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Underdog Psychology

Friday, October 17, 2008

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Underdog Psychology

David Brooks as psychologist? He wrote a great opinion piece for the New York Times today1 on the psychology of Barack Obama. Brooks is certainly conservative but he is always level-headed and critical - that’s why I like his editorials. I suppose in his logical, dispassionate analytics he finds Obama a kindred spirit. Of course, [...]

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Psychiatric Drugs Help Skinny People

Friday, June 13, 2008

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Psychiatric Drugs Help Skinny People

From the New Scientist, “Yet one culprit is rarely mentioned: the broad range of psychiatric drugs that can cause substantial weight gain. They include drugs marketed as antidepressants (such as amitriptyline, doxepin and imipramine), mood stabilisers (including lithium and valproate) and antipsychotics (including clozapine, olanzapine and chlorpromazine). After 10 years on lithium, for example, two-thirds [...]

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Pentagon Behind TV Analysts

Saturday, April 26, 2008

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To the public, these men are members of a familiar fraternity, presented tens of thousands of times on television and radio as “military analysts” whose long service has equipped them to give authoritative and unfettered judgments about the most pressing issues of the post-Sept. 11 world. Hidden behind that appearance of objectivity, though, is a Pentagon [...]

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