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Adolescence

Teenage Mental Health: This Time, the Crisis Isn't Hyped

Nancy Darling Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Thinking About Kids

The steep decline in adolescent mental health began in 2011. Unlike most hype about adolescents, this crisis is real, sobering, and should concern everyone.

The steep decline in adolescent mental health began in 2011. Unlike most hype about adolescents, this crisis is real, sobering, and should concern everyone.

Stress

The Stress and Sex Connection

Joel Block Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Love Matters

Life can be stressful, but it doesn't have to interfere with intimacy.

Life can be stressful, but it doesn't have to interfere with intimacy.

Are you struggling to function after the death of your loved one? Here's some thing to consider post-loss.

Attention

Alpha Wolves and Alpha Dogs Aren't Myths

Marc Bekoff Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Animal Emotions

Being an alpha wolf or dog is not synonymous with being highly aggressive, violent, or domineering; research shows there are domineering personalities in wolves and other animals.

Being an alpha wolf or dog is not synonymous with being highly aggressive, violent, or domineering; research shows there are domineering personalities in wolves and other animals.

Stress

Is Your Door Really Always Open? Social Interactions at Work

Erin Craw Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Navigating Mental Health Through a Communication Lens

Regular supportive conversations among colleagues provide a foundation for individuals to feel as though they can turn to peers when they need support.

Regular supportive conversations among colleagues provide a foundation for individuals to feel as though they can turn to peers when they need support.

Gaslighting

Games Master Manipulators Play: Gaslighting

Dale Hartley MBA, Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Machiavellians: Gulling the Rubes

Gaslighting is a form of interpersonal psychological warfare. Master manipulators seek to steal other people's power for themselves.

Gaslighting is a form of interpersonal psychological warfare. Master manipulators seek to steal other people's power for themselves.

Optimism

Social Psychology's Bright Future

Roy F. Baumeister Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Cultural Animal

Despite social psychology's current struggles and woes, there are good reasons to look forward to a bright future. Things may not be as bad as they seem.

Despite social psychology's current struggles and woes, there are good reasons to look forward to a bright future. Things may not be as bad as they seem.

Therapy

ChatGPT Can Help You See Yourself as a Hero

Anna B. David on March 27, 2023 in Recover Girl

Rather than bemoaning the fact that AI is coming for us, consider combining ChatGPT with a classic storytelling framework in order to gain new perspective on your struggles.

Rather than bemoaning the fact that AI is coming for us, consider combining ChatGPT with a classic storytelling framework in order to gain new perspective on your struggles.

Motivation

These Types of Leaders Can Expect to Be More Successful

Bobby Hoffman Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Motivate!

There is one huge mistake successful leaders never make. Are you poised to take the next step and improve your leadership capability?

There is one huge mistake successful leaders never make. Are you poised to take the next step and improve your leadership capability?

Child Development

Possessiveness, Money, and Their Roots in Childhood

Frank J. Ninivaggi M.D., DLF-A.P.A. on March 27, 2023 in Envy This!

Developmentally, property and possessions are a child's money. Understanding details of human nature helps explain reasons and a range of causes for this ubiquitous reality.

Developmentally, property and possessions are a child's money. Understanding details of human nature helps explain reasons and a range of causes for this ubiquitous reality.

Relationships

7 Tips to Build Stronger Connections

Tchiki Davis, Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Click Here for Happiness

Research-based strategies to improve your relationships.

Research-based strategies to improve your relationships.

Motivation

3 Ways Psychology Can Help to Reduce Climate Change

Patricia Lockwood, Ph.D., and Jo Cutler, Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in The Helpful Brain

Psychology can help to reduce climate change by understanding motivation, mental health, and the spread of misinformation.

Psychology can help to reduce climate change by understanding motivation, mental health, and the spread of misinformation.

Time Management

Are We Nearing the End of Baseball?

E. Paul Zehr Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Black Belt Brain

A Personal Perspective: How a new pitching clock could strike out America's pastime.

A Personal Perspective: How a new pitching clock could strike out America's pastime.

Self-Talk

Therapy Everywhere, All at Once: The Therapy Multiverse

Richard Brouillette LCSW on March 27, 2023 in Flipping Out

Unlike in the movies, to access the therapy multiverse, you don’t have to chew old gum you found under a desk, staple your forehead, or talk to Dr. Strange.

Unlike in the movies, to access the therapy multiverse, you don’t have to chew old gum you found under a desk, staple your forehead, or talk to Dr. Strange.

Health

When Symptoms Are Dismissed by a Doctor

Erica Steele DNM, ND, CFMP, BCND, MPH on March 27, 2023 in Putting the Care Back in Healthcare

Ignoring a patient's concerns can cause delayed diagnosis, incorrect treatment, and poorer health outcomes. Providers must listen and offer support to get to the root cause.

Ignoring a patient's concerns can cause delayed diagnosis, incorrect treatment, and poorer health outcomes. Providers must listen and offer support to get to the root cause.

Relationships

March Madness Brackets for Bonding

Kevin Bennett Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Modern Minds

The brain science of romantic love shows how NCAA March Madness brackets can be a good way to boost relationship satisfaction when couples keep it a fun, friendly competition.

The brain science of romantic love shows how NCAA March Madness brackets can be a good way to boost relationship satisfaction when couples keep it a fun, friendly competition.

Relationships

Assessing Usefulness of Psychological Advice on the Internet

Steven Stosny, Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Anger in the Age of Entitlement

The advantage psychological explanation has for you is its ability to predict in your life and relationships. Form a hypothesis and test it.

The advantage psychological explanation has for you is its ability to predict in your life and relationships. Form a hypothesis and test it.

Confidence

How to Become More Confident, in Both Mindset and Behavior

Abdulrahman Bindamnan on March 27, 2023 in Zero-Generation Students

Confidence, or the lack of it, is in many ways a learned behavior.

Confidence, or the lack of it, is in many ways a learned behavior.

Sex

Porn: FAQs You Won’t See Elsewhere

Marty Klein Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Sexual Intelligence

Want to understand the conflict some straight couples have about porn? Here are some important questions and their answers.

Want to understand the conflict some straight couples have about porn? Here are some important questions and their answers.

Fear

How to Boost Your Courage Without Battling Your Fears

Friedemann Schaub M.D., Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Empowerment Solutions

Do you want to be more courageous without having to battle your fears? Here are a few questions that can make it easier to leave your comfort zone.

Do you want to be more courageous without having to battle your fears? Here are a few questions that can make it easier to leave your comfort zone.

Different areas of psychology use meaningful coincidences.

Therapy

Giving Your Therapist Negative Feedback

Judith S. Beck Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Think Your Way to Health

In cognitive behavior therapy, negative feedback helps therapists correct misunderstandings, build a trusting relationship with clients, and improve the process of therapy.

In cognitive behavior therapy, negative feedback helps therapists correct misunderstandings, build a trusting relationship with clients, and improve the process of therapy.

Mindfulness

A Tool for Settling the Mind

Marina Heifetz Ph.D., C.Psych on March 27, 2023 in Raising Mindful Kids

Finding creative ways to approach regulation and mindfulness can make a difference in our ability to use these skills in the moment.

Finding creative ways to approach regulation and mindfulness can make a difference in our ability to use these skills in the moment.

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Drug Addiction and Adverse Childhood Experiences

Glenn R. Schiraldi Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Hidden Wounds

A recent memoir highlights the fact that beneath drug addiction are often unhealed, hidden wounds from childhood.

A recent memoir highlights the fact that beneath drug addiction are often unhealed, hidden wounds from childhood.

Self-Help

Accept the Good That Surrounds

Rick Hanson Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in Your Wise Brain

Recognize the relative stability of good things. Enjoy it all. The more we recognize impermanence, the more we can take refuge in the good that lasts.

Recognize the relative stability of good things. Enjoy it all. The more we recognize impermanence, the more we can take refuge in the good that lasts.

Anxiety

7 Novelists Who Shaped Rollo May's Worldview

Edward Hoffman Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in The Peak Experience

May prized literature for its existential insights on the adventure of human life.

May prized literature for its existential insights on the adventure of human life.

Trauma

How Critical Parenting Can Affect Adult Relationships

Annie Tanasugarn Ph.D., CCTSA on March 27, 2023 in Understanding PTSD

Experiencing chronic criticism or a hostile childhood environment can condition a person into wrongly believing that nothing they do will ever be “good enough.”

Experiencing chronic criticism or a hostile childhood environment can condition a person into wrongly believing that nothing they do will ever be “good enough.”

Relationships

How to Up Your Communication and Save Your Relationships

Beth Kurland Ph.D. on March 27, 2023 in The Well-Being Toolkit

This tool may be a game changer if you are looking for ways to improve your relationships.

This tool may be a game changer if you are looking for ways to improve your relationships.

Academic Problems and Skills

The Best Trick for Wising Up Faster

Jeremy E. Sherman Ph.D., MPP on March 27, 2023 in Ambigamy

If you want to understand people, turn your exasperated rhetorical questions into real questions.

If you want to understand people, turn your exasperated rhetorical questions into real questions.

A Personal Perspective: The range of "normal" human behavior has become narrower. Living neurodiverse and "neuroexpansive" gives us a way out.