In a new article, (Sirota, Round, Samaranayaka, and Kostopoulou, 2017), we find that prescribing (or perhaps overprescribing) of antibiotics can be affected by a patient, or parent’s, expectations for an antibiotic, has an impact on the willingness of a PCP to write a prescription for them. The study is one more way that we see […]
Many popular articles have recently been written about staying present and being mindful. Some folks describe it as focusing your attention on the sensory experiences in the moment–like hearing the wind blow or feeling the temperature on your skin. But mindfulness can be more than simply distracting your attention. The Metacognitive Therapy folks in England […]
