And So It Goes…

Dr. Carlat at it again. Here’s his take on Continuing Medical Education. It’s been said many times, but this is so to the point:
As I described last year in thei New York Times op-ed, much of the continuing medical education (CME) industry in the United States is a legalized money laundering operation. Rather than paying [...]

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11 Definitions of Mindfulness

Mindfulness definitely has exciting applications for use in psychotherapy. Depending on how you conceptualize it, there are certain commonalities between states induced and fostered by both mindfulness and psychotherapy. But what is mindfulness? Here are eleven definitions of mindfulness, mostly from cognitive psychologists, but also from a few Buddhist meditators. (If you’re interested in the [...]

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Google = Stupid? Not So Fast

An astute post at Mind Hacks about the cover story of Atlantic magazine, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”. The main point — there is no evidence, no data, no study that supports the idea that internet use lessens attention spans, as the Atlantic article suggests. Mind Hacks writer Vaughn rightly points out:
While the Atlantic article [...]

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