Stressed to the Limit: Blending Psychosocial Support with Critical Care
Healthcare professionals are increasingly adopting a biopsychosocial perspective, integrating psychology into practices at hospitals and critical care centers. Cindy Lauren's diagnosis of stage III lobular breast cancer stretched the limits of her a...
Stressed to the Limit: Just Say No...to Smoking?!!
People often rate their attempts to stop smoking as even more difficult than giving up alcohol or other drugs. The fact that tobacco is widely advertised, cigarettes are easy to obtain, and toxic effects are slow to develop may add to the problem. F...
The Becoming Years: Adolescent Risk Taking
Research on adolescent risk taking has yielded some interesting findings. First adolescents who do not take risks are less likely to have favorable long-term outcomes than those who occasionally take moderate risks. This tendency to take chances app...