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Look into my eyes. You are feeling sleepy. Okay, don’t look into my eyes and, no, you aren’t getting sleepy. Hypnosis is beginning to make an impact among competitive golfers, although these hypnotic states have no resemblance whatsoever to stereotyped images of individuals doing things against their will. “Hypnosis is not something people do to… Read more »

Gold medals ran in this Olympian’s family. So did a darker legacy. The Evel Knievel of sledding. That was my image. The cold midwinter day I hurtled down that iced mountain track in Altenberg, Germany, people said I was going so fast, I was no more than a blur. Eighty-five miles an hour, headfirst on… Read more »

Tennis fans will have plenty to look forward to during the next fortnight at Wimbledon: strawberries, cream… and their favorite players choking. She has a thunderous serve, exquisite ground strokes and a thoroughly delightful personality. The reason you may know little about Améie Mauresmo is that she is in the neurological equivalent of Chapter 11…. Read more »

Mental illness still carries a powerful stigma in pro sports, but there are signs that teams are finally facing the problem and trying to help troubled athletes He came roaring down the mountain at nearly 85 miles an hour, a blur in an aerodynamic Lycra suit. Headfirst on a sled barely bigger than a cafeteria… Read more »

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Talking about depression now. Such a widespread problem in the U.S. that “The Journal of the American Medical Association” is devoting this week’s entire issue to it. Now, while women are still the most vulnerable, you hear more and more about men who suffer from depression. You may remember Jim Shea… Read more »

Fifty-one weeks a year, Mike Lardon is a psychiatrist, a man who has worked, many years to reach a point where people will pay him good money to listen to their problems. For the past several years, Lardon has worked one week a year for free in a job that has taken every bit of… Read more »