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Permissive parenting means trouble for college students
Permissive or indulgent parents provide emotional support, but have few behavioral expectations for kids. They are more like friends...
Dr. Shane Owens
Aug 1, 20162 min read
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Get on the plane
If you have watched the news this morning, you know that an Airbus 320 flying to Cairo from Paris crashed last night.
Dr. Shane Owens
May 19, 20162 min read
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Mental health and the college-bound kid
‘tis the season to prepare for campus life. For many, the move will go smoothly. For others, it might mean coping with an existing or...
Dr. Shane Owens
May 10, 20162 min read
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Be a man. Ask.
At a recent dinner with a friend, my wife and his girlfriend, we started talking about the circumstances under which he would kill...
Dr. Shane Owens
Nov 5, 20152 min read
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The myth of the college mental health crisis
Many believe that college students are facing a mental health crisis. Each year, college counseling centers are flooded with students...
Dr. Shane Owens
Nov 2, 20151 min read
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College is supposed to be uncomfortable
I don’t know of many who will say it in this age of treating everyone as a consumer, but there is one fundamental truth for all new...
Dr. Shane Owens
Aug 26, 20152 min read
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What is cognitive-behavior therapy?
Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) focuses on changing the way people think and behave to improve their mental and behavioral health. ...
Dr. Shane Owens
Jan 24, 20152 min read
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Which is more deadly: Ebola or panic?
The following dialogue was recounted to me by a physician on the front lines of the Ebola "crisis": Person: What if Ebola becomes...
Dr. Shane Owens
Oct 25, 20144 min read
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Hope in the wake of a public suicide
I was thinking yesterday on my way between offices (sometime around 4:00 PM Eastern Time) about some recent research by Dr. Matthew Nock...
Dr. Shane Owens
Aug 12, 20142 min read
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