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About 1 in 5 people with alcohol dependence stop drinking without any treatment, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the field guide mental-health professionals use to diagnose illnesses. That means we have to figure out a way to help the 80% who won't get better through willpower. The latest evidence suggests that those who think that spirituality or a pill alone can save them are wrong. The answer almost certainly lies deeper inside ourselves...
...Encouraged by his turnaround, the junior completed an undefeated weekend by pummeling two UAM opponents, yielding just six games through both matches. Despite the dominant performance, Hayes refused to take credit for a drastic change in his game, echoing his coaches’ emphasis on mental preparation.“I think [the key] is focus, nothing miraculous.” Hayes said. “I’m not training differently, it’s just attention to little things.”Indeed, a break from training for finals period had little impact...
...team, we beat some of the toughest teams probably in the country, and we’re feeling pretty strong. We’ve got a couple of weeks left to train, and especially coming off these wins, we’ve got a pretty good mental attitude; we’re ready to go. “I think we have a pretty good shot at taking it all this year.” —Staff writer Madeleine I. Shapiro can be reached at mshapiro@fas.harvard.edu...
...finished 13 minutes later. Something unexpected and awesome had happened to shoulder him out of the picture: a jet gliding to a stop in the middle of the Hudson River, with everyone emerging safely. The departure of President Bush, by contrast, had become part of the world's mental wallpaper some time...
Makrides plans to continue following the 657 premature babies in the study for another seven years, periodically testing their mental function. "Studies suggest that girls and boys who are born prematurely are indeed different in brain development," she says. "They actually don't have equivalent scores until about seven years of age. We will continue to follow these children until they are seven and we will be able to work out whether the effects seen at 18 months persist, and whether they are permanent...