Read more psychotherapy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/24355/psychotherapy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:47:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65269/swiss-shrink-revives-lsd-research.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Swiss psychiatrist has revived research into the use of LSD to treat emotional disorders after decades of neglect, Der Spiegel reports (unable to resist the headline "Tune In, Turn On, Cheer Up"). Albert Gasser, the first person to study the psychiatric use of the hallucinogen in 35 years, has...http://www.newser.com/story/65269/swiss-shrink-revives-lsd-research.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 7:17:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63850/the-power-of-negative-thinking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDeliberate positive thinking—from Norman Vincent Peale to Stuart Smalley—has long been touted as a way to overcome feelings of worthlessness and self-doubt. But a new study suggests that repeating positive mantras may often backfire, making people with low self-esteem feel even worse about themselves. For many, it may...http://www.newser.com/story/63850/the-power-of-negative-thinking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 14:50:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55633/boozing-editor-loves-new-life-on-the-wagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish Elle fashion editor Stacey Duguid knew her drinking was getting to be a problem: “As well as possible health issues, the days I've spent hungover have been some of the most horrific of my life,” she writes in the Daily Mail . But it was a mammoth task. “You can't...http://www.newser.com/story/55633/boozing-editor-loves-new-life-on-the-wagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 13:09:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/43616/4-star-general-confesses-to-post-traumatic-stress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe trauma associated with combat is a hushed topic among troops returned from Iraq—but a four-star general’s fight off the battlefield could help usher in a new attitude, USA Today reports. After witnessing the scene of a suicide bomb in an American mess hall at a base near Mosul,...http://www.newser.com/story/43616/4-star-general-confesses-to-post-traumatic-stress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Nov 2008 10:45:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43345/drug-abuse-rising-among-us-soldiers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS soldiers are testing positive for drugs in record numbers even as the number of Army counselors shrinks, USA Today reports. This year 2.38% of troops tested positive during routine urine screens, up from 1.74% in 2004, and more than 7,000 soldiers were sent to counseling for...http://www.newser.com/story/43345/drug-abuse-rising-among-us-soldiers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Nov 2008 5:16:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42873/group-therapy-linked-to-cancer-survival.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGroup therapy has been linked to improved survival rates among female participants with breast cancer, a new study has found. Findings appear to support the decades-old, controversial claim that psychological therapy can help cancer patients not only feel better emotionally, but survive longer and fight off recurrences of the disease,...http://www.newser.com/story/42873/group-therapy-linked-to-cancer-survival.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Nov 2008 5:46:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40483/electric-therapy-can-relieve-depression.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeople with major depression that doesn't respond to medication may get relief from a therapy that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate the cortex, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a clinical trial, transcranial magnetic stimulation worked in about a quarter of patients—about twice the success rate of patients on...http://www.newser.com/story/40483/electric-therapy-can-relieve-depression.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Oct 2008 12:11:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34219/drugs-shrinking-psychiatrists-talk-time-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPsychiatry is increasingly focused on prescribing drugs and less on psychotherapy, a study published in the Archives of General Psychology finds. A reluctance by insurance firms to pay for therapy is one factor, HealthDay reports, along with the wide variety of drugs now available to treat various conditions.http://www.newser.com/story/34219/drugs-shrinking-psychiatrists-talk-time-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 Aug 2008 20:15:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32008/doc-brinkley-ex-need-therapy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA court-appointed shrink said both Christie Brinkley and her two-timing hubby needed time on a therapist's couch—adding that Peter Cook is a childish narcissist undeserving of custody, the New York Post reports. Psychiatrist Stephen Herman testified that “the father's behavior in this marriage has been terribly destructive and apparently...http://www.newser.com/story/32008/doc-brinkley-ex-need-therapy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Jul 2008 11:11:53 CDT