African-American women’s beliefs about depression and depression care are consistently and systematically influenced by racism, according to a new study conducted at Oregon Health & Science University. The results are published online in the American Journal of Public Health. Study participants were asked about their experiences and beliefs surrounding the relationship between violence and health…
The popular belief in the United States is that the baby, let alone the fetus, is exempt from thought and the capacity to record enduring experiences. Nothing could be further from the truth. This overlooked chapter of early growth is the building blocks to the capacities for focused thinking and for empathy–or the lack of…
I often find folks “pissed off” at life, parents, and everyone. who come to my office. They cannot find the cause. One person hated her mother. When we did the therapy we found that her mother tried to abort her but botched up the abortion. We discovered that she acquired this hatred because she saw…