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Hedda Bolgar dies at 103; renowned psychoanalyst
Hedda Bolgar, a psychologist old enough to have attended Sigmund Freud's lectures in Vienna but youthful enough to have treated patients until just a few weeks ago, has died. She was 103. Her mind was sharp, her zest for work keen, and her social...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Medical Specialization, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Health and Medical Professionals
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Steve Lopez: She worked past age 100, inspired many more
In 40 years of interviews as a journalist, I've never met anyone quite like Hedda Bolgar. The pioneering psychoanalyst, who attended lectures by Sigmund Freud as a young woman and fled Vienna for the United States when the Third Reich entered Austria,...
Tags: Psychologists, Psychology, Sigmund Freud, Robert J. Lopez, Health and Medical Professionals
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Cannes 2013: Chile's onetime cult king still the wizard of weird
CANNES, France — The Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky has made only seven features in his nearly half-century career, but his legendary midnight movie "El Topo," a wigged-out peyote western that played to New York audiences for months in 1970,...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, Star Wars (movie), Skype, Literature
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9th Circuit hears arguments on therapy aimed at converting gays
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court Wednesday grappled with whether a California ban on therapy to change a minor’s sexual orientation amounted to a restriction on free speech or mere regulation of a medical treatment. During a hearing in San...
Tags: Culture, Ronald Reagan, Judges, Human Interest, Justice System
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Anger issue: When phone goes from mobile to aerial
On a recent evening outside a San Fernando Valley movie theater, a young man startled passersby when he hurled his cellphone onto the sidewalk. As he sheepishly picked up the pieces, he apologized and said he was having a bad day. It turns out he's...
Tags: Netflix Inc., Psychologists, Culture, Arts and Culture, Health and Medical Professionals
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Promising new treatment for cocaine addiction adds stimulant drugs
Cocaine dependence is a devilishly difficult addiction to break, owing to the drug's unique chemical ability both to reward users and to disrupt their impulse-control mechanisms. But a surprising drug combination may offer an equally clever way to...
Tags: Placebo, Behavioral Conditions, Drugs and Medicines, Topamax (drug), Substance Abuse
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Evelyn Freeman dies at 96; therapist was pioneer in aging issues
Evelyn Freeman, a pioneer in the field of aging who in the twilight of her life helped people cope with the challenges of getting older, has died. She was 96. Freeman, who was the longtime director of the senior counseling program at what was then called...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Psychologists, Psychology, Multiple Sclerosis, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Powerball -- one more way to lose my money
Good news for gamblers who like ridiculous odds: Powerball, the multistate lottery that just produced a $587.5-million jackpot (that Californians couldn’t get in on in the state), is coming to California in April. Powerball joins two other games...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Powerball Lottery, Games, Barack Obama, Lifestyle and Leisure
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California ban on gay conversion therapy put on hold
L.A. NOWA new state law intended to prevent therapists from trying to change a minor's sexual orientation was put on hold Friday by a federal appeals court panel. The law would subject psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals to... -
For depression, phone therapy helps. But for how long?
We pay our bills by phone. We order our groceries by phone. Some of us even have sex by phone. A new study suggests that, for the depressed, getting psychotherapy by phone might make sense too. The study, published in the Journal of the American...
Tags: Psychologists, Culture, Arts and Culture, Health, Depression
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Dr. Thomas Szasz dies at 92; psychiatrist who attacked profession
Dr. Thomas Szasz, the New York psychiatrist whose Don Quixote-like attacks on the psychiatric profession in the 1960s and 1970s led him to a position of prominence and influence before his radical ideas fell into disrepute and he faded into obscurity, has...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Behavioral Conditions, Lithium (drug), Health and Medical Professionals, Mental Illness
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State Senate OKs bill banning 'conversion therapy' for gay youths
PolitiCalSenate votes to ban conversion therapy for gay minors...
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