Overtree's Abnormal Psych

02/04/2015

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/education/edlife/a-university-recognizes-a-third-gender-neutral.html?_r=1&referrer=

Rocko Gieselman goes by the pronoun “they.” Acknowledging the next step in identity politics, the University of Vermont has agreed to use it.

01/16/2015

CORRECTION: Training in WISC-V and Q-Interactive http://conta.cc/1yssHXe

Please join us for a training on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children®-Fifth Edition, presented by Peter Entwhistle, Ph.D.  Dr. Entwhistle is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and an expert in the Wechsler test series. The training will be at UMass Amherst (location TBD) on Friday March 13th.  Re…

01/16/2015

Training in WISC-IV and Q-Interactive http://conta.cc/1DKwXG9

Please join us for a training on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children®-Fifth Edition, presented by Peter Entwhistle, Ph.D.  Dr. Entwhistle is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and an expert in the Wechsler test series. The training will be at UMass Amherst (location TBD) on Friday March 13th.  Re…

09/10/2014

Opportunity for parents with hyperactive young children http://conta.cc/ZgjPHg

I would like to alert you about a research opportunity and parent training program free of charge taking place at UMass Amherst. This study will be exploring how hyperactive young children's brains process emotion.  We are looking for children aged 4 to 7 who have difficulties with hyperactivity to…

05/05/2014

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports for Schools http://conta.cc/1kv0ZlP

04/11/2014

In advance of our upcoming lecture on personality disorders, you might enjoy reading this.

Marsha M. Linehan works with seriously suicidal people, having faced the same struggles when she was younger.

02/20/2014

We will discuss hoarding soon, but here is an article I was interviewed for that discusses hoarding and its artistic and natural aspects.

Animals like to hoard. Christopher E. Overtree, director of the Psychological Services Center at the University of Massachusetts,…

06/07/2013

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports for Schools http://conta.cc/12wlGs4

03/06/2013

Here is the TED talk on stokes we discussed in class

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU

http://www.ted.com Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massiv...

03/03/2013

Genetic relationship between psychiatric diseases.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/health/study-finds-genetic-risk-factors-shared-by-5-psychiatric-disorders.html?_r=1&

A large genetic study has identified common glitches involved in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, major depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

03/01/2013

How education can fail boys...

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/the-boys-at-the-back/

Boys are being left behind in educational advancement. We need to address the reasons.