficacy and coping skills compared to those who had not spent time working with animals. The researchers noted that work with farm animals may improve mental health in part because it gives a person physical contact with another living being. Routines that include activities like feeding, milking and caring for other living creatures may also promote self-esteem and confidence...

Answer Machine Messages: Mar 12, 12:10pm 50 reviews mental-health
http://www.begent.org/answer.htm

Psychology Games: Concentration at ALLPSYCH Online: Feb 27, 7:28am 10 reviews mental-health
http://allpsych.com/games/concentration/index.html

Perfectionism - Psychology - Mental Health and Behavior - New York Times: Dec 5, 2007 6:15am 1 review mental-health
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/health/04mind.html?ei=5087&em=&en=7bfaff2e9...; "Unhappy? Self-Critical? Maybe You're Just a Perfectionist
By BENEDICT CAREY

Just about any sports movie, airport paperback or motivational tape delivers a few boilerplate rules for success. Believe in yourself. Don't take no for an answer. Never quit. Don't accept second best.

Above all, be true to yourself.

It's hard to argue with those maxims. They seem self-evident if not written into the Constitution, then at least part of the cultural water supply that irrigates everything from halftime speeches to corporate lectures to SAT coaching classes.

Yet several recent studies stand as a warning against taking the platitudes of achievement too seriously. The new research focuses on a familiar type, perfectionists, who panic or blow a fuse when things don�t turn out just so. The findings not only confirm that such purists are often at risk for mental distress as Freud, Alfred Adler and countless exasperated parents have long predicted but also suggest that perfectionism is a valuable lens through which to understand a variety of seemingly unrelated mental difficulties, from depression to compulsive behavior to addiction.

Some researchers divide perfectionists into three types, based on answers to standardized questionnaires: Self-oriented strivers who struggle to live up to their high standards and appear to be at risk of self-critical depression; outwardly focused zealots who expect perfection from others, often ruining relationships; and those desperate to live up to an ideal they're convinced others expect of them, a risk factor for suicidal thinking and eating disorders.

It's natural for people to want to be perfect in a few things, say in their job " being a good editor or surgeon depends on not making mistakes, said Gordon L. Flett, a psychology professor at York University and an author of many of the studies. It's when it generalizes to other areas of life, home life, appearance, hobbies, that you begin to see real problems...�"