Facing a Cancer Diagnosis as a Couple
Facing a Cancer Diagnosis as a Couple “I heard the word malignancy but I couldn’t take it in. I didn’t cry until I told Jack.” “I could tell from her eyes that she was trying to be strong for me. I...
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The Benefits of a Self-Enhanced View of You: New Findings
Do you think you have an inflated sense of self? Do you have positive illusions about the way you compare with others, make decisions, control your circumstances? While this enhanced self-perception...
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Strategies for Healing the Psychological Impact of Medical Illness
In the preceding blog, we considered the importance of recognizing medical illness as psychological trauma. In this blog we report on an interview with Michele Rosenthal, author of the trauma recovery...
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Does Hope Really Make a Difference? Scientific Findings
Almost everyone has some experience with hope: We hope for the best. We hang on to hope. We despair when we lose hope. It would seem that hope, which is broadly defined as an emotional state that...
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Recognizing and Understanding Depression After Trauma
Disaster and trauma studies often focus on identifying the incidence of PTSD as the sequel to traumatic events. Early interventions with those affected after a disaster or traumatic event increasingly...
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