Month: July 2014

Primary caregivers — whether male or female — experience changes to their brains as they raise their children.  Article written by Melissa Healy.

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-men-parenting-mom-brain-20140527-story.html

Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk and his treatment of PTSD-afflicted veterans, using psychomotor therapy. Article written by Jeneen Interlandi.

The role of dopamine in the minds of completists and other collectors.  Article written by Loretta Graziano Breuning, Ph.D.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-neurochemical-self/201405/why-you-cant-stop

Grocery stores use psychological research to induce consumers to spend more, but you can counteract their efforts.  Article written by Jamie Logie.

http://www.regainedwellness.com/supermarket-psychology/

One psychoanalyst’s perspective on his work, which can also be read as a guide to analytic treatment for those seeking psychotherapy.  Article written by Lawrence D. Blum, M.D.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-freud/201405/why-i-love-psychoanalysis-and-you-might-too