psychology Archive
I have mixed feeling regarding the psychiatric diagnosis of American Presidents. I prefer moral language for some of their conditions. There's a detailed literature on their depressive grief, alcoholism, and Alzheimer's. Yes, the Gipper was losing his shit. Some of …
Tuesday, May 9 at 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT This webinar is completely free and registrants will receive a recorded video of the presentation! Register Now! Many people underestimate the influence their emotions and their sense of …
Image via By Brenda Curtis, Ph.D. Social media platforms continue to improve and refine their privacy settings as the demand for advanced user protections increases. Although enabling catered privacy settings to online profiles allows users to indicate who they would …
He who is still laughing hasn't yet heard the bad news. Bertolt BrechtVigilance and preoccupation with the incompetence, bluster, and threat pouring from the White House is more than tiresome. We should have better things to think about. For me, …
Image via STUDENT VOICES By: Michael Aprea This essay is in response to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs video “Climate Protectionism and Competitiveness.” Steam put the world in motion. It lit up the night, and tightened humanity’s grasp on …
Here is the short, half day course on Empathy, Stress (Reduction) and Neural Science delivered at the Joe Palombo Center for Neuroscience at the Institute for Clinical Social Work on December 03, 2016. The image depicted is the punchline to …
The following article is derived from a talk I was asked to give on moral injury for the VALOR Center at John F. Kennedy University. In this talk, I outline what leads to moral injury and the difficulties moral …
Image via As the 2016 presidential election approaches, psychologists are gaining media attention by diagnosing candidates as having personality disorders, especially for the Republican nominee. But the public should question whether or not offering these diagnoses is professionally ethical or in the …
The movement of the World Health Organization (WHO) to declassify transgender identity as a mental disorder is simultaneously a step forward in affirming the personhood of gender minority individuals, and a step backward in diagnoses that adequately reflect their …
Every idea is someone's idea and every use of an idea is someone's use of the idea. How can a cartoon evoke murdous rage? How can satire justify a religious community's claim of victimhood? Who is so vulnerable to insult …