Overtree's Abnormal Psych

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/education/edlife/a-university-recognizes-a-third-gender-neutral.html?_r=1&referrer=

A University Recognizes a Third Gender: Neutral Rocko Gieselman goes by the pronoun “they.” Acknowledging the next step in identity politics, the University of Vermont has agreed to use it.

CORRECTION: Training in WISC-V and Q-Interactive http://conta.cc/1yssHXe

CORRECTION: Training in WISC-V and Q-Interactive Please join us for a training on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children®-Fifth Edition, presented by Peter Entwhistle, Ph.D.  Dr. Entwhistle is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and an expert in the Wechsler test series. The training will be at UMass Amherst (location TBD) on Friday March 13th.  Re…

Training in WISC-IV and Q-Interactive http://conta.cc/1DKwXG9

Training in WISC-V and Q-Interactive Please join us for a training on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children®-Fifth Edition, presented by Peter Entwhistle, Ph.D.  Dr. Entwhistle is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and an expert in the Wechsler test series. The training will be at UMass Amherst (location TBD) on Friday March 13th.  Re…

Opportunity for parents with hyperactive young children http://conta.cc/ZgjPHg

Opportunity for parents with hyperactive young children I would like to alert you about a research opportunity and parent training program free of charge taking place at UMass Amherst. This study will be exploring how hyperactive young children's brains process emotion.  We are looking for children aged 4 to 7 who have difficulties with hyperactivity to…

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports for Schools http://conta.cc/1kv0ZlP

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports for Schools

In advance of our upcoming lecture on personality disorders, you might enjoy reading this.

Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Struggle Marsha M. Linehan works with seriously suicidal people, having faced the same struggles when she was younger.

We will discuss hoarding soon, but here is an article I was interviewed for that discusses hoarding and its artistic and natural aspects.

Is It Normal to Hoard? - Issue 10: Mergers & Acquisitions - Nautilus Animals like to hoard. Christopher E. Overtree, director of the Psychological Services Center at the University of Massachusetts,…

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports for Schools http://conta.cc/12wlGs4

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports for Schools

Here is the TED talk on stokes we discussed in class

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU

How it feels to have a stroke http://www.ted.com Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massiv...

Genetic relationship between psychiatric diseases.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/health/study-finds-genetic-risk-factors-shared-by-5-psychiatric-disorders.html?_r=1&

Study Finds Genetic Risk Factors Shared by 5 Psychiatric Disorders A large genetic study has identified common glitches involved in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, major depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

How education can fail boys...

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/the-boys-at-the-back/

The Boys at the Back Boys are being left behind in educational advancement. We need to address the reasons.