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04 Dec 09

Maternal Flu Linked To Schizophrenia, Autism In Child

"Maternal immune activation alters fetal brain development through interleukin-6"

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03 Dec 09

Teaching of Psychology: An OTRP Resource / FrontPage

Growing collection of instructor-contributed resources for teaching psychology.

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Do things get crazy when the moon is full?

Clear, concise description of why data that appear to support this belief really don't (other explanations, bad use of statistics) and why it's hard for people to shake this belief (vivid cases, confirmation bias, illusory correlations also contribute). Also a good example of applying critical thinking to a widely-held belief.

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01 Dec 09

‘Mystery Shoppers’ Check Out Conditions in a Psychiatric Ward - NYTimes.com

"Posing as patients, three undercover observers got themselves admitted as patients to a locked psychiatric ward to investigate conditions on the inside."

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  • Posing as patients, three undercover observers got themselves admitted as patients to a locked psychiatric ward to investigate conditions on the inside.
29 Nov 09

Brain Power - New Techniques in Brain Surgery Mix Hope With Risk - Series - NYTimes.com

New surgical techniques help some with intractable psychological disorders - and fail to help others. Side effects, such as loss of motivation and self-control, are appearing in some patients.

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Lifetime Prevalence and Age-of-Onset Distributions of DSM-IV Disorders

Over a lifetime, around half the US population can expect to suffer from a diagnosable psychological disorder.

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Early Treatment of Mental Disorders - YouTube

Shows historical treatments of mental disorders. Not easy to watch. 5 min.

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PsychotherapyNet's Channel - YouTube

Many short video clips showing examples of different types of psychotherapy. This is a soft advertisement for full-length training videos that they sell on their site, but the clips have good illustrations.

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Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy with Jim Bugental Video - YouTube

clip has several good examples of active listening, where therapist reflects back what client has said

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Intensive Exposure Therapy YouTube -

Video showing exposure therapy for a person with agoraphobia - very effective protrayal ~6 min

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FRONTLINE: the released | PBS

Case studies of male prisoners with severe disorders and how they fare after being released from prison, with minimal societal support. Video clips show interviews with these men.

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Cho Seung-Hui More Videos, Photos, Victims, Family Statement

Virginia Polytechinic mass killer (2007) - video clips made by Cho before the murders (2+ min)

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