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Horsetalk.co.nz Share The final two webinars in the annual Horse Management Seminar from Rutgers University in New Jersey are on the next two Mondays of the month. The seminar, normally a one-day in-person conference, went virtual because of Covid-19. The program was instead divided into three free weekly webinars beginning the first Monday in February. Each virtual seminar evening features two speakers that Rutgers has considered its “Best of the Best” over the years of having face-to-face Horse Management Seminars, and are topics that are most requested in previous post-program evaluati...

Horsetalk.co.nz Rutgers University in New Jersey has moved its annual Horse Management Seminar to a virtual format and it will take place over three Monday evenings next month. Each virtual seminar evening will feature two speakers that Rutgers has considered its “Best of the Best” over the years of having face-to-face Horse Management Seminars, and are topics that are most requested in previous post-program evaluations. Each evening will focus on one topic area and will end with an ‘Ask the Expert Live’ panel with Dr Carey Williams and the evening’s speakers. The Monday night semi...

The Disordered Mind Theory of Mental Illness In a series of articles and books over the past decade, the philosopher George Graham develops a theory of mental disorder with the following qualities: 1. is non-reductionist with respect to the mind and the brain; 2. is informed by the philosophy of mind; and 3. coheres with the experiences of patients and clinicians. Graham’s theory holds that mental illness is distinct from somatic/bodily illness though may co-occur or otherwise be bound up with so-called broken brains. A helpful analogy for what is meant here by “the mental” or ...

>> in the "are we crazy" segment tonight. it's estimated 65 milli165 mill americans are overweight and a study by the mayo clinics, you're more likely to shed pounds if you get paid. and joining us a psychologist, and dr. walsh, what's the payment deal the mayo clinic studied? >> okay so this was a year long study at the mayo clinic where they took people and asked them to try to lose weight and gave them good education and half told them if they met their goal every month they'd get $20. if they lost their goal they'd have to pay $20. guess what they lost at four times the rate. >> bill: was ...

>> in the "are we crazy" segment tonight. it's estimated 65 milli165 mill americans are overweight and a study by the mayo clinics, you're more likely to shed pounds if you get paid. and joining us a psychologist, and dr. walsh, what's the payment deal the mayo clinic studied? >> okay so this was a year long study at the mayo clinic where they took people and asked them to try to lose weight and gave them good education and half told them if they met their goal every month they'd get $20. if they lost their goal they'd have to pay $20. guess what they lost at four times the rate. >> bill: was ...