Matthew Cohen, MSW Archive
The Egyptian Supreme Court has dissolved the Islamist dominated Parliament, a move that brings to light the courts opposition to the revolution that spread to fame via social networks. “Egypt just witnessed the smoothest military coup,” Hossam Bahgat, director of the Egyptian Initiative …
The military might finally be getting some preemptive training that could lessen the risk for post-combat related disorders. A group incorporating mindfulness techniques such as breathing techniques, focused attention and regulating symptoms. In addition to stress inoculation training, crisis intervention …
Could humans be hardwired to be resistant to learn what goes against their ideas of the world? Scientists believe that it might be yes. Andrew Shtulman discusses how our concept of learning can actually go against our natural assumptions of …
Could the White House be ending the war on drugs? Top advisers recently came out with a statement about how addiction is not about crime, but about a biological condition. This could be the first major step to alter how …
Mitt Romney stated that under his insurance plan should he become elected he would allow those with preexisting conditions to have health insurance….granted that they already have insurance. <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/06/12/498156/romney-confirms-he-will-deny-insurance-to-millions-with-pre-existing-conditions-if-obamacare-is-struck-down/" title="Denied healthcare for those with healthcare needs">Anyone who has gone …
In any helping profession you often hear the frustration of the clinician wondering why time after time their client continues to disregard advice after they are asked. Most chalk it up to the idea that most people do not want …
In opposition to the reign of Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands of people have joined in protest over the latest election results. In retaliation, the Russian government has raised the penalties of being anywhere associated with these protests. This punishment …
Scientists are consistently finding that the old debate between the nature and nurture lay somewhere in the middle. “A new series of “nature-nurture” maps produced by the team revealed that some areas are “environmental hotspots” for particular traits, but in other …
The popularity of mindfulness continue to grow in the US. This is mainly as a byproduct of the rise of Buddhism in America concurrently. There is concern that mindfulness is simply a way to commodify Buddhism charging for its benefits. Being …
I think I have watched the video of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s I have a dream speech 100 times since I put it on our about us page. Still gives me the chills listening to him. Dr. King, in my …
