Addiction in Society

Addiction--the thematic malady for our society--entails every type of psychological and societal problem.

Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D., has been researching and treating addiction since he wrote Love and Addiction (1975). He also wrote 7 Tools to Beat Addiction. See full bio

October 21, 2009

Does Good Sex Make Sports Heroes? (Or is it love?)

Kate Hudson seems to have elevated Alex Rodriguez's game, raising once again the questions of sex, love, and athletic performance. Read More

October 20, 2009

Is managing psychoactive substances an essential life skill?

Although one PT blogger - and mainstream American drug education - emphasizes abstinence uber alles, this approach is becoming increasingly detached from reality. Read More

October 19, 2009

Ballooning Depression Among Women

Maria Shriver's new report, "A Woman's Nation," paints a rosey picture of women's situation in the 21st Century. But several other prominent women's memoirs describe growing depression and bipolar disorder among women, and epidemiological data support this picture. We never seem to plumb the depths of growing unhappiness and emotional disorder, particularly for women. Read More

October 17, 2009

Mindfulness in Addiction and Film

Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are - captured in Spike Jonze's ingenious film version - is a brilliant example of the psychological-Buddhist therapeutic technique of mindfulness.

October 16, 2009

Witch Hunting is Alive and Well - in PT Blogs

Professor of media psychology Stuart Fischoff published an attack on Rush Limbaugh as a racist without evidence, then crows about doing so and bringing Limbaugh to his knees. He is proud of himself - why? Read More

October 15, 2009

The Great Baez-Dylan Love Affair

In the early 1960s, Joan Baez, then America's leading troubadour, fell in love with Bob Dylan and introduced him to a wider public. He threw her overboard during his 1965 tour of England - captured in the film "Don't Look Back." The rest, as they say, is history - the history of a generation, of modern music, and of the remembrance of things past. Read More

October 13, 2009

Celebrity Apology Rule Book

Here is what to do when you are caught cheating, using drugs, beating your girlfriend, or stealing - from the top PR experts. Read More

October 11, 2009

How to Be Your Own Ulysses

The hero of the Greek myth Odysseus is a model for all of us to make our own personal odysseys. Read More

October 9, 2009

Five Things Children Must Master

Children as growing organisms must learn to deal with key areas of themselves and their worlds - academics, the street, diet and exercise, work, and people. Read More

October 7, 2009

Answers to Five (well, 3.5) Unsolvable Mental Health Questions

As mightily as we struggle, our main psychological and emotional bugaboos - from addiction to childhood obesity - continue to rise. Here's why. Read More

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