Online Dating in the Decade of Algorithms — Real Communications Between Couples Needed — Sooner the Better.

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    Online Dating

    Interesting discussion in today’s papers on online dating and the digital age. The problem I see is that computerized analytics, which are central to mostl dating sites, can never replace personal communications. Such communications are critical and provide for a reality check on forming new and lasting relationships. The earlier this happens the better. “Love Isn’t a Battlefield Anymore. It’s a Marketplace.” Washington Post (Feb. 10, 2013) and “Modern Love: Quantifying Courtship.” Washington Post (Feb. 10, 2013) (From Slate).

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Couples and Communication — Who are the Happiest and Most Intimate?

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Prescription Medication and ADHD — Better Oversight Needed.

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Depression

The Sunday New York Times (Feb. 2, 2013) printed a lengthy article today about the downside of treating ADHD by medication and the abuse of medication by some patients. The real problem to me, as the article makes clear, is the lack of oversight by doctors prescribing them. This needs to be seriously addressed as a public health problem.

“Drowned in a Stream of Prescriptions.” New York Times (Feb. 3, 2013).

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Success & Schizophrenic — Develop Relationships and Engage in Meaningful Work.

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Mental Health

     The following is a great upbeat discussion of schizophrenic. “Successful & Schizophrenic” in the Sunday New York Times (January 27, 2013). The bottom line is to develop relationships and to engage in meaningful work — in other words, ‘find the wellness within the illness.’

Here’s a particularly interesting quote from this article ……………..

  • An approach that looks for individual strengths, in addition to considering symptoms, could help dispel the pessimism surrounding mental illness. Finding “the wellness within the illness,” as one person with schizophrenia said, should be a therapeutic goal. Doctors should urge their patients to develop relationships and engage in meaningful work. They should encourage patients to find their own repertory of techniques to manage their symptoms and aim for a quality of life as they define it. And they should provide patients with the resources — therapy, medication and support — to make these things happen.

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Better Insurance Coverage for Mental Health Needed, Now.

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Mental Health

In light of the Newtown shootings the issue of insurance coverage of mental health issues is again a hot topic. The 2008 federal law (“Parity Bill” governing firms with more than 50 employees) and President Obama’s “Affordable Care Act” addresses this to some extent but doesn’t solve the problem.

Newer federal and state legislation is needed.

Also needed is a change of attitudes of mental health professionals (to encourage more individuals to seek such care and to provide it at reduced rates) and individuals needing such care to seek it no matter what. “Walking the Tightrope of Mental Health Coverage.” New York Times (December 22, 2012).

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Couples Counseling and Recent Changes, Very Interesting.

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Three new articles recently appeared dealing with technology and child custody, responding to an  affair, and branding for therapists.

 The first discussed how mobile technology (cell phones) can ease the tension between parents in arranging child-related events. The next talked about how preconceived notions of dealing with an affair change over time. The last discussed the professional branding of a therapist as being essential in today’s marketplace.

These articles make for interesting reading. They demonstrate how times are changing in the way couples-counseling takes place and the way issues are dealt with by all concerned.

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Electronic Spying and Divorce Litigation — Many Do It, But Legality is Questionable.

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Do you think that electronic spying on your spouse is appropriate during divorce actions? Many people do but the law takes a dimmer view of such spying. However, these actions are increasingly relied upon in divorce and custody cases throughout the United States.”Spy-Gear Transforms Modern Divorce.” Wall Street Journal (Oct. 6, 2012).

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Facebook and Divorce Litigation — 1/3 of New Filings Cite Facebook.

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Here’s an interesting video concerning Facebook and divorce. Video– Facebook & Divorce (Facebook cited in 1/3 of new divorce proceedings).(CNBC (May 22, 2012).

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“Whiners” and What Therapists Should Do.

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Great article and short video on “whining” and what therapists should do, aggressive therapy and tough love.“For a Nation of Whiners, Therapists Try Tough Love.” and Video —  Wall Street Journal (May 15, 2012).

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