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Intersection of Technology and Addiction Explored at Pepperdine University Conference

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Malibu, CA (PRWEB) November 04, 2014

On Nov. 21, Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S, founder of the Sexual Recovery Institute in Los Angeles and senior vice president of clinical development for Elements Behavioral Health, and Dr. Pamela Peeke, nutrition scientist and senior science adviser to Elements Behavioral Health, will speak at a conference titled Technology, Addiction and the Modern Family: Helping Clinicians Navigate Technology Related Concerns in Their Practices.

Weiss presentation will explore Internet-related addictive behavior patterns and provide therapeutic strategies for treating this growing population of clients. Well provide context and information about Internet addiction, as well as offer encouragement to test ones digital awareness, says Weiss. This is an area thats rapidly evolving and challenging some of our basic assumptions about addiction and therapy.

Dr. Peeke will discuss seminal studies on Internet addiction and the many ways that the Internet can fuel destructive behavior. Just as important, she says, Well also discuss practical solutions for Internet addiction, such as establishing limits and boundaries in the use of digital technology, and well look at ways in which the Internet can be used to promote health.

The schedule for the conference, which is the first in a series of symposia for professionals hosted by Pepperdine, is as follows:

9:15 to 10:45 a.m. Closer Together: Further Apart - The Effect of Digital Technology on Addiction, Psychotherapy and Our Daily Lives (Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S)

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Put That Down and Talk to Me: How Digital Drama Is Redefining Mind and Body Wellness in Psychotherapy (Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP)

1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Teens Online: What Should We (Not) Be Concerned About? (Jaana Juvonen, PhD - UCLA, Professor of Psychology)

2:45 to 4:15 p.m. Problematic and Addictive Computer/ Video Gaming: Assessment and Treatment (Kenneth Woog, PsyD - Pepperdine University, Associate Director - PRYDE Program)

4:15 to 4:45 p.m. Panel discussion

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National Geographic Channel Premieres Hidden Camera Series That Uses High-Tech and Mechanical Builds to Manipulate Bad …

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL PREMIERES HIDDEN CAMERA SERIES THAT USES HIGH-TECH AND MECHANICAL BUILDS TO MANIPULATE BAD BEHAVIOR

Crowd Control, Hosted by Best-Selling Author Daniel Pink, Premieres Monday, Nov. 24, at 9 & 9:30 PM ET/PT on National Geographic Channel

(WASHINGTON, D.C. - Nov. 3, 2014) What if we could make the DMV a happier place by adding a little laughter? Or curb America's speeding epidemic without issuing a single ticket? Or reduce the rate of pedestrian collisions by making it worth the wait at the crosswalk?

In National Geographic Channel's (NGC's) new 12-part series Crowd Control, premiering Monday, Nov. 24, at 9 & 9:30 p.m., viewers will discover that sometimes all you need is a little science to help make the world a better place. Best-selling author and behavior change expert Daniel Pink (@DanielPink) will use behavioral science to lead a series of experiments that show how we can apply the power of persuasion in our daily lives to reduce stress, minimize annoyances, improve health and increase happiness. Using hidden cameras to record his results, Pink will tackle the seemingly impossible task of righting everyday wrongs - from convincing partygoers to clean up their streets to stopping the senseless rush at an airport baggage claim.

Crowd Control will air globally on National Geographic Channels in 440 million homes in 171 countries and 45 languages later this fall. For more information, visit http://www.natgeotv.com and follow us on Twitter at @NGC_PR.

With 20 years of experience studying why we do the things we do, Pink will draw on academic theories and enlist an elite team of designers, builders and technologists to change bad behavior into good. Using the power of guilt, fear, shame and outright lying, Crowd Control will curate social behavior in fun and eye-popping ways that have real-life applications. He'll introduce targets in men's restrooms to reduce cleaning bills, lie to the elderly to make them stronger and scare the pants off air travelers to reduce their chances of death.

Scientifically based but shamelessly entertaining, Pink travels the country to catch unsuspecting members of the public in the act - from Brooklyn, where he'll calm a long line of patrons waiting to get into a popular pizza joint, to New Mexico, where a "musical road" will reward drivers for obeying the speed limit. He'll also convince New Orleans revelers to clean up Bourbon Street and corral oblivious texting pedestrians with a special cellphone lane in Washington, D.C. Additional stops on Pink's itinerary include Orlando, Dallas, Providence and the Jersey Shore.

"We made a list of the most annoying social situations we face on a daily basis, and then used science to fix them," said Pink. "Viewers will be amazed at just how much we can influence behavior by slightly altering the situation, and how these small adjustments can actually make a big difference in our world."

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Mistaken prescription costs North Georgia doctor $250,000

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RINGGOLD, Ga. -- A North Georgia doctor must pay a patient a quarter of a million dollars after almost killing him with medicine.

In September 2011, according to court documents, Steve Gables visited Dr. Robert Burkich's Preventive Medicine Anti-Aging & Chelation practice in Ringgold. Burkich told him he had low testosterone and prescribed him Tamoxifen.

Problem is, Tamoxifen is for breast cancer, not low testosterone. And it can cause blood clots. One day, about four months after Burkich told him to take the medicine, Gables was sitting in his living room when he felt his leg cramp.

"It was just hard," he said. "Hard as granite."

He had blood clots in his legs. One of those clots, according to court documents, broke off, traveled through his bloodstream to his throat and blocked an artery. He almost died.

Gables went to Memorial Hospital's emergency room, and a doctor asked to see all of his medication. When the doctor looked at the Tamoxifen, Gables said, he almost yelled.

"Who put you on this?" the doctor demanded.

Gables, of Ooltewah, said that was the first time he learned his medication was for breast cancer. He filed a lawsuit against Burkich. Three years later, on Oct. 24, a jury ruled in Gables' favor. Burkich now must pay him $250,000.

The doctor did not return a call seeking comment Monday. But according to his website, Burkich has been treating patients since 1989.

Gables said Burkich's prescription ruined his life. Because of the clots, he now has to take blood thinners. And because he is taking blood thinners, he said, he is vulnerable to dangerous injuries.

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Quotes About Agnosticism (118 quotes) – Goodreads

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Like the most of you, I was raised among people who knew - who were certain. They did not reason or investigate. They had no doubts. They knew that they had the truth. In their creed there was no guess no perhaps. They had a revelation from God. They knew the beginning of things. They knew that God commenced to create one Monday morning, four thousand and four years before Christ. They knew that in the eternity back of that morning, he had done nothing. They knew that it took him six days to make the earth all plants, all animals, all life, and all the globes that wheel in space. They knew exactly what he did each day and when he rested. They knew the origin, the cause of evil, of all crime, of all disease and death.

At the same time they knew that God created man in his own image and was perfectly satisfied with his work... They knew all about the Flood -- knew that God, with the exception of eight, drowned all his children -- the old and young -- the bowed patriarch and the dimpled babe -- the young man and the merry maiden -- the loving mother and the laughing child -- because his mercy endureth forever. They knew too, that he drowned the beasts and birds -- everything that walked or crawled or flew -- because his loving kindness is over all his works. They knew that God, for the purpose of civilizing his children, had devoured some with earthquakes, destroyed some with storms of fire, killed some with his lightnings, millions with famine, with pestilence, and sacrificed countless thousands upon the fields of war. They knew that it was necessary to believe these things and to love God. They knew that there could be no salvation except by faith, and through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ.

Then I asked myself the question: Is there a supernatural power -- an arbitrary mind -- an enthroned God -- a supreme will that sways the tides and currents of the world -- to which all causes bow?

I do not deny. I do not know - but I do not believe. I believe that the natural is supreme - that from the infinite chain no link can be lost or broken that there is no supernatural power that can answer prayer - no power that worship can persuade or change no power that cares for man.

Is there a God?

I do not know.

Is man immortal?

I do not know.

One thing I do know, and that is, that neither hope, nor fear, belief, nor denial, can change the fact. It is as it is, and it will be as it must be.

We can be as honest as we are ignorant. If we are, when asked what is beyond the horizon of the known, we must say that we do not know. We can tell the truth, and we can enjoy the blessed freedom that the brave have won. We can destroy the monsters of superstition, the hissing snakes of ignorance and fear. We can drive from our minds the frightful things that tear and wound with beak and fang. We can civilize our fellow-men. We can fill our lives with generous deeds, with loving words, with art and song, and all the ecstasies of love. We can flood our years with sunshine with the divine climate of kindness, and we can drain to the last drop the golden cup of joy. Robert G. Ingersoll, The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol 1: Lectures

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