Suicide Had Nothing to Do with Demons
"Robin Williams' Suicide Had Nothing to Do with Demons" says @DrJlieberman in his podcast @MedscapePsych http://t.co/hQSyNjzneK — Columbia Psychiatry (@ColumbiaPsych) September 9, 2014
Actions driven solely by anger are of no use at all
Actions driven solely by anger are of no use at all; realizing this can help strengthen your determination to resist it. — Dalai Lama Quotes (@DalaiLamaPosts) September 9, 2014 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/anger-management-self-control/ What turns anger into action? Mostly cognitive control, or to use a less technical term, self-control. About a year ago I was in Davos at…
World Suicide Prevention Day 2014 – Message from IASP President
The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) is dedicated to: preventing suicidal behaviour, alleviating its effects, and providing a forum for academics, mental health professionals, crisis workers, volunteers and suicide survivors.Founded by the late Professor Erwin Ringel and Dr. Norman Farberow in 1960, IASP now includes professionals and volunteers from more than fifty different countries….
Lesbian couple got married after 72yr (@BuzzFeedLGBT)
BuzzFeed LGBT A lesbian couple got married after 72 years together and you can’t handle how cute they are. http://t.co/bGRHNCfJvx http://t.co/uixRAUFZkX https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedLGBT/status/509029340290756608 05:23 – 9 Sep 14 Bryan 0274826341 operations@staging.betterblokes.org.nz Sent from my Windows Phone
Social Anxiety (@kylemacd)
Kyle MacDonald Will Social Anxiety Keep Your Child From Succeeding in School? | World of Psychology http://t.co/vc5GMyik2a https://twitter.com/kylemacd/status/509065011084660736 07:45 – 9 Sep 14 Bryan 0274826341 operations@staging.betterblokes.org.nz Sent from my Windows Phone
Tweet from Everyday Mindfulness (@mindfuleveryday)
Everyday Mindfulness Don’t think about your errors or failures or you’ll never do a thing.” ~ Bill Murray #mindfulness https://twitter.com/mindfuleveryday/status/508479949712654336 17:00 – 7 Sep 14 Bryan 0274826341 operations@staging.betterblokes.org.nz Sent from my Windows Phone
Jack Lovelock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_LovelockThe highlight of Lovelock‘s career came in 1936, when he won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the Berlin Olympics, setting a world record in the final (3:47.8). Lovelock had plotted ever since his defeat at Los Angeles and developed a revolutionary tactic. The race is regarded as one of the finest 1500…
DNA: The Secret of Life
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/discovery-of-dna-structure-and-function-watson-397 Many people believe that American biologist James Watson and English physicist Francis Crick discovered DNA in the 1950s. In reality, this is not the case. Rather, DNA was first identified in the late 1860s by Swiss chemist Friedrich Miescher. Then, in the decades following Miescher’s discovery, other scientists–notably, Phoebus Levene and Erwin Chargaff–carried out…
Practice of tolerance and patience
Only the practice of tolerance and patience can give protection from the destructive effects of anger and hatred. Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/DalaiLamaPosts/status/508728934339727361 Sent via TweetDeck
How to cheat on personality tests
https://theconversation.com/how-to-cheat-on-personality-tests-and-other-pseudosciences-30248 Because trait psychology is philosophically primitive, personality testers ignore or cannot recognise the problem of circularity of argument which haunts their enterprise. For example, they assume that personality traits are enduring, pervasive and affect all aspects of behaviour. Since they cannot be observed, personality traits are theoretical constructs which are measured indirectly by self-report…