Almost half the people in the UK on sickness benefits are suffering from mental health problems. Mental illness benefit claims up The number of people...
My name is Larry Quick. I was actually born with full first, middle and last names, but in high school a buddy of mine nicknamed me Larry - and it stuck. I...
Tom, You make some very good points. In particular, I find it humorous how some people (like me) won't even TRY a process unless there is solid scientific ...
Right on, Joseph - As I've said so often in this group (some folks might say ad nauseam), "Different strokes for different folks". As the retiring head of the...
Mary Curro
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Hi Group, I just joined and received a message saying that I should introduce myself. So just to make it "short and sweet," as they say... I have been in the...
... I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'exchanges'. It sounds sort of like a referral, but I'm not sure that's what you mean. There is a growing...
Craig Eubanks
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... then might you determine if a psychological process/therapy will work FOR YOU - especially if you apply the NLP outcome frame to it. I think the only...
Here are some facts that I've just unearthed for your digestion... 1. In the UK, the NHS base their smoking cessation practice on the guidance drawn up by...
Good Morning Don, ... Can I put in my $0.02 if I promise no death threats? ;-) I see the main problem being that of defining what it is we are talking about...
Don, Mike, Mary, I totally agree with ALL the very good points brought out by each of you. Since I have no position I feel I must defend, let me say that I...
... That's called "moral hazard" in economic circles. How could we eliminate moral hazard? How about a money-back guarantee for lack of (pre-defined) success?...
Hello Mike and all, Being a Professor does not make a person right, in fact it could be a disadvantage as there are more expectations for them to have answers....
... I've heard of studies with much higher success rates for the placebo. ... I'm an advocate of the Tomas Szasz school of psychology/psychiatry. ;-) ... As a...
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I appreciate this is slightly off-topic as it's a story in today's Guardian newspaper about controversial "nutritionist" Gillian McKeith. However, I think it...
Good Morning Dana ... All, I must say, finally a discussion worth waking up for. I wish I had the time to say as much as I'd like but I have only a few...
... Correct me if I'm wrong... Aren't the "diseases" in DSM decided not by scientific research but by vote? In other words - if I'm correct - the DSM is...
Hello Chaps and Chappesses, Here is an interesting article. Although it is short it could be useful to quote now and then. Want to relieve non cardiac chest...
Joseph, I look at hypnosis vs placebo from the opposite angle. Instead of crediting the placebo effect as being the foundation of hypnosis, why not be amazed...
... To expand on this, a major part - if not the entirety - of hypnosis is about BELIEF. By definition, a placebo is something that works on belief, and ...
PLACEBO???? C'mon people, WHAT IF ... The power which others consider to be "the placebo effect," were only a consideration when you take a sugar pill to...
I have to say, I find it suprising that people want to make a sharp distinction between the placebo effect and hypnotic suggestion. Isn't that just crude...
Tom, No doubt about it - the river flows in both directions. The placebo effect is real - use it! Hypnosis is real - use it! Placebo - Hypnosis... Hypnosis -...
Picture smoking warnings 'best' Pictorial health warnings on cigarette packets are more likely to encourage smokers to quit, a study says. The University of...
Young smokers 'risking' blindness _BBC NEWS | Health | Young smokers 'risking' blindness_ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6325333.stm) The British Journal...
Here is a technique I'd like to share. Rooftop Release Technique By Michelle Beaudry (special thanks to Beth Campbell) Ask your client to stand upon the...
... that all is energy, and we humans store old negative emotions in our bodies that can be released back to God [...] First, thanks for posting the script...
I don't remember which List was discussing free press release services so forgive me for duplication. I found OpenPR great. My press release with the title ...