Showing results for "The Scientific Life" in Psychology & Mental Health

In 1979, Dr. Alphonsus Obayuwana was awarded a national research grant and Smith-Kline Medical Perspective Fellowship to develop an instrument for measuring human hope, with the purpose of detecting hopelessness early enough in troubled human individuals so assistance could be offered in time to prevent suicide. The Hope Index Scale (HIS) that resulted from this grant became very popular with Fortune 500 companies and other institutions both in the US and in other countries. This led to the foundation of decades of research that ultimately resulted in this cutting-edge book.

Meet Dr. Eugene Lipov. His research and partnerships have led to an amazing discovery that all trauma has at its root a single piece of human hardware: the stellate ganglion. The symptoms of post-traumatic stress are the same for all of us, whether from childhood poverty or abandonment, the ravages of war, or the brutality of sexual assault. Dr. Lipov's pioneering procedure appears to treat injury to the stellate ganglion, relieving even the worst symptoms of PTSD—irritability, hypervigilance, insomnia, and more—in a fifteen-minute treatment.

Se você tivesse que tomar uma única decisão para aumentar suas chances de viver com mais saúde e felicidade, qual seria? Qual decisão seria capaz de garantir que, em seus últimos dias, você pudesse olhar para trás e dizer que teve uma boa vida? Baseado no Estudo de Harvard sobre o Desenvolvimento Adulto, o mais longo já realizado sobre a felicidade, este audiolivro revela que são os nossos relacionamentos que mais nos trazem realização, saúde e felicidade.

This program features an introduction and conclusion read by the author. Blending cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling, The Breakthrough Years offers readers a paradigm-shifting comprehensive understanding of adolescence. “Just wait until they’re a teenager!” Many parents of...