Robert Epstein

Does your child have a reading disability? Why some people have trouble learning this basic skill.
Discusses the psychological aspect of laughter and introduces several psychology-related articles featured in the 'Psychology Today' journal.
Editorial. Reflects on the significance of the walnut desk used by United States Vice Presidents to the human person. Details on the outer appearance of the desk; Secret hidden within the desk's drawer; Similarities between the desk and the people.
PT's Dr. Epstein answers your questions about unrequited love, belief in God, recovering alcoholics, obsessive compulsive disorder and more.
Putting candidates through the test. Should we use psychological tests to select government leaders?
Editorial. Introduces a series of articles which deals with balance in life in the field of psychology.
Provides answers to question regarding beauty, sex, marriage and other related topics. Impact of physical appearance on career, romance and happiness; How to find a good but affordable therapist; How to develop one's social skills.
Editorial. Deals with the progress of mental health care in the United States (US). Mental health care in the 1950s; Actions taken by US President Kennedy for mental health in the 1960s; Contributions of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter to mental health treatment in the 1970s; Efforts of Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore, for mental health research and services; Impact of parity legislation on mental health care in the US.
Presents questions with corresponding answers on psychology. Possibility of falling in love at two different persons at the same time; Retrieval of repressed memories through hypnosis; Right time wherein parents must stay out of their children's lives and allow them to start interacting socially with others on their own.
Surgeon General David Satchertalks about suicide.
Interviews psychologist Robert J. Sternberg regarding intelligence. Mistake in the professional concept of intelligence; Why many professionals cling to the concept of one intelligence; His opinion on test result.
Interviews Richard Suinn, a psychologist at the Colorado State University. Background of the Suinn; His achievements; His view on the sports psychology; Examples on how psychological techniques help participants in the Olympic Games.
Provides answers to psychology-related questions. Change in the perception of homosexuality; Best strategy for overcoming shyness in meeting; Techniques of behavior modification.
America's mental health crisis. The 1999 White House Conference on Mental Health.
Editorial. Encourages everyone to make this world a peaceful place as the World Peace Day in 2000 approaches. Why war may continue to be inevitable; Number of active wars worldwide; Areas where war is imminent.
Answers questions on psychological problems. Importance of hanging out with a friend who has a suicidal tendency; Information on a desensitization procedure; Characteristics of a person having a bipolar disorder or manic depression.
Projective tests, recovered memories, correctional boot camps -- psychology's top 10 misguided ideas.
Carter recounts his childhood on a Georgia farm, where, it seems, the seeds of greatness were sown.
Putting Love to a Real Test, Robert Epstein experiments if love can be learned in an arranged marriage.
A chat with Laura Bush and our editor in chief.