Therapy and behavior therapy for OCD compared
A reader urges highlighting behavior therapy as effective for obsessive compulsive disorder, arguing it can rival medication and reduce relapse. The letter notes 15 years of research showing about 75 percent improve with therapy alone, and suggests contacting the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy for therapists.
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Association For the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
W. 36Th Street
New York
N.Y
Dianne L. Chambless
The
American University
Layton McCurdy
M.D
Tsongas challenges cancer stigma in Boston
Tsongas confronts the taboo of cancer with a public acceptance message in Boston. The piece notes how generations ago the word was whispered, families hid diagnoses, and obituaries avoided explicit terms. It contrasts past silence with a modern push toward openness and awareness.
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Boston
Tsongas cancer survivor runs for president in historic bid
Paul Tsongas, Massachusetts senator and cancer survivor, announced his presidential bid. He has battled cancer since 1983 and underwent a bone marrow transplant in 1986. Analysts note public attitudes toward disease, insurance, and promotion may affect voters as he frames his campaign around survivorship and a changed reality in oncology.
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Webster’s
Paul Tsongas
White House
Sen. Tsongas
Samuel Broder
National Cancer Institute
Tsongas
Tak Takvorian
May 7 1945 ends war as Germany surrenders
History notes multiple May 7 events including Germany's unconditional surrender at Eisenhower's Rheims headquarters ending the European theater, the first inauguration ball for Washington and his wife in 1789, births of Brahms and Tchaikovsky, Salieri's death, Brahms' birth, the AMA founding, Lusitania sinking in 1915, and Telstar II launch in 1963.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rheims
France
New York
George Washington
Robert Browning
London
Antonio Salieri
Vienna
Austria
Johannes Brahms
Hamburg
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ural
Russia
American Medical Assn
Philadelphia
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Lawrence
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Lawrence, KS
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