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Where are -ve emotional memories stored?

& how can we best treat them in psychotherapy?

Next Breakthrough or Next Shift?

Richard Hill Big Question “What is the next big breakthrough you are waiting for in mental health?”   A number of developments over the past decade seem to be pointing to a possible shift in the way we assess the relationship of academic study and research to the...

Next Big Breakthrough

Dr Terry Marks-Tarlow Big Question “What is the next big breakthrough you are waiting for in mental health?” Ibelieve the next important revolution in mental health involves the full embrace of nonlinear science. This holistic paradigm is large and...

The Next Big Breakthrough?

The Big Question “What is the next big breakthrough you are waiting for in mental health?” THE BIG QUESTION is a regular activity for our Panel of Experts to weigh in on topics of general interest. Our Panel of Experts will be posting their opinions in the...

Shooting Rampages

Dr Alexander Fingelkurts   The Big Question:   “Shooting Rampages - is it really a mental health issue? And what can we do?”   “Shooting violence” as a neurophysiological type. Aggressiveness is an individual stable property of the personality...

Shooting Rampages

Richard Hill   The Big Question:   “Shooting Rampages - is it really a mental health issue? And what can we do?”   “A mental health issue” is a far more complicated phrase than it may appear. Our first thought is to mental conditions...

Shooting Rampages

Dr Jeffrey Magnavita   The Big Question: “Shooting Rampages - is it really a mental health issue? And what can we do?”   Residing in the state of Connecticut where the horrific mass murder of 20 young children and 6 adults occurred, without warning on...

Shooting Rampages

Professor Todd Feinberg   The Big Question: “Shooting Rampages -is it really a mental health issue? And what can we do?”     According to an editorial co-written by Gabrielle Giffords, former Democratic U.S. representative from Arizona, and her husband...

Shooting Rampages

Dr William Hirstein   The Big Question: “Shooting Rampages - is it really a mental health issue? And what can we do?”   One way to approach the issue is to ask, Which is easier to deal with, our proliferation of guns or our mental health issues? There...

Shooting Rampages - what can we do?

The Big Question January 2013 “Shooting Rampages - is it really a mental health issue? And what can we do?” THE BIG QUESTION is a regular activity for our Panel of Experts to weigh in on topics of general interest. Our Panel of Experts will be...