Psychology Takeaway Podcast

Social Anxiety

Ralph admits to a degree of social anxiety. He and Jim discuss the  impact of this problem on one’s social functioning

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An estimated 7.1% of U.S. adults had social anxiety disorder in the past year. That is close to 30 million !!! Past year prevalence of social anxiety disorder among adults was higher for females (8.0%) than for males (6.1%). Here are some helpful videos

Social anxiety You Tube video:

https://youtu.be/QLjPrNe63kk?feature=shared

How to fix social anxiety:

https://youtu.be/QJuSm4R8N4E?feature=shared

 

               ontinuing Education for Health Providers

                                                Implicit Bias Training

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

 

Psychology 2050

Psychology 2050

It’s hard to predict the future of anything, much less something as large and unwieldy but Jim and Ralph give it a try. They spot 7 or 8 trends that seem set to define new directions for psychology in the next 26 years.

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Here is a You Tube video that looks at some aspects of the future of psychology:

https://youtu.be/fzFn0gZEPEc?feature=shared

 

Continuing Education for Health Providers

Implicit Bias Training

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

 

Glia cells in the brain and body: Move Over Neuron, there is a new cell in town!!!

This week Ralph and Jim have two guests – Mia Dante and Kristin Cooper - neuropsychology students from Central Michigan University. They help us to understand the function of these cells that for 100 years have just been thought of as “glue’ to hold neurons in place.

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From Science Friday:

https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/glial-cells-important-as-neurons/

Pictures of Glia cells:

https://www.shutterstock.com/search/glia

 

Continuing Education for Health Providers

Implicit Bias Training

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer

 

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Ralph and Jim are expanding into YouTube

 

Learn More:

Here is our first video:

https://editor.flixier.com/home/exports/89c1c2e7-52e3-4df6-9dd8-9df9f4b37fa9

Continuing Education for Health Providers

Implicit Bias Training

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer

Generous

Ralph takes a ‘generosity’ test. He scores in a similar manner to most people who have taken the test. The results suggest that he is generous, but not at his own expense. Note too, the self-serving aspects of some scenarios.

Jim and Ralph discuss various factors related to generosity.

 

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This podcast was based on “Infectious Generosity” by TED leader Chris Anderson. On pages 200 – 203 he presents a Long-view Philanthropy plan for curing many of the world’s greatest challenges over the next ten years. The book is a good read and it is available on Amazon.

 Continuing Education for Health Providers

Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons, is modern-day slavery It is a crime that involves the unwilling exploitation of people for labor or sex.

 

Ralph and Jim have created a continuing education course which addresses the four guidelines for professional listening health and mental health care providers, namely:

1. 
   Understanding the types and venues of human trafficking in the United States.
2. Identifying victims of human trafficking in health care settings.
3. Identifying the warning signs of human trafficking in health care settings for adults and minors.
4. Resources for reporting the suspected victims of human trafficking.

The course features
Five E books 5 PDF's
Seven Videos
Five audio discussions
Hundreds of pages of written material

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer!!!

 

Memory – Hypernesia

Jim and Ralph are joined by memory expert Hajami Otani to look at this strange and fascinating aspect of human memory.

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How does memory work?

https://youtu.be/4tfh7vs0MIc?feature=shared

 Continuing Education for Health Providers

Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons, is modern-day slavery It is a crime that involves the unwilling exploitation of people for labor or sex.

 

Ralph and Jim have created a continuing education course which addresses the four guidelines for professional listening health and mental health care providers, namely:

1. 
   Understanding the types and venues of human trafficking in the United States.
2. Identifying victims of human trafficking in health care settings.
3. Identifying the warning signs of human trafficking in health care settings for adults and minors.
4. Resources for reporting the suspected victims of human trafficking.

The course features
Five E books 5 PDF's
Seven Videos
Five audio discussions
Hundreds of pages of written material

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer!!!

 

Is Happiness a Moral Obligation?

n this podcast Ralph makes the case for the importance of happiness. But what is happiness. Martin Seligman would say that it is enjoyment, involvement or flow and meaning. As you listen, think about the things in your world, whether that is your job, family or social network that creates happiness for you.

 

 

 

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This article in Psychology Today investigates the various dimensions of happiness: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/happiness

 

In this Ted Talk Canadian, Tia Graham, tells how she and her family healed from the trauma of divorce and she shares “the simple secret of being happier: https://youtu.be/gYeHV_nA36c?feature=shared

 

          Continuing Education                    for Health Providers

Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons, is modern-day slavery It is a crime that involves the unwilling exploitation of people for labor or sex.

 

Ralph and Jim have created a continuing education course which addresses the four guidelines for professional listening health and mental health care providers, namely:

1. 
   Understanding the types and venues of human trafficking in the United States.
2. Identifying victims of human trafficking in health care settings.
3. Identifying the warning signs of human trafficking in health care settings for adults and minors.
4. Resources for reporting the suspected victims of human trafficking.

The course features
Five E books 5 PDF's
Seven Videos
Five audio discussions
Hundreds of pages of written material

 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer!!!

 

 

 

 

Therapeutic Psychedelic’s Part Two

One of the most difficult categories of emotional disturbance to successfully treat. It ranks right up there with major depression and PTSD. Recent research findings disused by Jim and Ralph give hope for sufferers’.

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Cameron’s Ted Talk stresses ”being yourself”; https://youtu.be/KM4Xe6Dlp0Y?si=ZJTh0C4GfFsSi-pl

For more on The Hero’s Journey, watch: https://youtu.be/d1Zxt28ff-E?si=dcqBG_qcc7BRq4Xr

You Tube Ted Talks Eating Disorders with Dr. Hill: https://youtu.be/UEysOExcwrE?si=7m0RhTBvEQeobe1T

Continuing Education for Health Providers

Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons, is modern-day slavery It is a crime that involves the unwilling exploitation of people for labor or sex.

 

Ralph and Jim have created a continuing education course which addresses the four guidelines for professional listening health and mental health care providers, namely:

1. Understanding the types and venues of human trafficking in the United States.
2. Identifying victims of human trafficking in health care settings.
3. Identifying the warning signs of human trafficking in health care settings for adults and minors.
4. Resources for reporting the suspected victims of human trafficking.

The course features
Five E books 5 PDF's
Seven Videos
Five audio discussions
Hundreds of pages of written material

 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer!!!

 

 

New treatments for anxiety, depression and PTSD – first in a series

 

New treatments for anxiety, depression and PTSD – first in a series

Jim and Ralph look at the ground swell of data emerging on the benefits of psychedelics for mental health treatment. In the sixties we were told that drugs like LSD or “magic mushrooms” would lead to nightmarish hallucination with recurring flash backs. The War on Drugs certainly put research on hold. But 50 years later psychedelics are getting looked at anew.

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Therapeutic Uses of Psychedelic doses

https://youtu.be/abr6CqbNdM4?si=0dd0hhFtoJbPZj6e

How Psychedelics Change the Brain

https://youtu.be/pKR-jvGlkNg?si=In4O8-SQ3I2TFN-Q

Why Dr. Andrew Huberman Changed His Mind About Psychedelics | The Tim Ferriss Show

https://youtu.be/KkIXevEsupQ?si=oOcNJcDLI_IRxyL-

 

Announcing

Continuing Education opportunities for health care professional: Record Keeping

Topics include:

Legal and Ethical Obligations in Record Keeping

Documentation Standards

Avoiding Bias in Record Keeping

Responding to Subpoenas and Legal Requests 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

 

 

 

 

Psychological Benefits of Outdoor Play

Well, now that winter seems to past over the middle part of our state people are emerging from hibernation.

Children who have been glued to their electronic devices for the last 6 months running, jumping and kicking balls.

Ralph is on assignment this week, but SPECIAL GUEST, Sheila Carroll, discusses the behavioral, emotional and cognitive effects of getting out the house and interacting with each other in the great out-of-doors.

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Why children need to play in nature: https://youtu.be/Os0fJhHHHiA?feature=shared

Watch this Ted talk if you are interested in the well-being of young children: https://youtu.be/Dhas9OEc1Lk?feature=shared

 

Quotes from Last Child in the Woods: https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3210060-last-child-in-the-woods-saving-our-children-from-nature-deficit-disorde