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When Dummies Get Together

Monday, November 9th, 2009
To our regular blog readers: Forgive us for indulging in some stray musings today. We're hanging out in the San Francisco airport waiting for our flight back home to New Mexico, reflecting on the unique conference that ...

Taking a deeper look at impulsivity

Sunday, July 12th, 2009
Our last blog discussed impulse control disorders such as Tricotillomania and Kleptomania. We wrote a bit about how they can be compared and contrasted to compulsive disorders such as OCD. Both impulsions and compulsions can ...

Uncontrollable Behaviors: Are they all OCD?

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Many people exhibit various types of problems that occur repetitively, cause harm to the person, and seem virtually uncontrollable. Sometimes we're asked if these problems are examples of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Although these other ...

Dogs, Fireworks, Fear and the 4th of July

Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Happy 4th of July. Tonight, we'll sit outside and watch the fireworks from our backyard. Our dogs will likely be close by; not terribly frightened, but a bit upset by the explosions. We'll keep an ...

A Recent Interview of Us by David DiSalvo

Friday, June 26th, 2009
We thought you might find a recent interview conducted by David DiSalvo of interest. We have broken it into two parts for easy reading. We'll publish Part II next week. Also, sorry we haven't blogged ...

Handling Emotional Baggage

Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Today we spent the afternoon in Split, Croatia. Our moods were positive and we enjoyed lunch at a quaint local restaurant. The last few days presented a much greater challenge to our moods. In a ...
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