Your two eyes together process about two megabytes of information per second. They accomplish this by transmitting along the approximately one million nerve fibers exiting each eye to the brain. We efficiently process this enormous amount of information by prioritizing certain information for immediate process and ...
Date Posted: December 10, 2012
Categories: Anxiety, Self-Confidence
Written By:
Tony Brown
Codependency and adult attention deficit hyperactivity are special areas of clinical interest for me. Over the past couple of years, I had begun to notice that clients who initially had come for codependency treatment, frequently exhibited symptoms of ADHD. It also seemed that clients in ...
Nov 29
Categories: Adult ADHD, Adult psychological development, Codependency / Dependency
Written By:
Brian Scott
The role of hardship in the association between socio-economic position and depression
The World Health Organization reports “Depression is the leading cause of disability as measured by YLD (Years Lost to Disability)”1 Depression could be described as a general feeling of sadness or ...
Nov 16
Categories: Depression
Written By:
Tony Brown
" I've been I practicing mind-fullness all my life...I can multi-task, multi-think, and multi-stress with the best of them. What I'm not good at is mindfulness."
A few years ago, while studying some brain anatomy material for an upcoming exam, I had an epiphany. It occurred to me ...
Nov 5
Categories: Mindfulness Meditation
Written By:
Tony Brown
“Hate is as injurious to the subject of hate as it is to the object of hate.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This statement made by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has been one of my lifelong favorites. It goes past the typical non-violence quote by concentrating on how violent thoughts ...
Oct 25
Categories: Adult psychological development, Antisocial personality, Child and/or ...
Written By:
Tony Brown
Want a sharper memory and a more agile mind? The solution might be just one click away. In late adulthood, cognitive functioning gradually declines with age- a process most people want to prevent. Emilio Muhd, a senior therapist at The Brain Foundation Singapore, has various solutions to tackle Attention Issues, Mild Memory Loss or ...
Oct 11
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Cognitive Problems Amnesia / Dementia, ...
Written By:
Emilio Muhd
When you hear that someone has been diagnosed with a ‘mental illness’ — what enters your mind?
Is it that the person is perhaps psychotic? Delusional? Dangerous? Would it change your opinion of your babysitter? Your new love interest? Since the ...
Oct 6
Categories: Other
Written By:
Tony Brown
What if we had the ability to predict or even prevent mental illness? A study in the Australian Journal of Psychology1 suggests that we may be able to soon. We estimate that by 2030 depression will be the leading cause of disease burden worldwide2 This is forecasted despite the fact that our ...
Sep 27
Categories: Adult psychological development, Depression
Written By:
Tony Brown
I recently came across an article titled "Expat wives losing hubbies to Asian women a big worry" in which expat wives in Singapore expressed worries on the trend of expat husbands leaving their wives for local women. In today's ...
Sep 20
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Infidelity
Written By:
Brian Scott
I am not a sports enthusiast by any stretch of the imagination. I am too lazy to play and too impatient to watch. There are, however, a few exceptions. Take for example the Tour de France. I watch is as a kind of inspiration because I keep threatening to take up bicycling as an exercise hobby. ...
Sep 12
Categories: Multicultural Concerns
Written By:
Tony Brown
I remember a science fiction show from television that featured a character which was said to have been an empath. For all I knew, the writers might have invented the word, but I thought it was an intriguing concept. The idea was that the empath, upon encountering someone who had suffered great ...
Sep 5
Categories: Empathy
Written By:
Tony Brown
Have you ever wondered how Einstein, before the age of quantum computers and super conducting super colliders was able to come up with his theories of Relativity? Simple, he used what he called "thought experiments." Take for example, the one he conducted at sixteen years of age, ...
Aug 28
Categories: Other
Written By:
Tony Brown
I think I am on firm ground when I say that music permeates our daily lives. On any subway you can find more than a few people sitting with their earphones, heads bobbing to music. Equally anxious to escape into another world, earphoned joggers can often be seen on big-city sidewalks dodging ...
Aug 21
Categories: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD, ...
Written By:
Tony Brown
When life tries to slap us down, we instinctively turn to others for support particularly our intimate partners. Although this tendency to seek emotional support from loved ones to heal our wounds has long been recognized, it is only in the past couple of decades that substantial scientific ...
Aug 13
Categories: Codependency / Dependency, Couple Counseling, Post Traumatic Stress ...
Written By:
Brian Scott
Derek Bok, lawyer, professor and former president of Harvard University once said, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” I have to wonder if Mr. Bok had ever heard of Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil in Switzerland. At over $100,000 US per year for tuition, ...
Aug 10
Categories: Academic Issues, Child and/or Adolescent Issues
Written By:
Tony Brown
For years there has been a controversy surrounding the question of a causal link between exposure to violent media and aggressive behavior. At least as far back as 1986 when the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was released, the public has been divided over whether not such media has a ...
Jul 28
Categories: Aggression & Violence, Child and/or Adolescent Issues
Written By:
Tony Brown
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