Two rigorous trials have demonstrated that therapy that targets the distorted thinking patterns in suicidal patients and teaches coping techniques can reduce the rate of suicide attempts by half.

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Then it hit me: my exact thinking pattern, and all the hangups I had in regards to being a woman and a feminine businessperson, were the exact sort of negative thinking patterns that aided the oppression of women, as opposed to liberating us.

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There are good reasons for thinking that old patterns are about to change and that the current recession-driven downturn in the demand for Western graduates will morph into something structural.

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Others are looking to change enduring patterns of feeling, thinking, and relating they know to be problematic.

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He is very technical, very analytical, works on patterns on the tennis court, that sort of thinking that Andy Murray relates a lot to.

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This is part of his case for thinking that there is a very complex relationship between evolution in particular populations and the patterns we see in the history of life.

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