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fromPsychology Today
23 hours ago

What Therapists Should Know About Bullying

Bullying is common, under-identified in clinical assessments, and requires routine, documented inquiry by clinicians because of serious psychological consequences.
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fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago

MGB study indicates dramatic increase in U.S. adults who meet new definition of obesity

The new obesity definition raises U.S. adult prevalence from 42.9% to about 68.6% by adding body fat distribution measures to BMI.
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

In Defense of Sexting

As a psychological scientist who studies sexting, I've had people ask me for all kinds of sexting advice and facts, from "How can I prevent my images from being used against me?" to "How does sexting affect young people?" to "Am I weird or what?" A quick Google search doesn't always help with these questions, returning sexting tips and tricks from Cosmo ("60 hot sexting ideas for your inspiration") adjacent to headlines like "Can sexting get you arrested?" from Teen Vogue.
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

An Answer to the Question: Do I Have Alzheimer's?

Most forgetfulness reflects normal aging rather than dementia; dementia causes significant functional impairment from conditions like Alzheimer's, Lewy body disease, or stroke.
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fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Psychopathy and the Female Serial Killer

Female serial killers are rare (about 0.3% of murders), often use passive methods, frequently work in health-related roles, and are not uniformly psychopathic.
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