While the press reports marital break-ups in lockdown, the deepening romance among couples over the age of 60 has been ignored.

Depression

Healing Our Healers

By Susan J. Noonan MD on September 20, 2020 in View From the Mist

Healthcare providers are not exempt from the depths of depression.

Healthcare providers are not exempt from the depths of depression.

Cognition

The 7 Real Reasons for Laughing

By Neel Burton M.D. on September 20, 2020 in Hide and Seek

The psychology and philosophy of laughter.

The psychology and philosophy of laughter.

Sport and Competition

How the Cerebellum Optimizes Split-Second Decision Making

By Christopher Bergland on September 20, 2020 in The Athlete's Way

New research helps to explain how the brain makes lighting-fast decisions.

New research helps to explain how the brain makes lighting-fast decisions.

Relationships

5 Signs You Might be a Drama Queen

By Claire Jack Ph.D. on September 20, 2020 in Women with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Are you always involved in drama? You might not think you're the central player but chances are, if this is a repeat cycle, you're the one stirring the pot.

Are you always involved in drama? You might not think you're the central player but chances are, if this is a repeat cycle, you're the one stirring the pot.

Relationships

A Blended Family’s Breakthrough

By Linda and Charlie Bloom on September 20, 2020 in Stronger at the Broken Places

Michael and Jane's big challenge was one that many couples in second marriages face: blending two families without diminishing the integrity of the marriage.

Michael and Jane's big challenge was one that many couples in second marriages face: blending two families without diminishing the integrity of the marriage.

Aging

The Living and Dying of Oliver Sacks

By L.S. Dugdale, MD on September 19, 2020 in The Lost Art

The threat of death can help us live more richly, deeply, and productively.

The threat of death can help us live more richly, deeply, and productively.

Work

Do Organizational Rankings Affect My Ability to Change Jobs?

By Stephen Garcia Ph.D. on September 19, 2020 in Keeping up with the Joneses

Should I disclose that I have a job offer to my current employer?

Should I disclose that I have a job offer to my current employer?

Cognition

COVID-19 Conspiracies: Making Sense of a Global Pandemic

By Shauna Bowes on September 19, 2020 in Don't Believe Everything You Think

Humans are pattern-seeking machines. People strive to make sense of the unimaginable, to regain control over devastating and haphazard situations. COVID-19 is no exception.

Humans are pattern-seeking machines. People strive to make sense of the unimaginable, to regain control over devastating and haphazard situations. COVID-19 is no exception.

Stress

Can a Walk in the Woods Improve Your Well-Being?

By Jessica Koehler Ph.D. on September 19, 2020 in Beyond School Walls

Exploring the physiological, psychological, and cognitive effects of nature.

Exploring the physiological, psychological, and cognitive effects of nature.

Politics

Toxic Leadership: The Mental Health Mandate

By Sheila Robinson-Kiss MSW, LCSW on September 19, 2020 in They’re Not Coming

A mentally impaired leader with the ability to reach a lot of people can cause extensive destruction.

A mentally impaired leader with the ability to reach a lot of people can cause extensive destruction.

Relationships

6 Mistakes You Might Be Making in Your Relationship Right Now

By Tonya Lester LCSW on September 19, 2020 in Staying Sane Inside Insanity

Unhappy couples often believe their problems are unique. In fact, most unhappy couples are unhappy in similar ways. Here are six common mistakes you may be making.

Unhappy couples often believe their problems are unique. In fact, most unhappy couples are unhappy in similar ways. Here are six common mistakes you may be making.

Sex

Are Men “Toxic Problem-Solvers?”

By Douglas T. Kenrick Ph.D. on September 19, 2020 in Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life

Are men more likely to be focused on solving a problem when they should focus on giving, or receiving, social support? Don’t be so sure you know the answer.

Are men more likely to be focused on solving a problem when they should focus on giving, or receiving, social support? Don’t be so sure you know the answer.

Psychiatry

Structural Violence, Social Justice, and Mental Illness

By Brendan Kelly, M.D., Ph.D. on September 19, 2020 in Psychiatry and Society

Remedying the stigma, social injustice and structural violence experienced by people with mental illness is a challenging, important, and increasingly urgent task.

Remedying the stigma, social injustice and structural violence experienced by people with mental illness is a challenging, important, and increasingly urgent task.

Therapy

An Unusual Twist to Exposure Therapy

By Marilyn Wedge Ph.D. on September 19, 2020 in Suffer the Children

Milton Erickson not only did exposure therapy in his office. He sometimes arranged for a patient to face his greatest fear in the outside world where the fear occurred.

Milton Erickson not only did exposure therapy in his office. He sometimes arranged for a patient to face his greatest fear in the outside world where the fear occurred.

Relationships

Feeling Insecure in Your Relationship?

By Tina Gilbertson LPC on September 19, 2020 in Constructive Wallowing

When it seems like your partner might leave you any day, it’s natural to feel insecure. But those feelings aren’t always based in reality.

When it seems like your partner might leave you any day, it’s natural to feel insecure. But those feelings aren’t always based in reality.

Ethics and Morality

A Meditation on Time and Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Rosh Hashana

By Louis Putterman Ph.D. on September 19, 2020 in The Good, The Bad, The Economy

There is a human need to mark the passage of time. On the eve of the Jewish New Year, an inspiring example of what a human life can be came to an end.

There is a human need to mark the passage of time. On the eve of the Jewish New Year, an inspiring example of what a human life can be came to an end.

Why does every generation have to demand police reform?

Resilience

How Malaysia Is Tackling COVID-19

By Jamie D. Aten Ph.D. on September 19, 2020 in Hope + Resilience

Understanding resilience through the lens of Malaysia's COVID-19 response.

Understanding resilience through the lens of Malaysia's COVID-19 response.

Creativity

Dare to Trust Yourself

By Eric R. Maisel Ph.D. on September 19, 2020 in Rethinking Mental Health

Whatever you want to get accomplished, whether it's writing a stage play, learning Chinese, or healing from an injury, nothing helps more than mastering daily practice.

Whatever you want to get accomplished, whether it's writing a stage play, learning Chinese, or healing from an injury, nothing helps more than mastering daily practice.

Philosophy

Understanding Human Knowledge

By Gregg Henriques Ph.D. on September 19, 2020 in Theory of Knowledge

Part 2: This essay series introduces some key concepts and philosophy and summarizes the different frames for how we know what we know. This part focuses on how we know.

Part 2: This essay series introduces some key concepts and philosophy and summarizes the different frames for how we know what we know. This part focuses on how we know.

Therapy

When Therapy Lets You Down

By Danielle Render Turmaud, M.S., NCC on September 19, 2020 in Lifting the Veil on Trauma

Have you had negative experiences in therapy? If so, you are seen and your recovery journey isn't over.

Have you had negative experiences in therapy? If so, you are seen and your recovery journey isn't over.

Self-Help

The Footprints of Emotional Injury

By Steven Stosny, Ph.D. on September 19, 2020 in Anger in the Age of Entitlement

We can wipe away the footprints of injury by identifying with our innate resilience and ability to heal.

We can wipe away the footprints of injury by identifying with our innate resilience and ability to heal.

Relationships

What Would It Take for You to Forgive Your Partner?

By Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D. on September 19, 2020 in Fulfillment at Any Age

It can be difficult for you to forgive a partner who let you down or betrayed you. New research on decision-making shows how, literally, you can “forgive and forget."

It can be difficult for you to forgive a partner who let you down or betrayed you. New research on decision-making shows how, literally, you can “forgive and forget."

Anxiety

The Dangers of Hiding What You Truly Feel

By Srini Pillay M.D. on September 19, 2020 in Debunking Myths of the Mind

Are you being censored? Take action to protect your body.

Are you being censored? Take action to protect your body.

Law and Crime

The Psychopaths of Flannery O'Connor

By Dale Hartley MBA, Ph.D. on September 18, 2020 in Machiavellians: Gulling the Rubes

She set her stories in "the Christ-haunted South." Her characters are from a place and an era of segregationist Baptists, tent revival Pentecostals, and itinerant Bible salesmen.

She set her stories in "the Christ-haunted South." Her characters are from a place and an era of segregationist Baptists, tent revival Pentecostals, and itinerant Bible salesmen.

Relationships

Being Human 101: How Social Are Your Relationships?

By John Edward Terrell Ph.D. on September 18, 2020 in The Human Animal

COVID-19 may be helping us see perhaps more clearly than before why we need our social networks, and why our networks are more than merely social.

COVID-19 may be helping us see perhaps more clearly than before why we need our social networks, and why our networks are more than merely social.

Resilience

What to Do When His Divorce Doesn’t Seem to Be Happening

By Deborah L. Davis Ph.D. on September 18, 2020 in Laugh, Cry, Live

Having an affair with a married man? Does he swear true love, but won't leave his wife? Spot the red flags, save yourself, and move on.

Having an affair with a married man? Does he swear true love, but won't leave his wife? Spot the red flags, save yourself, and move on.