http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=42738 The annual commemoration was originally known as Long Tan Day. This year marks the 50th anniversary of New Zealand’s deployment in a combat role in the Vietnam War. Age might have wearied the veterans a little but their voices were strong as they sang along with Vietnam War balladContinue Reading

Why You Need Emotional Intelligence to Succeed – http://t.co/vOakulfHVt pic.twitter.com/sWPLE82l7R — The Good Men Project (@GoodMenProject) August 17, 2015 When emotional intelligence first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of theContinue Reading

Apps like Tinder are letting men dial in sex as if they were ordering in pizza, says Deborah Hill Cone http://t.co/STjMsttBG5 — nzherald (@nzherald) August 16, 2015 If I do, tough. Because one thing I know for certain is it’s a phoney sophisticated pose to pretend you don’t really hungerContinue Reading

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/airbnb-safety-sexual-assault-allegations-against-host-in-madrid-raise-questions-about-websites-responsibilities-10457992.html The experience of Jacob Lopez, 19, is one such example, after a stay with an Airbnb host left the teenager needing trauma therapy. After a successful stay using the firm in Brazil, Lopez decided to use the service again for a trip to the Spanish capital of Madrid. WhenContinue Reading

Detox or lose your benefits: new welfare proposals are based on bad evidence and worse ethics http://t.co/cxRGsEICzo — Kyle MacDonald (@kylemacd) August 16, 2015 Compounding this missing data is the lack of proof supporting such an initiative. There is already good evidence from other parts of the world that coerciveContinue Reading

http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/test-predicts-startling-accuracy-if-childhood-trauma-will-hurt-you-adulthood The idea that childhood trauma might have a connection with adult health problems came to Felitti almost by accident, according to a recent interview. He was running through a series of questions when he accidentally asked a client in the weight-loss program, “How much did you weigh when youContinue Reading

There are many reasons for that gap between research and practice, but part of it comes from the rift between who is studying treatments and who is delivering care. Most people don’t realize that “therapist” is a catch-all term that doesn’t tell you anything about how qualified someone is toContinue Reading