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Watching Others Do Good, Clean Scents Promote AltruismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What would you say if I told you that simply observing people thanking others induced more altruism? The simple act of watching someone else do something uplifting or a good deed motivates us to also do good. At least that’s what researchers found in a recent demonstration of this effect at the University of Plymouth. In two experiments, researchers (Schnall et al., 2010) tested the level of altruistic behaviors amongst female students by asking them to view TV clips of three kinds — a neutral clip showing scenes from a nature documentary, an uplifting segment from “The Oprah Winfrey Show” showing musicians...
Source: World of Psychology - February 7, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior General Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Research Altruism Altruistic Behavior British Comedy Central News Charitable Nonprofit Organization Control Participants Female Students Funny Clip Good Deed Habi Source Type: blogs

Super Bowl Sunday, Domestic Violence & Your HealthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s that time again… When Super Bowl Sunday dominates the U.S. headlines, and people plan their Sunday evenings around a get-together, party, or the game. It’s also a good time to look at two stories related to Super Bowl Sunday. The first is the largely debunked myth that domestic violence calls spike around Super Bowl Sunday and other drinking holidays of the year (like New Year’s). Snopes originally tracked down the myth and showed it to be nothing more than another urban legend. Since their last update on the myth in 2005, however (and our article 4 years ago), there’s been further resear...
Source: World of Psychology - February 4, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior General Health-related Men's Issues Psychology Research Stress Women's Issues Abused Women Academic Schedule Contention Domestic Violence Fellow Researchers Further Research Informal Interviews Mental Healt Source Type: blogs

Internet Addiction and DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study reinforces the public speculation that over-engaging in websites that serve to replace normal social function might be linked to psychological disorders like depression and addiction,” the study’s lead author, Catriona Morrison, wrote in the journal Psychopathology. “This type of addictive surfing can have a serious impact on mental health.” Indeed. When a depressed person turns to the Internet to socialize, I’m not at all surprised that they use it for social interaction in chat rooms and on social networking websites. What else would you expect? People who are depressed don’...
Source: World of Psychology - February 3, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Research Technology Addiction Studies Britons Business Internet Business Links Business Times Catriona Morrison Chat Rooms Compulsive Inter Source Type: blogs

Kids and Depression: Parents’ Call To Action, Part 3Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
How To Monitor and Stabilize Depression in Teens and Children Each time I write a prescription, I have a certain amount of trepidation. Although I know that medications can help, I am also aware of their limitations. It is also important to be vigilant as to whether there are other key factors that are causing a teenager to be overwhelmed (i.e., trauma, substance abuse). However, when children and adolescents are having difficulty functioning because of how impaired they are, medication can be critical. If a teenager is so depressed that she is thinking of tying a phone cord around her neck or jumping out a window, or if s...
Source: World of Psychology - February 3, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Nancy Rappaport, MD Tags: Antidepressant Brain and Behavior Children and Teens Depression Disorders General Medications Parenting Treatment Adolescents Ambivalence Confirmation Depression Children Depression In Teens Failure Hard Time Kids Call Pa Source Type: blogs

Half Sigma's flawed post on DTNBP1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A while back, Mark and I were working on a comprehensive post which would try to tally the results of the various IQ-gene studies to see what they said about racial differences. We began this quest bright-eyed and hopeful that we would help contribute to ending a calamitous debate that has gone on for way too long. However, as we learned more about genetics, and these studies in particular, we came to realize that it's too early to take IQ-genes seriously.We began with an approach similar to what Half Sigma did 2 years ago with the DTNBP1 gene. However, we soon learned that this approach was incredibly flawed and misleadin...
Source: Gene Expression - February 1, 2010 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: IQ Behavior Genetics Source Type: blogs

Are Antidepressants Really That Ineffective?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The more researchers delve into the research behind antidepressants — the class of drugs commonly prescribed to treat depression — the more they find that perhaps the majority of antidepressants’ treatment effect is based upon the simple belief that the drug will help. Newsweek’s Sharon Begley has a lengthy article discussing the growing body of evidence that calls into question decades’ worth of prescriptions. It’s a story that we’ve covered previously, that TIME covered nearly a year ago, and that Therese Borchard had a response to. It seems to be journalists’ favorite ...
Source: World of Psychology - February 1, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Antidepressant Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders General Medications Policy and Advocacy Psychology Psychotherapy Treatment Adolescents Antidepressants Belief That Body Of Evidence Borchard Care Doctors Controversy Source Type: blogs

Race and IQ: Rushton and Jensen review and respond to Richard Nisbett's "Intelligence and How to Get It"Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Rushton, J. P., & Jensen, A. R. (2010). Race and IQ: A Theory-Based Review of the Research in Richard Nisbett’s Intelligence and How to Get It. The Open Psychology Journal, 3, 9-35.Rushton and Jenson's respone to Richard Nisbett's "Intelligence and how to get it" has now been printed and can be accessed by clicking on title link aboveAbstract: We provide a detailed review of data from psychology, genetics, and neuroscience in a point-counterpoint format to enable readers to identify the merits and demerits of each side of the debate over whether the culture-only (0% genetic- 100% environmental) or nature + nurture mo...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - February 1, 2010 Category: Neurologists Tags: genetics nature v nurture behavior genetics race intelligence Source Type: blogs

Lawyers and Depression: An Interview with Daniel LukasikEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today I have the honor of interviewing Daniel Lukasik, a distinguished attorney and the creator of the very cool website LawyersWithDepression.com. Daniel also writes the Lawyers With Depression blog, which covers a range of different topics, from spirituality to how to make smart decisions as professionals. Question: Why are so many lawyers depressed? Daniel: 1. Lawyers are Pessimistic Thinkers. According to Professor Martin Seligman, lawyers have a “pessimistic explanatory style.” This is not the same thing as seeing the glass as “half empty.” Rather, pessimistic lawyers tend to attribute ...
Source: World of Psychology - January 31, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Depression Disorders General Industrial and Workplace Men's Issues Mental Health and Wellness Personal Relationships Self-Esteem Stress Women's Issues Adversarial Nature Andrew Benjamin Behavior Patterns Career Dissatisfaction Source Type: blogs

Why Crash Rates Don’t Automatically Fall with Cellphone BansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Last week, the Highway Loss Data Institute released a report that examined whether collision claims had gone up, down, or stayed the same in states that have banned cellphone use while driving. Their findings should have surprised no one, but seemed to have surprised everyone — crash rates did not go down after a hand-held cellphone ban took effect. Why should this have been of little surprise? 1. A law doesn’t automatically change human behavior. Laws can be wonderful things, but they are only as effective as when people obey them. This is often done with a stick — enforcement — rather than a carro...
Source: World of Psychology - January 30, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior General Health-related Memory and Perception Policy and Advocacy Psychology Research Accident Data Automobile Accident Citizens Insurance Collision Claims Crash Rates Fender Benders Help Phone Highway Loss Da Source Type: blogs

Self-Help Course May Have Led to SuicideEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’ve often wondered what would happen if an undiagnosed manic-depressive participates in The Landmark Forum, receiving counsel from a Forum leader with no education on mood disorders. The result could be devastating, I would think. In real life, let’s take Rebekah Lawrence from Sydney who burst into song while standing naked in her downtown office building, her final words being “I know I am going to jump.” And then leaped out the window. An Associated Press story published a few months ago tells the details. A few days before her jump Lawrence participated in an intense self-help seminar called The...
Source: World of Psychology - January 30, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders Health-related History of Psychology Medications Mental Health and Wellness Personal Policy and Advocacy Psychotherapy Relationships Research Self-Esteem Treat Source Type: blogs

Do You Refer to Yourselves as “We” in a Couple?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you do, congratulations! You’re likely better at conflict resolution with your partner than couples who don’t refer to themselves as “we.” How do we know? Well, conversations can tell us a lot about how couples view themselves, both individually and as a couple. By analyzing conversations between couples, you can learn a lot about their interactions: UC Berkeley researchers analyzed conversations between 154 middle-aged and older couples about points of disagreement in their marriages and found that those who used pronouns such as “we,” “our” and “us” behaved more positively toward o...
Source: World of Psychology - January 29, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Aging Brain and Behavior General Men's Issues Mental Health and Wellness Relationships Research Women's Issues Berkeley Researchers Central News Co Dependency Conflict Resolution Conventional Wisdom Conversations Couples Disa Source Type: blogs

ADHD and Mixed-Handedness, College TreatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s been a rough week for kids and young adults with ADHD — attention deficit disorder. Attention deficit disorder is characterized by inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Someone with ADHD has a hard time focusing and concentrating on work or school work, often finds it difficult to sit still and concentrate in meetings or classes, and will often act in an impulsive manner that they later regret. It’s estimated that between 3 to 9 percent of school-aged children and young people suffer from ADHD. First came news on Monday that a significant portion of college campuses’ health services do ...
Source: World of Psychology - January 27, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: ADHD and ADD Brain and Behavior Children and Teens Disorders General Medications Parenting Policy and Advocacy Psychotherapy Research Treatment Academic Careers Adhd Adults Adhd Medication Adults With Adhd Ambidextrous Childr Source Type: blogs

PTSD Brain Scan HypeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Last week, we noted along with many news outlets that a biomarker had been apparently discovered for PTSD. The researchers claimed they had a new tool to help make a differential diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The tool is a brain scanning technology that, like EEG, measures the brain’s electrical activity. But instead of directly measuring such activity, it measures magnetic fluctuations in the electrical activity. The technique is called MEG. There are certain technical benefits to this method as compared to a traditional EEG, so some researchers are exploring its greater use. Mind Hacks has a v...
Source: World of Psychology - January 26, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior Disorders General PTSD Research Biomarker Brain Activity Brain Scan Depression Depression Anxiety Diagnosis Differential Differential Diagnosis Dsm Iv Eeg Electrical Activity Hacks Hype Levels Of Anxi Source Type: blogs

6 Steps Toward Freedom From DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
After trying 23 medication combinations, 7 psychiatrists, two hospitalization programs, and every form of alternative therapy available–from homeopathic remedies to yoga, I assumed I was one of those unfortunate statistics with treatment-resistant depression, a Humpty-Dumpty type that would never recover from the fall of a nervous breakdown. There was no magic that happened between then and now, the month my book about my recovery hits the shelves. I just kept on getting out of bed. Even on the days where my thoughts were cemented in the black stuff, in negativity and toxic emotions, I tried to pick up one foot and p...
Source: World of Psychology - January 25, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Personal Random Brain Bits Research Self-Esteem Sleep Stress Treatment Abe Lincoln Alternative Therapy Ar Source Type: blogs

Should You Lock Up Your Sweets?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I read a most strange article this morning in my copy of The Boston Globe Magazine by Virginia A. Smith. The author talks about the fact that she and her spouse have a padlocked drawer in their kitchen in which they keep all of their sweets: The lockbox is a large drawer with a padlock worthy of Gitmo in which I store anything loaded with sugar and fat — cookies, chocolate chips, Tostitos, marshmallows, frosting — all stuff I don’t mind my kids having in small quantities. But to John, my middle child, there’s no such thing as moderation. He has never met a grain of sugar, a gram of fat, or a chip of chocol...
Source: World of Psychology - January 24, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior Children and Teens Disorders Eating Disorders General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Psychology Author Talks Body Image Issues Boston Globe Boston Globe Magazine Control Self Cookies Choc Source Type: blogs

Change Your Password!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Humans are creatures of habit. We eat the same foods at the same times nearly every day. Cereal for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, maybe we change it up for dinner. Look at us, we’re living on the edge! But because humans are so predictable, we’re also pretty lousy at protecting ourselves from the pitfalls of predictability. We tend to choose things like passwords based upon easily-memorized components — the word “password” or some combination of characters that a 4-year old would pick (abc or 123). So as a public service, I have to mention a study released last week of 32 million breached p...
Source: World of Psychology - January 23, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior General Psychology Technology 12345 1234567 12345678 123456789 Article Analysis Cereal Creatures Of Habit Dictionary Electronic Dictionary Exclamation Point Hacker Hacker Dictionary Iloveyou Living On T Source Type: blogs

Brace Yourselves for Jan 24: The Most Depressing Day of the YearEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I wanted to give you guys a few days notice … to brace yourself for … the most depressing day of the year! According to Dr. Cliff Arnalls, a British psychologist with Cardiff University, it’s almost like clockwork. A number of factors coincide to make Sunday, January 24th “the perfect storm” when it comes to feeling down. According to Dr. Arnalls, an expert on seasonal disorders, a number of factors “line up” to give this date in late January this dubious distinction: While it is not technically the day with the least sunlight - that’s December 21st, the “Winter Solsti...
Source: World of Psychology - January 23, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression General Health-related Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Personal Psychology Research Stress Treatment Biochemical Systems British Psychologist Cardiff University Day Of The Year Source Type: blogs

10 Good Things About DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A radio talk host recently asked me this question: “If you could have had your way and never deal with a mood disorder in your life, would you do that. Or has the depression, somehow, enhanced your life?” Thankfully he asked that question on a fairly stable day, when I wasn’t counting up the years until I could become a member of AARP and be closer to the finish line. Had he asked me during my two suicidal years, I think I would have shot back, “Go to hell, dude. Why not ask a 10 year old dying with Leukemia to give you a list of goodies that illness has bestowed?” I immediately thought of Pet...
Source: World of Psychology - January 22, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Personal Personality Psychology Psychotherapy Relationships Self-Esteem Stress Treatment Aarp Annoying Question Brilliance Career Move David Lette Source Type: blogs

Running Mice Suggests Brain Fitness?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’m not a big fan of reporting on animal studies, because the results are often not replicated with humans. Animal studies are like the small surveys conducted in undergraduate psychology classes — you can find interesting results that may mean nothing except to the subjects you studied (e.g., well-educated young adults, most of whom are still teens). In the case of mice, well, we can say the results generalize to mice. (If we wanted to be even more specific, one could argue that lab mice bred for laboratory experiments are different than mice bred and raised in the wild, but let’s leave that leaf unturne...
Source: World of Psychology - January 21, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior General Mental Health and Wellness Minding the Media Research Aerobic Exercise Animal Studies Brain Cells Brain Fitness Brain Power Cambridge University Case In Point Cognitive Tasks Grey Matter Guardian In Source Type: blogs

Self-injury PatternsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Self-Injury Why do people engage in self-injury? Even though there is the possibility that a self-inflicted injury may result in life-threatening damage, self injury is not suicidal behavior. Although the person may not recognize the connection, SI usually occurs when facing what seems like overwhelming or distressing feelings. The reasons self-injurers give for this behavior vary but ALL ARE SUBCONSCIOUS MOTIVES. The reasons given are; Self-injury temporarily relieves intense feelings, pressure or anxiety Self-injury provides a sense of being real, being alive – of feeling something Injuring oneself is a way to extern...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 21, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Emotions Family Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Psychological Illness Spirituality Treatment Women Youth denial relieves intense feelings self injury suicidal behavior Source Type: blogs

Pain and Humor: The Dark Side of FunnyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There’s one theme that keep recurring during each of my radio interviews for the book, Beyond Blue, and that is: humor. People are taken aback that I would write a book about depression and try to make it funny. Because funny and pain don’t go together, right? Wrong. Fellow blogger and comedian John McManamy interviewed me about this topic. It afforded me an opportunity to explore humor and think about why I use it so often. Click here to get to his original blog post. John: Listen, Therese. William Styron’s memoir of depression was bleak. Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” was heart-breakin...
Source: World of Psychology - January 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression General Mental Health and Wellness Personal Personality Psychology Random Brain Bits Relationships Stress Agony Bell Jar blogger Comedian John Dentist Jokes Gus Hu Source Type: blogs

Green Marketing: Light Up SalesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
“Green marketing” usually refers to using an environmental pitch to sell a product. A car creates less pollution, a paper product is made from recycled content, and so on. Results of appealing to environmental sentiment have been mixed. On one hand, the Toyota Prius has sold better than would be justified purely [...] CommentsI wonder if consumers bought in that shop rather than buying in ... by judyofthewoodsIt's nice when what is good for the consumer is good for the ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing)
Source: Neuromarketing - January 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Roger Dooley Tags: Neuromarketing Neuroscience Research chain stores consumer behavior daylight environment green marketing retail skylights toyota Source Type: blogs

Green Marketing: Light Up SalesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
“Green marketing” usually refers to using an environmental pitch to sell a product. A car creates less pollution, a paper product is made from recycled content, and so on. Results of appealing to environmental sentiment have been mixed. On one hand, the Toyota Prius has sold better than would be justified purely [...] CommentsIt's nice when what is good for the consumer is good for the ... by Verilliance (Source: Neuromarketing)
Source: Neuromarketing - January 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Roger Dooley Tags: Neuromarketing Neuroscience Research chain stores consumer behavior daylight environment green marketing retail skylights toyota Source Type: blogs

Green Marketing: Light Up SalesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
“Green marketing” usually refers to using an environmental pitch to sell a product. A car creates less pollution, a paper product is made from recycled content, and so on. Results of appealing to environmental sentiment have been mixed. On one hand, the Toyota Prius has sold better than would be justified purely [...] CommentsComments (Source: Neuromarketing)
Source: Neuromarketing - January 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Roger Dooley Tags: Neuromarketing Neuroscience Research chain stores consumer behavior daylight environment green marketing retail skylights toyota Source Type: blogs

Life Lessons from My Therapy ClientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Still floating in the haze of the passing New Year, I find myself reflecting further upon life, gratitude and noticing things around me that I might not be so tuned into during the hustle and bustle of daily life. My psychotherapy clients, present and past, are on my mind. Sure, they come to me for help for their individual and relationship strife and I am in a position of “knowing” to them but I’d like to forget about that and focus on what I’ve learned from them about life and people in general. Here are some of the life lessons I’ve learned from my therapy clients: People can be incredib...
Source: World of Psychology - January 18, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT Tags: Brain and Behavior General Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Psychotherapy Bustle Chaos Emotional Safety Fact That People Focus Gratitude Haze Lessons Learned Life Lessons New Year Profession Relationship Relationship Source Type: blogs

13 Myths of SchizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Schizophrenia is one of those mental disorders that many people seem to confuse with something else, such as multiple personality disorder. It’s a very simple yet very terrifying condition, characterized by usually having a combination of hallucinations and delusions. Hallucinations can involve any of your five senses, but in schizophrenia, usually involves seeing or hearing things that aren’t really there (like hearing other people’s voices inside your head telling you to do something you don’t want to). Delusions are a false belief in something, such as the CIA is out to get you. Many of us hear v...
Source: World of Psychology - January 18, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Antipsychotic Brain and Behavior Disorders General Medications Psychology Schizophrenia Treatment Antipsychotic Medications Character Flaw Cia Cognitive Decline Common Myths Contributor Delusions Hallucinations False Belief Source Type: blogs

5 Ways to Build and Sustain Hope: An Interview with Anthony ScioliEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today I have the pleasure of interviewing the coauthor of Hope in the Age of Anxiety, Anthony Scioli. I excerpted his 9 Kinds of Hopelessness and How You Can Overcome Them awhile back, and now I wanted to focus on what you can do to find and sustain hope. Dr. Scioli is professor of Clinical Psychology at Keene State College and a member of the graduate faculty at the University of Rhode Island. Question: What is the biggest thread to hope? Anthony: If I had to pick one resource it would be surrounding oneself with good “hope providers”. I view hope in terms of four dimensions: mastery or goal strivings, attachm...
Source: World of Psychology - January 17, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression General Mental Health and Wellness Personal Psychology Research Age Of Anxiety Arduous Tasks Array Calm Head Clinical Psychology Coauthor Coping Skills Enough Space Good Hope Good Listener Gr Source Type: blogs

Twitter Falsehoods Fly After Haiti TragedyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Demonstrating the intrinsic nature of twitter as a stream of group consciousness more than anything else, the Haiti tragedy has brought out the rumor mill. And with it, it demonstrates one of the underlying weaknesses of relying on a group stream of consciousness — it’s not always the most accurate thing in the world. The rumors were, thankfully, limited to things that didn’t cause any real harm or damage. Except to the companies who were the subject of the rumors. Their reputations were inadvertently tarnished by being included in the rumors, which they then had to publicly deny. The denial makes them se...
Source: World of Psychology - January 15, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior General Health-related Psychology Technology Aid Flights American Airlines Disaster Zone Doctors And Nurses Doctors Without Borders False Information Group Consciousness Haitians Intrinsic Nature Jet Blue J Source Type: blogs

The False Dichotomy: Psychiatry versus PsychologyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ever since grad school, I’ve always bristled at the arbitrary battle lines drawn between the various professions who treat mental disorders. Psychiatrists battle with psychologists, psychologists battle with clinical social workers, and so on. These turf battles do little to help people in need, who only want the best possible care available. But don’t tell that to the evangelists within the respective fields. I actually get embarrassed when I hear psychologists talk in semi-private groups about how they need to get the word about their “superior” abilities to treat mental illness. Research simply ...
Source: World of Psychology - January 15, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Antidepressant Brain and Behavior Depression General Medications Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Psychology Treatment Antidepressants Best Possible Care blog Blogosphere Clinical Social Workers Drugs Work Duali Source Type: blogs

Why Do Youth Have More Mental Health Issues?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
News out today suggests that, based upon responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), youth today have more mental health issues than those who took the test in 1938. Here’s the summary: Pulling together the data for the study was no small task. Led by Twenge, researchers at five universities analyzed the responses of 77,576 high school or college students who, from 1938 through 2007, took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, or MMPI. The results will be published in a future issue of the Clinical Psychology Review. Overall, an average of five times as many students in 2007 surpas...
Source: World of Psychology - January 11, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior Children and Teens Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Personality Psychology Stress Students 1930s anxiety Book Generation Broken Arm Clinical Psychology Review College Students Depression Diagn Source Type: blogs

Global Climate Change and The Situation of DenialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Situationist Contributor John T. Jost together with Irina Feygina and Rachel E. Goldsmith have recently completed a fascinating article examining the motivations behind some people’s unwillingness to take climate change seriously. The article, titled “System Justification, the Denial of Global Warming, and the Possibility of ‘System-Sanctioned Change’” will be published later this year in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Here’s the abstract. * * * Despite extensive evidence of climate change and environmental destruction, polls continue to reveal widespread denial and resistance...
Source: The Situationist - January 11, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Ideology Politics Public Policy Situationist Contributors Social Psychology System Legitimacy conservation behavior denial environmental attitudes John Jost System Justification Source Type: blogs