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An interview with Sherry McKee, Ph.D., director of the Yale Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory, about the reasons why women have a harder time quitting smoking than men do. Article posted by the American Psychological Association.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/speaking-of-psychology-smoking
Exposure to messages in the mainstream media that attribute negative qualities to overweight people made them less able to control their eating, rather than more able to do so.
A book about anxiety and its biological, psychological, and genetic determinants, written by a “quivering, quaking, neurotic wreck” of an author, Scott Stossel. Book review by David Adam.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v505/n7482/full/505157a.html
Middle-aged and older adults consistently underreport mental health issues, leading to a flaw in the existing research on the topic. Article written by Rick Nauert, Ph.D.
New data on the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatment for bulimia. Article written by Traci Pedersen.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/12/08/for-bulimia-cbt-beats-psychoanalysis/62998.html