Cognitive Therapy

Teens Sentenced For Beating Homeless Man To Death
News Channel 2000 - DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- In an emotional hearing, a Volusia County judge issued his sentence Monday for the four teens who pleaded guilty to beating a homeless man to death last year. Jeffrey Spurgeon, Justin Sterns, Warren Messner and Chris Scamahorn

Study says incentives, therapy help users kick marijuana habit
Pine Bluff Commercial - LITTLE ROCK - Money _ or at least its equivalent in redeemable vouchers _ and learning better ways to think and approach the world can help some people ditch their marijuana habits, a new study concludes. The study conducted by a University of

Brain imaging can predict effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy
EurekAlert - Whether or not cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) will help a person recover from depression can be predicted through brain imaging, according to research results published by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the April issue of the

Officer's Recovery Called Miraculous
KSDK - (KSDK) - Nothing short of a miracle. That's how therapists classify the recovery of Alton, Illinois, police officer Sam Riney, 28. Four months ago, Riney suffered devastating injuries when his patrol car was crushed by a drunk driver. Riney suffered

Refining ways to turn heavy oil into sweet crude
Scientific American - OIL SANDS contain sulfur that must be removed. Sweetening such crude oil could be achieved more economically with a sulfur-stripping technique from SulphCo, in which an ultrasonic probe generates bubbles that implode in a billionth of a second. The

Scans help fight depression
Health 24 - Brain scans can predict which patients suffering from depression, will benefit from cognitive behavioural therapy, says a new study. Results of the study, by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, appear in the April issue of