Guest blog: A Missed Opportunity for Paleontologists

[From time to time on The Integrative Paleontologists, we will invite guest bloggers to share alternate viewpoints about current topics. Today’s guest post is by Matthew Brown, who previously posted about the impact of new regulations on fossil collection from federal lands.] ———– … Continue reading »

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What the pot and pain pill overdose study teaches us about ecological fallacies

I am delighted to offer Mind the Brain readers a guest blog written by Keith Humphreys, Ph.D., John Finney, Ph.D., Alex Sox-Harris, Ph.D., and Daniel Kivlahan, Ph.D. Drs. Humphreys, Sox-Harris, and Finney are at the Palo Alto VA and Stanford … Continue reading »

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Repost: Claire Underwood From Netflix’s House of Cards: Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

Last month, Netflix released Season 3 of House of Cards. In light of this, I am reposting a blog I wrote about the second season of the series last year: “Claire Underwood From Netflix’s House of Cards: Narcissistic Personality Disorder?”   … Continue reading »

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Repost: Francis “Frank” J. Underwood From Netflix’s House of Cards: A Textbook Case of Antisocial Personality Disorder

Last week, Netflix released Season 3 of House of Cards. In light of this, I am reposting a blog I wrote about the second season of the series last year: “Frank” J. Underwood From Netflix’s House of Cards: A Textbook Case … Continue reading »

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The Top Eleven Ways to Tell that a Journal is Fake

I am delighted to offer Mind the Brain readers a guest blog written by my colleague, Eve Carlson, Ph.D.  Eve Carlson is a clinical psychologist and researcher with the National Center for PTSD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,

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Repost: The Latest and Greatest in Treatment for PTSD: Magic Bullets and Cutting Edge Innovation

June is PTSD awareness month.  In light of this, I am reposting a blog I wrote about “The Latest and Greatest in Treatment for PTSD.”  If you are interested in knowing more about PTSD please check out the NCPTSD website

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The Vital Importance of Integrating Primary Care and Mental Health Care: How the VA Does It

For the better part of the last two decades I have practiced psychiatry in a variety of different American healthcare systems, and over these years I have, on numerous occasions, heard psychiatric services referred to in manner that imply (often …

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Using “Nashville” to Demonstrate The Truth about Flashbacks

I think it would be fair to say that most mental health professionals groan when watching how mental illness is represented on T.V shows. Too often popular culture portrays the lives of individuals living with mental illness (or the symptoms …

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