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		<title>&#8220;As the Twig is Bent&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Colbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a recent article at http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/currentissue/1107-as-the-twig-is-bent (great magazine, btw) about research that has revealed something surprising.  Vincent Felitti was running a weight loss clinic in the US and he continued to be frustrated by the fact that his &#8216;successful&#8217; clients would often relapse/rebound to being obese once again, and then drop out of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seroquel Scare</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Colbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press has reported that Seroquel, an antipsychotic medication commonly prescribed for PTSD, is coming into question as a potentially dangerous agent. The article at http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2010/08/30/drug_prescribed_for_ptsd_raises_concerns/?camp=obinsite states that both the FDA and manufacturer of the drug are looking into the issue, and concerned members of the public are calling for Congress to hold a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MBSR and Health Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Colbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grossman P, Niemann L, Schmidt S, Walach H: Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits. A meta-analysis. J Psychosom Res, 2004; 57: 35-43 This study reviewed 20 prior studies (involving an aggregated total of 1605 people) on Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).  Fifteen of the studies dealt with a variety of medical conditions (cancer, pain, obesity, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homo Empathicus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Colbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only is the intellectual content in this video wonderful, the accompanying graphics are really amazingly entertaining.  This is a part of a series by the British Royal Society for the Arts on YouTube The speakers main point (Jeremy Rifkin) is that if we are truly empathic creatures (as he argues) then not manifesting that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poignancy</title>
		<link>http://www.criticalstress.com/?p=337</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Colbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halpern, J., Gurevich, M., Schwartz, B., Brazeau, P. (2009) What makes an incident critical for ambulance workers? Emotional outcomes and implications for intervention, Work &#38; Stress, 23(2): 173-189 Dr. Janice Halpern is the principal author of a recent study investigating what makes a specific incident one that affects paramedics emotionally.  In this link Dr. Halpern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officer Down: The dark demons of policing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Colbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Bonokoski of the Toronto Sun Newspaper has written an article on the absorbing and tragic story of Det. Inspector Bruce Kruger (ret.) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) force.  You can read the article here: http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/04/10/13538356.html Kruger was a highly successful and decorated officer and has what seems to be an idyllic retirement life.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 things to know about critical stress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Colbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EMS1.com has kindly posted an article of I wrote for them on their site here: http://www.ems1.com/ems-training/articles/871165-5-things-to-know-about-critical-stress/.  My thanks to them for their interest, and for helping to let people know about the online counselling service I offer, and also to Erin Hicks, Associate Editor for her help with editing the article.  It&#8217;s called &#8217;5 Things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MBSR, Health Care Professionals &amp; Salivary Cortisol.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Colbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Galantino, M., Baime, M., Maguire, M., Szapary, P., &#38; Farrar, J. (2005). Association of psychological and physiological measures of stress in health-care professionals during an 8-week mindfulness meditation program: mindfulness in practice. Stress &#38; Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 21(4), 255-261. doi:10.1002/smi.1062.  (link is to an abstract) There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mindful vs. Cognitive Treatment of Stress.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Colbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smith, B., Shelley, B., Dalen, J., Wiggins, K., Tooley, E., &#38; Bernard, J. (2008). A Pilot Study Comparing the Effects of Mindfulness-Based and Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Reduction. Journal of Alternative &#38; Complementary Medicine, 14(3), 251-258. doi:10.1089/acm.2007.0641.  (pubmed link here) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the predominant mode of therapy today in the west.  Advocates say it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Ariely: Are we in control of our decisions?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Colbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this TED talk, Dan Ariely shows how setting up specific situations reliably causes people to make pedicatable decisions.  Using the example of organ donor cards he shows that simple differences between the way the form is created result in dramatic differences in whether people choose to be organ donors or not.  He&#8217;s very entertaining, [...]]]></description>
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