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Psychology Today Magazine
May 2005
How you see yourself depends on your awareness of how others view you.
What you believe about your illness influences how sick you become.
Can faith-based counseling heal the mind as well as the soul?
There's a valid excuse for wedding mania.
What others think of you depends on how you see yourself. Take the quiz.
How do you say charisma in Chinese?
California's wealthiest citizens will help fund care for the state's mentally ill.
A neighborhood plastic surgeon talks about rhinoplasty and art.
Facts and tips on coffee, kissing and more.
Campuses are shipping depressed students home.
A practical guide to body language and seduction.
Long ago, love was a silly reason for a match.
How motherhood makes women smarter.
Tools to sustain marital bliss.
Test-takers: Your gut response isn't always right.
Never take love advice from a married friend.
The urge to understand events may reduce the joy we take in them.
Tidbits on teen contraception, juvenile diabetes and more.
Suburban kids are more likely to drink and use drugs.
When joking falls flat in e-mails.
Diabetes and Alzheimer's may be related.
Grandchildren of divorced couples get shortchanged.
We often fail to detect concealed anger in close pals.
Why is hubby so slow at being supportive?
Being told you're sick can make you sick.
Children on strict diets may be grabbing the junk food.
Book reviews on the moral brain, freakonomics, nature-deficit disorder and more.
Alcoholism may not necessarily be a life-long disease.
Manhattan's glitziest corridor boasts a sanctuary for the distressed.
Weight gain is the dreaded side effect of some psychotropics.
An interview with the publishing doyenne.
Are researchers telling parents the whole truth about day care?
Although you can't always prevent asthma, you can help your kids cope.
Guidance on sexual desire, evil stepdaughters, making friends and more.