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My Life As a Psychopath

science of us Aug. 10, 2018 By Katie Heaney The word “psychopath,” like many words associated with mental and personality disorders, is used broadly, and often incorrectly — colloquially, we might […]

Sigmund Freud and 21st Century Social Media: Id, Ego & SuperEgo as Social Media Platforms

Posted on July 1, 2018, Written on June 13, 2018 By Chris Broyles You walk up to Berggasse 19 in Vienna, Austria, and enter a dimly lit room filled with […]

Mission to Mars: What psychosocial challenges would astronauts face on an epic journey to the red planet?

By Kirsten Weir June 2018, Vol 49, No. 6 Posted from here (APA) Even at their closest, when Earth and Mars are approaching one another in their oblong orbits, there […]

No Trying too hard

The Art of Not Trying Too Hard

Steven Shapiro • 5/4/2018 Q: I’m sometimes unable to form an alliance with “difficult” clients, and therapy fizzles out before it’s gotten started. How can I reach these hard sells? […]

North Jersey Consultation Center

The Best Kept Psychotherapy Secrets

How to get help with today’s “problems of living.” Posted Apr 23, 2018 Psychology Today Keeping secrets is a central tenet in my line of work as a psychiatrist and […]

Being Mom To A Middle Schooler Can Be The Toughest Gig Of All

April 5, 2018 Although her oldest child, Ben, is 10 years old, Andrea Scher, 44, feels like a new mom again. Scher suffered from maternal depression after Ben was born, […]

This Psychotherapist Has Patients Lace up to Help Them Get Back on Their Feet

March 29, 2018, from Runner’s World, By Jenny McCoy Friday, January 12, 2018, 8:56 am By moving from the couch to the roads, she’s able to reach her patients in […]

After a stroke, her decades of severe depression vanished

March 11,2018 — My mother suffered from severe recurring depression for 30 years, episodes that floored her to the point of near-catatonic inertia. She was lost to us in a […]

A Tweet In Time

Psychology Finally Has an Explanation for Why False Stories Spread Like Fire on Twitter

Published on: Mar 9, 2018 If the past year or two has reaffirmed anything for us, it’s that you can’t believe everything you read, particularly on social media. Now experts […]