In Defense of Disordered Grief

No, grief has not been given an expiration date

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"What I would simply say is cancer can't wait." --Richard Schlueter, a 56-year-old metastatic cancer patient whose therapy was delayed due to terminations at NIH.

Has anyone taught a course on psychotherapy at a liberal arts college? I'm looking for example syllabi. There are some great resources on ‪@abctnow.bsky.social‬ website, but most seem geared towards grad students. Thanks!

Systems thinking in gender and medicine | Journal of Medical Ethics

Reminds me of this old study on SSRIs and personality. SSRIs, but not placebo, led to +E/-N. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I remember Max! He worked in my colleague's personality lab if I remember correctly, so that makes sense that you two connected!

Thank you! Great to see you too

Hi Stephen! Great to see you on here. Who is the Whitman student!? I hope life is good in Las Vegas!

If you're a therapist, consider treating this massively underserved population. If you know someone with tinnitus distress, share this video. I found it 7 years ago when my wife developed severe tinnitus distress. It helped her habituate within a year. (5/5) www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CM...

But you can treat tinnitus distress like an anxiety disorder, similar to treating the fear-pain cycle in chronic pain. CBT has stronger evidence base than any other tinnitus treatment. Yet it is barely mentioned at the end of the article, w a hyperlink unhelpful to readers. (4/5)

ENTs fail to make distinction between tinnitus (the sound) and tinnitus 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 (your interpretation/emotional response to sound that mostly determines how loud it seems). Distressed patients are left believing their tinnitus is uniquely bad, that "no cure" means intrusiveness can't change (3/5)

The comments are filled with people who have been living with severe tinnitus distress for years. Distress often becomes severe after seeing an ENT and hearing "there is no cure, deal with it." Psychologist Dr. Jennifer Gans calls this "the kiss of death. (2/5)" www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWsX...

NYT article "What can you do about your tinnitus?" relies exclusively on interviews with ENTs ... 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐬 (in the 98%+ of cases with no known cause). As a result, it misses the chance to help people with tinnitus distress (1/5)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...

You'll know him from his pioneering work on disgust avoidance and the least-hinged infomercial for a paper ever*, but did you know he does cognitive behavioural therapy for tinnitus too?! Welcome to Bluesky, @tomarmstrongww.bsky.social!

* See: youtu.be/ozxSla0eNh8

I am totally re-hinged now and studying socially acceptable research topics ... but I guess you can't run from your past. Thanks, EDWIN! btw that pupillometry paper of yours is drawing me back. Maybe we meet halfway at misophonia? *makes chewing sounds*

Also, my wife is nearly 30 cycles into her experimental cancer treatment and doing remarkably well all things considered. So are our kids (working the cameras for a fundraiser)

Hi! I'm late to Bluesky. This is my second try. I'm hoping to find some academic community and stick around this time. Since I was gone, I got licensed as a psychologist (10 years post-PhD!) and became passionate about CBT for tinnitus distress. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CM...