January 2010

The Power of Claiming Your Story

January 18, 2010

Image by Marco40134 via Flickr By Richard Reeve For many that enter the world of recovery, one early hurdle that begins to loom in the not-so-distant future is the need to get up before a group of others in recovery and share “what it was like, what happened, and what it’s like now.”  Also known [...]

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Troubling News on Troubled Teen Girls

January 17, 2010

Image by Getty Images via Daylife By Richard Reeve The report is frightening.  Clearly it challenges our attitudes regarding gender and violence. “A disturbing report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) indicates that, in the past year, one quarter (26.7 percent) of adolescent girls participated in a serious fight at school [...]

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Ripples

January 16, 2010

Image by Mikko Miettinen via Flickr There’s plenty to catch up on on a variety of subject… At the Family Foundation School A turning point at The Family Foundation School. Laughter and Sobriety at The Family Foundation School. A Few Words of Faith from The Family Foundation School. Family Foundation School Alumni updates. The Toolbox [...]

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Effect of Group Pressure on Memory Reconstruction

January 15, 2010

Image via Wikipedia By Richard Reeve A studied phenomenon that has an interesting wrinkle in the age of cyberpolarization, do we give consideration to how the tales people tell are changing our own memories?  As this abstract on how memory reconstruction gets influenced by group pressure demonstrates, intentionally fabricated stories can have an immediate effect [...]

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Therapuetic Frames

January 14, 2010

By Rita Argiros, Ph. D. (This post started out as part of a lecture I gave to my social problems class on January 11, 2010.  It morphed into something more suitable for adults who care for and about our students.  Rita Argiros ) ” Like [Navajo] sand painting, particular cultural representations serve as therapeutic frames [...]

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Chicken or the Egg, or the Egg McMuffin?

January 13, 2010

Image by kool_skatkat via Flickr By Richard Reeve In a fascinating article on the surprising spread of mental illness around the world, or at least the recognizable diagnosis of different conditions around the world, researchers are now questioning the deeper effects of globalization on different cultures. These researchers have amassed an impressive body of evidence [...]

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Only the lonely?

January 12, 2010

Image via Wikipedia By Richard Reeve “Lonely individuals used the Internet and e-mail more and were more likely to use the Internet for emotional support than others. Social behavior of lonely individuals consistently was enhanced online, and lonely individuals were more likely to report making online friends and heightened satisfaction with their online friends. The [...]

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Speaking Out Against Stigmas

January 11, 2010

Image via Wikipedia By Richard Reeve There is little hesitation in our culture to speak about physical illness.  For instance distant acquaintances and strangers will often disclose the difficult challenges they or or a family member face with cancer.  It’s a different story with mental illness.  Psychiatric disorders are not openly discussed even with the [...]

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