Sciencedaily
Jul 21, 03:09
Fast depression relief? Nitrous oxide shows remarkable potential
Nitrous oxide may offer quick, short-term relief for people with major depression, especially those who haven’t responded to standard medications. The meta-analysis found rapid improvements after a single dose and more sustained benefits after repeated treatments. Side effects were generally mild and brief, though researchers stress the need for larger, longer-term studies.
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Fast depression relief? The meta-analysis found rapid improvements after a single dose and more sustained benefits after repeated treatments. Side effects were generally mild and brief, though researchers stress the need for larger, longer-term studies.
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Nitrous oxide may offer quick, short-term relief for people with major depression, especially those who haven’t responded to standard medications.
Sciencedaily
Jul 21, 03:09
Researchers find ADHD strengths linked to better mental health
New research reveals a brighter side of ADHD, showing that adults who recognize and use their strengths feel happier, healthier, and less stressed. People with ADHD were more likely to identify traits like creativity, humor, and hyperfocus as personal strengths. Across the board, using these strengths was linked to better quality of life and fewer mental health symptoms. The study suggests that embracing strengths could be a game-changer for ADHD support.
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Researchers find ADHD strengths linked to better mental health. People with ADHD were more likely to identify traits like creativity, humor, and hyperfocus as personal strengths. Across the board, using these strengths was linked to better quality of life and fewer mental health symptoms.
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New research reveals a brighter side of ADHD, showing that adults who recognize and use their strengths feel happier, healthier, and less stressed.
Sciencedaily
Jul 21, 03:09
Scientists discover why mental disorders so often overlap
A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness—and why diagnoses so often pile up. By analyzing genetic data from more than six million people, researchers uncovered deep genetic connections across 14 psychiatric conditions, showing that many disorders share common biological roots. Instead of existing in isolation, these conditions fall into five overlapping families, helping explain why depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and substance use disorders so frequently occur together.
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Scientists discover why mental disorders so often overlap. By analyzing genetic data from more than six million people, researchers uncovered deep genetic connections across 14 psychiatric conditions, showing that many disorders share common biological roots.
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A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness—and why diagnoses so often pile up.
Sciencedaily
Jul 21, 03:09
ADHD drugs don’t work the way we thought
ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these medications activate reward and alertness systems, helping children stay interested in tasks they would normally avoid. The drugs even reversed brain patterns linked to sleep deprivation. Researchers say this could complicate ADHD diagnoses if poor sleep is the real underlying problem.
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ADHD drugs don’t work the way we thought. The drugs even reversed brain patterns linked to sleep deprivation. Researchers say this could complicate ADHD diagnoses if poor sleep is the real underlying problem.
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ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain.
Sciencedaily
Jul 21, 03:09
Mini brains reveal clear brain signals of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Tiny lab-grown brains are offering an unprecedented look at how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder disrupt neural activity. Researchers found distinct electrical firing patterns that could identify these conditions with high accuracy. The discovery opens the door to more precise diagnoses and personalized drug testing. Instead of guessing medications, doctors may one day see what works before treating the patient.
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Mini brains reveal clear brain signals of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Researchers found distinct electrical firing patterns that could identify these conditions with high accuracy. Instead of guessing medications, doctors may one day see what works before treating the patient.
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Tiny lab-grown brains are offering an unprecedented look at how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder disrupt neural activity.
Sciencedaily
Jul 21, 03:09
Patients tried everything for depression then this implant changed their lives
Researchers report that vagus nerve stimulation helped many people with long-standing, treatment-resistant depression feel better—and stay better—for at least two years. Most participants had lived with depression for decades and had exhausted nearly every other option. Those who improved at one year were very likely to maintain or increase their gains over time. Even some patients who didn’t respond initially improved after longer treatment.
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Patients tried everything for depression then this implant changed their lives. Those who improved at one year were very likely to maintain or increase their gains over time. Even some patients who didn’t respond initially improved after longer treatment.
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Researchers report that vagus nerve stimulation helped many people with long-standing, treatment-resistant depression feel better—and stay better—for at least two years.
Sciencedaily
Jul 21, 03:09
The hidden health impact of growing up with ADHD traits
A large, decades-long study suggests that signs of ADHD in childhood may have consequences that extend well beyond school and behavior. Researchers followed nearly 11,000 people from childhood into midlife and found that those with strong ADHD traits at age 10 were more likely to experience multiple physical health problems and health-related disability by their mid-40s.
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A large, decades-long study suggests that signs of ADHD in childhood may have consequences that extend well beyond school and behavior. Researchers followed nearly 11,000 people from childhood into midlife and found that those with strong ADHD traits at age 10 were more likely to experience multiple physical health problems and health-related disability by their mid-40s.
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A large, decades-long study suggests that signs of ADHD in childhood may have consequences that extend well beyond school and behavior.
Sciencedaily
Jul 21, 03:09
MIT's new brain tool could finally explain consciousness
Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring transcranial focused ultrasound, a noninvasive technology that can precisely stimulate deep regions of the brain that were previously off-limits. In a new “roadmap” paper, they explain how this method could finally let scientists test cause-and-effect in consciousness research, not just observe correlations.
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MIT's new brain tool could finally explain consciousness. Researchers at MIT are exploring transcranial focused ultrasound, a noninvasive technology that can precisely stimulate deep regions of the brain that were previously off-limits.
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Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery.
Sciencedaily
Jul 21, 03:09
Scientists may have found the brain network behind Parkinson’s
A new international study points to a specific brain network as the core driver of Parkinson’s disease. Scientists found that this network becomes overly connected, disrupting not just movement but also thinking and other bodily functions. When researchers targeted it with non-invasive brain stimulation, patients showed much stronger symptom improvement than with conventional stimulation. The discovery could reshape how Parkinson’s is diagnosed and treated.
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Scientists may have found the brain network behind Parkinson’s. Scientists found that this network becomes overly connected, disrupting not just movement but also thinking and other bodily functions. When researchers targeted it with non-invasive brain stimulation, patients showed much stronger symptom improvement than with conventional stimulation.
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A new international study points to a specific brain network as the core driver of Parkinson’s disease.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 20:23
The Happiness Myth Almost Everyone Believes
What do 80 years of research actually say about what predicts a happy life? To get happier, stop focusing on yourself and do this instead.
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The Happiness Myth Almost Everyone Believes. What do 80 years of research actually say about what predicts a happy life? To get happier, stop focusing on yourself and do this instead.
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What do 80 years of research actually say about what predicts a happy life?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 19:54
5 Ways to Cope When You Don’t Have Family Support
If you're estranged from family, you know the quiet, hard moments no one prepares you for. Here are five practical ways to build the support you're missing.
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5 Ways to Cope When You Don’t Have Family Support. If you're estranged from family, you know the quiet, hard moments no one prepares you for. Here are five practical ways to build the support you're missing.
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If you're estranged from family, you know the quiet, hard moments no one prepares you for.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 19:43
The Sex Problem Isn't About Sex
Many couples fight about sex. Often, the rupture began long before anyone entered the bedroom.
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The Sex Problem Isn't About Sex. Many couples fight about sex. Often, the rupture began long before anyone entered the bedroom.
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Many couples fight about sex.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 19:31
Emotionally Healthy Dating After Divorce or Separation
Emotionally healthy dating after divorce isn't about waiting a year—it's about self-awareness, emotional maturity, and choosing relationships from growth rather than fear.
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Common advice that family and friends give recently separated or divorced people is to give themselves a year before jumping back into the dating scene. A better indication of your psychological readiness to date again starts with the motivation to date in the first place.
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Emotionally healthy dating after divorce isn't about waiting a year—it's about self-awareness, emotional maturity, and choosing relationships from growth rather than fear.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 18:36
Sleep Scientists Favor Year-Round Standard Time
The U.S. House wants the country to go on permanent daylight saving time. Scientists and physicians instead favor permanent standard time based on years of health research.
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Sleep Scientists Favor Year-Round Standard Time. House wants the country to go on permanent daylight saving time. Scientists and physicians instead favor permanent standard time based on years of health research.
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House wants the country to go on permanent daylight saving time.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 17:23
Why "Green Prescriptions" Work
When medical interventions fail to relieve our anxiety or loneliness, the idea of "green prescriptions" suggests that walking out the door and reconnecting with nature may be a powerful tool.
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But for all this effort, many of us feel more anxious, lonely , and disconnected than ever. Through my work as a behavioral ecologist, I’ve come to realize that by paying close attention to other species, I improve my own life, relationships, work, and sense of community. In my own work and in conversations with colleagues like primatologist Dr.
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When medical interventions fail to relieve our anxiety or loneliness, the idea of "green prescriptions" suggests that walking out the door and reconnecting with nature may be a powerful tool.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 17:17
Why Someone Else's Anxiety Makes Us Anxious
When someone close to us is anxious, we often feel it too. Anxiety therapy helps us untangle why and learn to stay grounded in ourselves.
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Why Someone Else's Anxiety Makes Us Anxious. When someone close to us is anxious, we often feel it too. Anxiety therapy helps us untangle why and learn to stay grounded in ourselves.
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When someone close to us is anxious, we often feel it too.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 16:37
At This Age, "No" Is a Complete Sentence
Personal Perspective: There's FOMO, and, in older age, there is JOMO. And they can coexist.
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At This Age, "No" Is a Complete Sentence. Personal Perspective: There's FOMO, and, in older age, there is JOMO. And they can coexist.
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Personal Perspective: There's FOMO, and, in older age, there is JOMO.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 15:58
Stop Trying to Be Liked at Work
Many leaders confuse being liked with leading well. But the desire for approval can make difficult conversations harder and weaken credibility.
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Stop Trying to Be Liked at Work. Many leaders confuse being liked with leading well. But the desire for approval can make difficult conversations harder and weaken credibility.
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Many leaders confuse being liked with leading well.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 14:57
Why Autism in Girls Is So Often Missed
Autism is diagnosed more often in boys than in girls. Part of the reason might be that girls are more difficult to diagnose. Here's why.
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Why Autism in Girls Is So Often Missed. Autism is diagnosed more often in boys than in girls. Part of the reason might be that girls are more difficult to diagnose.
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Autism is diagnosed more often in boys than in girls.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 14:45
A Neuroscience Perspective on the Concept of Self in IFS
Internal Family Systems aims to release compassion (Self-energy) inside and out. Neuroscience describes the balanced brain, which produces Self-energy and fosters a nimble mind.
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A Neuroscience Perspective on the Concept of Self in IFS. Internal Family Systems aims to release compassion (Self-energy) inside and out. Neuroscience describes the balanced brain, which produces Self-energy and fosters a nimble mind.
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Internal Family Systems aims to release compassion (Self-energy) inside and out.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 14:07
Why Trying to "Be Good" With Food Can Backfire
Trying to be good with food can backfire. Research shows it's the effort to restrict—not eating itself—that fuels feeling out of control.
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Trying to be good with food can backfire. Research shows it's the effort to restrict—not eating itself—that fuels feeling out of control.
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Research shows it's the effort to restrict—not eating itself—that fuels feeling out of control.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 13:33
Do Large Language Models Think Like Us?
A team of psychologists, computer scientists, and physicists from Italy, Slovenia, and South Korea has proposed seven “fault lines” between human and artificial intelligence (AI).
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A team of psychologists, computer scientists, and physicists from Italy, Slovenia, and South Korea has proposed seven “fault lines” between human and artificial intelligence (AI). The researchers question the extent to which AI is yielding intelligence , at least in the same form as human intelligence.
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Seven ways in which human reasoning differs from large language model "reasoning."
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 13:02
No, You Don’t Need an ADHD Eval—But You Might Want One
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by a constellation of inattentive and/or hyperactive/impulsive symptoms.
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by a constellation of inattentive and/or hyperactive/impulsive symptoms. ADHD is often suspected when a person is having difficulties with managing their attention or impulses. ADHD is also the subject of many social media posts, often with misleading content (Yeung et al., 2022).
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ADHD diagnosis doesn’t require a psychological evaluation, but skipping one may mean missing other conditions.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 12:59
Is It Self-Care or Self-Surveillance?
Self-care can help us feel grounded, but it can also become self-surveillance. The difference lies in how our routines make us feel afterward.
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Is It Self-Care or Self-Surveillance?. Self-care can help us feel grounded, but it can also become self-surveillance. The difference lies in how our routines make us feel afterward.
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Self-care can help us feel grounded, but it can also become self-surveillance.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 12:42
Is the Story You Tell Yourself Making You Anxious?
Life is not only composed of what happens to us but is also made up of the stories we tell ourselves about our experiences. Here's how literature can help us work through worry.
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Is the Story You Tell Yourself Making You Anxious?. Life is not only composed of what happens to us but is also made up of the stories we tell ourselves about our experiences. Here's how literature can help us work through worry.
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Life is not only composed of what happens to us but is also made up of the stories we tell ourselves about our experiences.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 12:36
The Secret Superpower of Humor in Parenting
Laughter helps shape childhood memories and strengthen family bonds.
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The Secret Superpower of Humor in Parenting. Laughter helps shape childhood memories and strengthen family bonds.
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Laughter helps shape childhood memories and strengthen family bonds.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 11:23
Why Intelligent People Fall for Bad Arguments
Why do we fall for bad arguments? Ancient Greek philosophy reveals why persuasion often triumphs over truth.
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Why Intelligent People Fall for Bad Arguments. Why do we fall for bad arguments? Ancient Greek philosophy reveals why persuasion often triumphs over truth.
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Ancient Greek philosophy reveals why persuasion often triumphs over truth.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 11:08
When Criticism Turns Into Justification
Why do people defend responses they’d normally reject? Often, it’s not about the action—it’s about whether the target seems to deserve it.
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When Criticism Turns Into Justification. Why do people defend responses they’d normally reject? Often, it’s not about the action—it’s about whether the target seems to deserve it.
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Why do people defend responses they’d normally reject?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 10:53
When Change Makes You Doubt Yourself
When change is challenging, we tend to blame ourselves, but self-criticism wears us down more than the change itself. Kristin Neff offers 3 better tools to make change easier.
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When Change Makes You Doubt Yourself. When change is challenging, we tend to blame ourselves, but self-criticism wears us down more than the change itself. Kristin Neff offers 3 better tools to make change easier.
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When change is challenging, we tend to blame ourselves, but self-criticism wears us down more than the change itself.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 09:53
Finding Your Way to Stronger Connections
Relationship advice isn't one-size-fits-all. Learn how to choose the right strategy based on where you want the relationship to go.
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Finding Your Way to Stronger Connections. Relationship advice isn't one-size-fits-all. Learn how to choose the right strategy based on where you want the relationship to go.
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Relationship advice isn't one-size-fits-all.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 09:38
The Psychedelic Window Always Closes
A psychedelic experience can crack your world wide open. But the window closes fast, and what you do while it's open decides whether anything actually lasts.
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The Psychedelic Window Always Closes. A psychedelic experience can crack your world wide open. But the window closes fast, and what you do while it's open decides whether anything actually lasts.
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A psychedelic experience can crack your world wide open.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 09:16
Remote Work Worsens Mental Health: But There's a Twist
Working remotely may negatively impact mental health in the long run—but only in people with particular living situations.
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The study compared people who were in "remotable" jobs (such as the ones doable via computer) and "non-remotable" ones, such as a waiter or jobs that require in-person presence. Scores of psychological distress increased for people in remote jobs, as did their scores for depression , anxiety , and loneliness compared with people who had non-remote jobs.
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Working remotely may negatively impact mental health in the long run—but only in people with particular living situations.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 09:09
How Trauma-Related Schemas Shape Your Life
Schemas formed early in life can shape lifelong emotional patterns. But with the right help and support, these schemas can be revealed, examined, and healed.
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How Trauma-Related Schemas Shape Your Life. Schemas formed early in life can shape lifelong emotional patterns. But with the right help and support, these schemas can be revealed, examined, and healed.
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Schemas formed early in life can shape lifelong emotional patterns.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 09:05
The Psychology of Minimalism
If you think that clutter is impacting your mental health, you might be right. Minimalism may help boost your mental health in three important ways.
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The Psychology of Minimalism. If you think that clutter is impacting your mental health, you might be right. Minimalism may help boost your mental health in three important ways.
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If you think that clutter is impacting your mental health, you might be right.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 08:00
Dealing With Grief as We Age
By the time we reach our senior years, we've encountered many types of grief. In a new book, author Kate Doerge offers action steps for moving through the grieving process.
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Dealing With Grief as We Age. By the time we reach our senior years, we've encountered many types of grief. In a new book, author Kate Doerge offers action steps for moving through the grieving process.
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By the time we reach our senior years, we've encountered many types of grief.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 20, 07:14
Activating the Subconscious to Promote Healing
Whether through prayer, ritual, community, or a therapeutic encounter, the meaning we attach to healing experiences shapes how our bodies respond.
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This means that when you participate in and believe in healing rites for any kind of well-being, you encourage your subconscious to help achieve the desired result. For as long as there have been civilizations, we’ve had healing rites and rituals that appeal to the subconscious for help.
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Whether through prayer, ritual, community, or a therapeutic encounter, the meaning we attach to healing experiences shapes how our bodies respond.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 23:04
Sugar, Soda, and Mental Illness
The soda you drink may be shaping more than your waistline. Sugar's link to mental illness runs deeper than you think.
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Sugar, Soda, and Mental Illness. The soda you drink may be shaping more than your waistline. Sugar's link to mental illness runs deeper than you think.
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The soda you drink may be shaping more than your waistline.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 22:48
Why Emotional Neglect Leaves Life Feeling Pointless
Ever wonder what it's all for? That empty, what's-the-point feeling often traces back to childhood emotional neglect. Here’s why, and how to begin to feel that your life matters.
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Why Emotional Neglect Leaves Life Feeling Pointless. Ever wonder what it's all for? That empty, what's-the-point feeling often traces back to childhood emotional neglect.
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Here’s why, and how to begin to feel that your life matters.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 22:36
Is Family Enmeshment Really Pathological?
What if family enmeshment isn't universally pathological? The same behavior may reflect different psychological processes across cultures, challenging assumptions of psychotherapy.
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Is Family Enmeshment Really Pathological?. What if family enmeshment isn't universally pathological? The same behavior may reflect different psychological processes across cultures, challenging assumptions of psychotherapy.
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What if family enmeshment isn't universally pathological?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 18:39
How to Think for Yourself Using the Grit–Grace Scale
When life feels uncertain and you no longer trust yourself, how do you know what to do? Discover a framework for rebuilding confidence in your own judgment.
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How to Think for Yourself Using the Grit–Grace Scale. When life feels uncertain and you no longer trust yourself, how do you know what to do? Discover a framework for rebuilding confidence in your own judgment.
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When life feels uncertain and you no longer trust yourself, how do you know what to do?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 16:20
Recent DMT Hype Reawakens Old Philosophical Questions
Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is getting lots of media attention recently. Is it the key to unlocking the secrets of reality, or just a popular means for escaping this one?
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Recent DMT Hype Reawakens Old Philosophical Questions. Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is getting lots of media attention recently. Is it the key to unlocking the secrets of reality, or just a popular means for escaping this one?
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Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is getting lots of media attention recently.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 15:21
On the Subject of Surrender
Personal Perspective: Can surrender transform your life? Learn how releasing control can deepen resilience, inner peace, and connection to your true self.
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On the Subject of Surrender. Personal Perspective: Can surrender transform your life? Learn how releasing control can deepen resilience, inner peace, and connection to your true self.
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Personal Perspective: Can surrender transform your life?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 14:41
Why Anger Masks Fear
When life tests your patience, reacting in anger is easy. But shifting your perspective is where the real power lies.
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Why Anger Masks Fear. When life tests your patience, reacting in anger is easy. But shifting your perspective is where the real power lies.
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When life tests your patience, reacting in anger is easy.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 13:34
Go Ahead, Countdown Your Kids
There is some talk among social media parenting influencers and “experts” that "counting down your kids" is a bad parenting strategy.
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There is some talk among social media parenting influencers and “experts” that "counting down your kids" is a bad parenting strategy. Counting down is when parents calmly and slowly count to five (or count backwards from 5 to 1) after they have given an instruction.
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Counting down is a tried-and-true parenting strategy that people have avoided for the wrong reasons.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 12:46
How Sleep Affects Metabolism and Weight
New research shows that even modest sleep loss can affect hormones, activity, and weight—revealing why sleep is central to metabolic health.
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We often treat sleep as time taken away from more productive or enjoyable activities. One study identified a brain circuit connecting sleep with growth hormone release. What has been less clear is how the brain coordinates that relationship.
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New research shows that even modest sleep loss can affect hormones, activity, and weight—revealing why sleep is central to metabolic health.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 12:29
Why Your Adult Child Left and Stays Quiet Instead of Talking
Long before your child finally broke contact with you, the two of you had already had a repeated fight a thousand times. It was just never out loud.
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Why Your Adult Child Left and Stays Quiet Instead of Talking. Long before your child finally broke contact with you, the two of you had already had a repeated fight a thousand times. It was just never out loud.
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Long before your child finally broke contact with you, the two of you had already had a repeated fight a thousand times.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 12:13
Love and the Tragic Substitution of Power for Value
Empowerment in love is the confidence to expose vulnerability and to regulate disappointment when our partners are in unreceptive states.
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In love relationships, power struggles are not essentially about power – who gets to rule. These are the mindsets of power struggles in love relationships: These were not the mindsets of falling in love. More importantly, you cannot feel valuable while exerting power over loved ones.
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Empowerment in love is the confidence to expose vulnerability and to regulate disappointment when our partners are in unreceptive states.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 09:36
How to Deal With the "Crush Recession"
Young adults have been claiming on social media that we're a "crush recession." Here's how you might be able to deal with a drop in "interest rates."
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We may not be in an economic recession just yet. There aren't measures such as nonfarm dating activity or number of times people are saying, "Do you like raisins? How about a date," to track dating enthusiasm.
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Young adults have been claiming on social media that we're a "crush recession." Here's how you might be able to deal with a drop in "interest rates."
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 09:20
When "Almost Unavailable" Becomes Something More
We often think of fantasy as something to get over. But some unrealised relationships leave us with more than longing.
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When "Almost Unavailable" Becomes Something More. We often think of fantasy as something to get over. But some unrealised relationships leave us with more than longing.
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We often think of fantasy as something to get over.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 19, 08:11
Are You the Invisible Patient?
If this title resonates, you may be a co-survivor. Learn why you feel isolated and invisible and how support models can help you feel seen.
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Are You the Invisible Patient?. If this title resonates, you may be a co-survivor. Learn why you feel isolated and invisible and how support models can help you feel seen.
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Learn why you feel isolated and invisible and how support models can help you feel seen.
Bbc
Jul 19, 02:12
Why some women are being driven out of the workplace by an illness
Three women describe how endometriosis has affected their careers, as an inquiry takes place.
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Why some women are being driven out of the workplace by an illness. Three women describe how endometriosis has affected their careers, as an inquiry takes place.
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Three women describe how endometriosis has affected their careers, as an inquiry takes place.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 18, 16:28
4 Core Components of Resilience
Resilience is not a single or fixed trait. By working on its four core components, which anyone can learn, you can boost it over time.
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4 Core Components of Resilience. Resilience is not a single or fixed trait. By working on its four core components, which anyone can learn, you can boost it over time.
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By working on its four core components, which anyone can learn, you can boost it over time.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 18, 16:03
Sexual Self-Awareness: Pathways to Psychological Freedom
This is part 1 of a two-part post. Here in part 1, we’ll explore the obstacles and resistances that stand in the way of sexual freedom.
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As a therapist, I often observe that our approach to sex—our feelings, satisfaction, and ability to express needs—mirrors our approach to life overall. If you tend to be a people pleaser, how comfortable are you asserting your sexual needs with your partner?
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Increasing awareness of our sexual patterns can lead to greater freedom and wholeness.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 18, 15:38
How Clinicians Conceptualize Symptoms Influences Therapy
Clinical case conceptualization can help or hinder your therapeutic experience.
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How Clinicians Conceptualize Symptoms Influences Therapy. Clinical case conceptualization can help or hinder your therapeutic experience.
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Clinical case conceptualization can help or hinder your therapeutic experience.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 18, 15:06
How to Practice Inspired Accountability
We can learn to hold ourselves and others accountable without shame. The outcome is a new relationship.
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How to Practice Inspired Accountability. We can learn to hold ourselves and others accountable without shame. The outcome is a new relationship.
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We can learn to hold ourselves and others accountable without shame.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 18, 14:28
Serotonin Syndrome: What You Need to Know
Serotonin syndrome (aka serotonin toxicity) is often misunderstood, causing both unnecessary worry and missed warning signs.
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"I've just started an antidepressant and read about serotonin syndrome. Given how commonly these medications are prescribed, questions like the one that opens this post are understandable. Since this is a health problem induced by medication use, the cause is directly related to how these drugs affect serotonin activity in the body.
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Serotonin syndrome (aka serotonin toxicity) is often misunderstood, causing both unnecessary worry and missed warning signs.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 18, 14:09
How Leaders Can Learn to Trust Themselves
A leader said she couldn't trust her decisions. Then she described picking aubergines with her eyes closed—a way of knowing she'd forgotten. Here's how to find yours.
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How Leaders Can Learn to Trust Themselves. Then she described picking aubergines with her eyes closed—a way of knowing she'd forgotten. Here's how to find yours.
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A leader said she couldn't trust her decisions.
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Jul 18, 12:21
The Problem With Forced Apologies
Personal Perspective: Forced apologies are a go-to strategy for many adults managing challenging child behavior. Maybe they shouldn't be.
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Personal Perspective: Forced apologies are a go-to strategy for many adults managing challenging child behavior. Maybe they shouldn't be.
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Personal Perspective: Forced apologies are a go-to strategy for many adults managing challenging child behavior.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 18, 11:18
When Jealousy Protects Love
Jealousy is often seen as love's enemy, but in moderation, it can reinforce the unique value you hold in your partner’s life.
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" Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous, or in love ."—Mario Teguh Jealousy has a bad reputation, but eliminating it entirely may not be desirable. Although many people are attracted to the excitement of multiple romantic partners, the need for an enduring, caring relationship is more fundamental than the attraction to multiple partners.
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Jealousy is often seen as love's enemy, but in moderation, it can reinforce the unique value you hold in your partner’s life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 18, 10:54
Baby Boomers’ Keen Interest in Genealogy
Personal Perspective: On one visit home, I discovered a crumpled 1913 newspaper clipping from a local paper in New Orleans. It told the story of my second great-grandfather.
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Baby Boomers’ Keen Interest in Genealogy. Personal Perspective: On one visit home, I discovered a crumpled 1913 newspaper clipping from a local paper in New Orleans. It told the story of my second great-grandfather.
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Personal Perspective: On one visit home, I discovered a crumpled 1913 newspaper clipping from a local paper in New Orleans.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 18, 08:55
Why "Almost Unavailable" Can Feel Most Attractive
Some of the most intense attractions happen with people who stay just out of reach. Here's why "almost possible" pulls at us harder than certainty.
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Why "Almost Unavailable" Can Feel Most Attractive. Some of the most intense attractions happen with people who stay just out of reach. Here's why "almost possible" pulls at us harder than certainty.
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Some of the most intense attractions happen with people who stay just out of reach.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 20:53
When Your Teen Resists Therapy, Try Curiosity
Getting a resistant teen into therapy rarely works through better arguments. Two ideas borrowed from Dialectical Behavior Therapy offer a more effective way in.
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When Your Teen Resists Therapy, Try Curiosity. Getting a resistant teen into therapy rarely works through better arguments. Two ideas borrowed from Dialectical Behavior Therapy offer a more effective way in.
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Getting a resistant teen into therapy rarely works through better arguments.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 20:20
When We Mistake Systemic Injury for Character
What if the primary problem isn't the person but the system? This post highlights how structural disadvantage becomes a reputation and why we so often get the story wrong.
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When We Mistake Systemic Injury for Character. What if the primary problem isn't the person but the system? This post highlights how structural disadvantage becomes a reputation and why we so often get the story wrong.
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What if the primary problem isn't the person but the system?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 18:54
A Better Version of Residential Dementia Care
Personal Perspective: The Hogeweyk focuses on what is maintained rather than what is lost in end-stage dementia care, and everyone benefits.
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Imagine enabling people with severe dementia to live out their final months actively pursuing many of the interests and activities they had enjoyed throughout their lives, rather than being segregated from family and friends, sequestered into spartan hospital-like facilities, and medicated and sedated to near unconsciousness.
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Personal Perspective: The Hogeweyk focuses on what is maintained rather than what is lost in end-stage dementia care, and everyone benefits.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 18:41
Curly Fries With Cheese Can Be Healthier Than You Think
If “You are what you eat” is true, we can remember that few people identify as rhubarb, kohlrabi, or yam. A nickname such as "Cookie" can be charming, whereas "Yeast" rarely is.
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Curly Fries With Cheese Can Be Healthier Than You Think. If “You are what you eat” is true, we can remember that few people identify as rhubarb, kohlrabi, or yam. A nickname such as "Cookie" can be charming, whereas "Yeast" rarely is.
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If “You are what you eat” is true, we can remember that few people identify as rhubarb, kohlrabi, or yam.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 17:41
Non-Monogamy Creates Personal Growth
Non-monogamy upends a lot of our assumptions about relationships. That can be a good thing.
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Non-Monogamy Creates Personal Growth. Non-monogamy upends a lot of our assumptions about relationships. That can be a good thing.
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Non-monogamy upends a lot of our assumptions about relationships.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 16:51
There Are Only Two Types of Problems
We can think of problems as being one of two types: a question of learning skills or an emotional overreaction. Knowing which is which can give you a head start on solving them.
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There Are Only Two Types of Problems. We can think of problems as being one of two types: a question of learning skills or an emotional overreaction. Knowing which is which can give you a head start on solving them.
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We can think of problems as being one of two types: a question of learning skills or an emotional overreaction.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 16:46
Anxiety After Brain Injury
Anxiety after brain injury emerges from impaired brain states, from direct neurophysiological damage to the social consequences of brain injury.
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"Busy brain" is a term clinicians use to describe an anxiety state in an injured brain. Instead of oscillating at normal brainwave frequencies, neurons oscillate at much higher frequencies, the frequencies associated with anxiety. You cannot stop it on your own, and being expected to do so increases the busy brain and thus anxiety.
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Anxiety after brain injury emerges from impaired brain states, from direct neurophysiological damage to the social consequences of brain injury.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 16:33
Should Teens Share Their Neurodivergence in College Essays?
Insight from a former college admissions consultant about the pros and cons of disclosing neurodivergence in a college application essay.
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In late summer, the college application season arrives, bringing with it a mix of excitement, anticipation, and no small amount of stress . For high school students, this is a time filled with big questions about the future. It can also feel deeply personal, perhaps too personal for some students.
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Insight from a former college admissions consultant about the pros and cons of disclosing neurodivergence in a college application essay.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 16:30
When Your Superpower Stops Being Special
The skills that made you successful m ay not keep you there. Learn why adaptability is one of the most valuable career assets you can develop.
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When Your Superpower Stops Being Special. The skills that made you successful m ay not keep you there. Learn why adaptability is one of the most valuable career assets you can develop.
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The skills that made you successful m ay not keep you there.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 16:23
Sometimes Self-Care Is a Milkshake
Personal Perspective: What if the choice that looks least like self-care is the one you need most? Moving beyond self-care performance may mean responding honestly to your needs.
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Sometimes Self-Care Is a Milkshake. Personal Perspective: What if the choice that looks least like self-care is the one you need most? Moving beyond self-care performance may mean responding honestly to your needs.
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Personal Perspective: What if the choice that looks least like self-care is the one you need most?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 16:22
Can ADHD Medication Make Autism Traits More Noticeable?
ADHD symptoms can sometimes overshadow autism traits, making them harder to recognize. Treatment may change that balance.
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Can ADHD Medication Make Autism Traits More Noticeable?. ADHD symptoms can sometimes overshadow autism traits, making them harder to recognize. Treatment may change that balance.
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ADHD symptoms can sometimes overshadow autism traits, making them harder to recognize.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 16:11
AI Is Not a Calculator. Stop Saying It Is.
The most common analogy that AI is like a calculator is wrong. It borrows the resolution of prior panics to avoid the question AI technology actually raises.
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The most common analogy that AI is like a calculator is wrong. It borrows the resolution of prior panics to avoid the question AI technology actually raises.
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The most common analogy that AI is like a calculator is wrong.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 16:05
When the War Comes Home
Some veterans return home physically but remain psychologically anchored to war. Cognitive immobility explains how combat can shape life long after the battlefield is left behind.
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When the War Comes Home. Some veterans return home physically but remain psychologically anchored to war. Cognitive immobility explains how combat can shape life long after the battlefield is left behind.
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Some veterans return home physically but remain psychologically anchored to war.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 15:50
Why Adults Need to Play
We often think of play as an activity for children. But research shows it's important for adults and has cognitive, physical, and social benefits.
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Why Adults Need to Play. We often think of play as an activity for children. But research shows it's important for adults and has cognitive, physical, and social benefits.
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We often think of play as an activity for children.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 15:49
The Philosophy of Agathism
Stop ignoring your emotional pain. Discover the philosophy of Agathism and learn how the universe uses your deepest struggles to build resilience.
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The Philosophy of Agathism. Stop ignoring your emotional pain. Discover the philosophy of Agathism and learn how the universe uses your deepest struggles to build resilience.
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Stop ignoring your emotional pain.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 15:47
What AI Companions Do to Our Deepest Psychological Needs
AI companions may ease loneliness, but a six-needs framework shows when synthetic comfort supports human connection—and when it starts to replace it.
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A woman in her thirties tells me she talks to an AI companion every night before sleep. It never interrupts, never judges, never grows tired of her. Another study linked companionship-oriented use most strongly to lower well-being among people with smaller social networks, intensive use, and greater self-disclosure.
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AI companions may ease loneliness, but a six-needs framework shows when synthetic comfort supports human connection—and when it starts to replace it.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 15:13
How Ketamine Affected My Attention and Processing
I was scheduled for three sublingual ketamine dosing sessions at a retreat run by my soon-to-be mentor in the psychedelic world, Jayne Gumpel.
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I was beginning to feel a tug of guilt as I spent days exploring my inner consciousness while my two small children needed their mother. My experience with having more than one glass of wine has often been characterized by embarrassment , self-consciousness, and mental fogginess.
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Personal Perspective: The most profound effect of ketamine was not what it added; it was what it took away.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 14:32
When Waiting Becomes Part of Illness
When healthcare answers are delayed, the psychological impact can be profound. Why prolonged waiting can feel threatening, and how compassionate communication can help patients.
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When Waiting Becomes Part of Illness. When healthcare answers are delayed, the psychological impact can be profound. Why prolonged waiting can feel threatening, and how compassionate communication can help patients.
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Why prolonged waiting can feel threatening, and how compassionate communication can help patients.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 13:28
When Grief Changes How We See the World
Shortly after my mother died, I participated in a restorative justice circle. I have attended many circles over the years as part of my work in forensic psychology , and each one has reminded me that…
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I have attended many circles over the years as part of my work in forensic psychology , and each one has reminded me that every person carries a story that is often invisible to others. For most of my professional life, I have listened to people describe painful experiences. My training helped me understand how those experiences affect thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
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Listening to a young man describe the loss of his mother changed the way I understood my own grief.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 13:24
Is Psychology Ignoring One of the Biggest Human Mysteries?
Whether UAP reports reflect an external reality or a psychological perception, the field of psychology has a scientific and ethical responsibility to investigate.
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For more than a century, the field of psychology has sought to understand human thought, emotion , perception, belief, memory , and behavior. It has tackled some of humanity’s most complex questions, from consciousness and trauma to religion, spirituality , and extraordinary human experiences.
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Whether UAP reports reflect an external reality or a psychological perception, the field of psychology has a scientific and ethical responsibility to investigate.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 13:00
OCD Symptoms Could Be Solutions to a Problem
Something happened. It didn’t feel right. And your mind — possibly your infant mind or adolescent mind — said, “That was awful. I’m never going to let that happen again.
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And your mind — possibly your infant mind or adolescent mind — said, “That was awful. Orderly minded people do not suffer from it. My health and safety and cleanliness depended 100% on an array of people dressed in white smocks being rung to bring me bed pans .
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The event and trauma no longer exist but the younger mind’s “solutions” are still in place.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 12:41
Dangerous Enough to Help
Personal Perspective: For a decade, a fractured system saw my drinking, my misdiagnoses, my crises in isolation, never the whole. It could not hold my suffering.
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Personal Perspective: For a decade, a fractured system saw my drinking, my misdiagnoses, my crises in isolation, never the whole. It could not hold my suffering.
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Personal Perspective: For a decade, a fractured system saw my drinking, my misdiagnoses, my crises in isolation, never the whole.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 12:30
Are rates of ADHD really rising?
Are ADHD rates really rising as rapidly as so many believe? Here are reasons why more people may be seeking services.
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Are rates of ADHD really rising?. Are ADHD rates really rising as rapidly as so many believe? Here are reasons why more people may be seeking services.
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Are ADHD rates really rising as rapidly as so many believe?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 12:11
Can Smutty TV Change Relationship Expectations?
Modern romantasy and "smutty" TV may be shaping expectations not only about sex, but also about emotional intimacy, communication, and what we want in romantic partners.
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Research suggests that media helps shape beliefs and expectations about sex and relationships. Many clients who reach out for relationship or sex therapy articulate the kind of relationships they are longing for.
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Modern romantasy and "smutty" TV may be shaping expectations not only about sex, but also about emotional intimacy, communication, and what we want in romantic partners.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 12:01
The "Lost Tribe" of Neurodivergence: Sensory Dysregulation
A clinician’s look at the "lost tribe" of neurodivergence: navigating severe sensory dysregulation and misophonia when your nervous system doesn't fit the DSM-5 boxes.
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When we discuss neurodivergence, the conversation almost always gravitates toward Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention -Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ( ADHD ). Yet, a significant clinical population remains in the shadows: individuals who present with severe sensory processing differences but do not meet the diagnostic thresholds for ASD or ADHD.
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A clinician’s look at the "lost tribe" of neurodivergence: navigating severe sensory dysregulation and misophonia when your nervous system doesn't fit the DSM-5 boxes.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 11:33
Dodging Discomfort
Everyone deserves to feel good and have their needs met. Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way.
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Dodging Discomfort. Everyone deserves to feel good and have their needs met. Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way.
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Everyone deserves to feel good and have their needs met.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 11:33
Why Stress Isn’t What You Think It Is
Stress may not come from the situation itself. Discover how your resources, perceptions, and interpretations shape your experience of stress.
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Why Stress Isn’t What You Think It Is. Stress may not come from the situation itself. Discover how your resources, perceptions, and interpretations shape your experience of stress.
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Stress may not come from the situation itself.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 10:40
The Life You Never Chose Always Looks Better
I frequently hear from clients about their imagined version in which they chose the “right” partner, moved to this beautiful place around the world, and left or joined a certain job.
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I frequently hear from clients about their imagined version in which they chose the “right” partner, moved to this beautiful place around the world, and left or joined a certain job. That version of themselves always seems to be happier and more fulfilled than their actual life experience.
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The life you imagine may not be better than the one you chose; it may simply be protected from reality.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 10:36
When Problems Paradoxically Hold a Couple Together
Psychological symptoms or relationship distress sometimes persist because they are (unconsciously) doing a "job" that you don't know how to do any other way.
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In my couples therapy work, it is not uncommon to encounter relationships that appear stuck. Although often misunderstood, secondary gain remains a clinically relevant lens for understanding why change in intimate relationships can be so difficult. Freud introduced the concepts of primary and secondary gain to describe unconscious processes involved in symptom formation.
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Psychological symptoms or relationship distress sometimes persist because they are (unconsciously) doing a "job" that you don't know how to do any other way.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 09:42
Is PTSD Spreading Through American Society Vicariously?
Personal Perspective: Is trauma an individual emotional experience, or does the emotional effect of traumatization spread dark feelings around to others via emotional contagion?
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Trauma has long been thought of as an individual occurrence, with various degrees of adverse experiences sadly impinging on many separate people in recent times. have PTSD in any given year, and that 6 percent will have PTSD at any point in their lives.
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Personal Perspective: Is trauma an individual emotional experience, or does the emotional effect of traumatization spread dark feelings around to others via emotional contagion?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 17, 09:05
The Evidence on Two Therapies Boost Women’s Sexual Desire
For women distressed about low—or no—sexual desire, two psychological therapies work better than the drug treatment, and cost less.
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Some women feel little desire for sex. The current edition of the bible of mental health, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual , Fifth Edition, calls this “female sexual interest-arousal disorder.” The FDA has approved one drug to treat it, Addyi (flibanserin), which produces modest benefits. CBT involves identifying distorted thinking patterns and correcting them.
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For women distressed about low—or no—sexual desire, two psychological therapies work better than the drug treatment, and cost less.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 21:50
The Invisible Hand Is a Person
Great work is never a solo act. Take time to think about the unseen hands behind our best work, and consider whose work your hands should be on.
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Great work is never a solo act. Take time to think about the unseen hands behind our best work, and consider whose work your hands should be on.
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Take time to think about the unseen hands behind our best work, and consider whose work your hands should be on.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 17:55
Is Your Adult Child Emotionally Bankrupting Your Other Kids?
I see it every day when working with parents and families of struggling adult children. The sibling who never asked for help is quietly keeping score—and the bill comes due eventually.
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I see it every day when working with parents and families of struggling adult children. One learns that falling apart works, and the other learns that needing anything can feel like a burden.
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The child who never needed saving may be paying the price for the one who did.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 17:12
A Detour on the Path to Happiness
Who wouldn't want to pursue the things that science has shown lead to happiness? And why don't they? In some cases, it may be because they don't have the skill.
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A Detour on the Path to Happiness. Who wouldn't want to pursue the things that science has shown lead to happiness? In some cases, it may be because they don't have the skill.
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Who wouldn't want to pursue the things that science has shown lead to happiness?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 16:36
Holding Hope When Life Has Let You Down
Something I’m noticing is that many people are afraid to get their hopes up. When you’ve experienced setbacks and disappointments, and been let down by systems, by people, or even by your own best ef…
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Something I’m noticing is that many people are afraid to get their hopes up. Ross Ellenhorn, psychotherapist, social worker, and author of Ten Reasons Not to Change , that brought language to something I think many people are experiencing: Sometimes people are not lacking hope, they are afraid of it.
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Why hope can feel risky after disappointment and how everyday resiliency helps us trust ourselves again.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 15:53
Why Antidepressants Can Make the Heat More Dangerous
Hot weather does not affect everyone in the same way. Some antidepressants can interfere with the body's ability to cool down, increasing the risk of dehydration and overheating.
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Why Antidepressants Can Make the Heat More Dangerous. Hot weather does not affect everyone in the same way. Some antidepressants can interfere with the body's ability to cool down, increasing the risk of dehydration and overheating.
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Hot weather does not affect everyone in the same way.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 15:28
GLP-1 Journeys: Beyond Weight Loss, Becoming Someone New
GLP-1 medicines don't just change your body. They can also change your desires, moods, thoughts, and relationships. Will you guide these changes or leave them to chance?
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GLP-1 Journeys: Beyond Weight Loss, Becoming Someone New. They can also change your desires, moods, thoughts, and relationships. Will you guide these changes or leave them to chance?
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GLP-1 medicines don't just change your body.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 14:45
Why We Defend the People Who Con Us
The best con artists don't just fool you. They get you to defend them. Why smart, skeptical people end up protecting their own deceivers, and how to tell if you're one.
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Why We Defend the People Who Con Us. The best con artists don't just fool you. Why smart, skeptical people end up protecting their own deceivers, and how to tell if you're one.
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Why smart, skeptical people end up protecting their own deceivers, and how to tell if you're one.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 14:19
Narcissism and Romantic Relationships: Breaking the Spell
How neurotic narcissism hinders and undermines intimacy.
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Narcissism and Romantic Relationships: Breaking the Spell. How neurotic narcissism hinders and undermines intimacy.
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How neurotic narcissism hinders and undermines intimacy.
Bbc
Jul 16, 13:27
What are the symptoms of meningitis and how is it spread?
A vaccination programme targeting one million teenagers and young adults is being launched, after concerns about the number of meningitis B infections.
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A vaccination programme targeting one million teenagers and young adults is being launched, after concerns about the number of meningitis B infections. Published 15 May Meningitis B vaccine to be offered to a million young people Published 12 June What are meningitis and 'invasive' meningitis? What meningitis signs should you look out for?
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Some people can carry bacteria in their nose or throat without getting sick, but can spread it to others.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 13:21
What the World Cup Reveals About People Who Belong to More Than One Place
Every four years, the World Cup asks a specific group of people a question that has nothing to do with football. What does belonging look like when you come from more than one place?
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What the World Cup Reveals About People Who Belong to More Than One Place. Every four years, the World Cup asks a specific group of people a question that has nothing to do with football. What does belonging look like when you come from more than one place?
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Every four years, the World Cup asks a specific group of people a question that has nothing to do with football.
Bbc
Jul 16, 13:07
Why listening to birdsong is good for you
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing Related topics BBC Wellbeing Week Follow BBC Wellbeing Week
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Actively listening to birdsong it is good for both your health, wellbeing and focus.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 12:55
What Nobody Wants to Talk About in AI Disruption, and a Silver Lining
Artificial intelligence didn't ask your permission to disrupt your career, but it might be forcing you to finally become who you already knew you should be.
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What Nobody Wants to Talk About in AI Disruption, and a Silver Lining. Artificial intelligence didn't ask your permission to disrupt your career, but it might be forcing you to finally become who you already knew you should be.
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Artificial intelligence didn't ask your permission to disrupt your career, but it might be forcing you to finally become who you already knew you should be.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 12:25
Why People With Visible Disability Still Have to “Come Out”
Do people with visible disabilities have to disclose? New research says yes. Precisely because their disabilities are observable, curious others pressure them to explain.
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Why People With Visible Disability Still Have to “Come Out”. Do people with visible disabilities have to disclose? Precisely because their disabilities are observable, curious others pressure them to explain.
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Do people with visible disabilities have to disclose?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 12:04
Murals Matter More Than We Might Think
Public art alters more than city walls. It can reshape how people perceive safety, notice beauty, and connect to urban neighborhoods.
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Murals Matter More Than We Might Think. Public art alters more than city walls. It can reshape how people perceive safety, notice beauty, and connect to urban neighborhoods.
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It can reshape how people perceive safety, notice beauty, and connect to urban neighborhoods.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 11:02
Transform Your Inner Critic Into an Inner Ally
Do you have a harsh inner voice? If so, this critical part of you needs help to change, which can bring much-improved mental health and happiness.
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Transform Your Inner Critic Into an Inner Ally. Do you have a harsh inner voice? If so, this critical part of you needs help to change, which can bring much-improved mental health and happiness.
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If so, this critical part of you needs help to change, which can bring much-improved mental health and happiness.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 10:25
Music Plays a Role in Developing Critical Life Skills
Music education helps us develop our executive function skills to plan, behave, and make smart decisions through honing our self-control, leading to greater success in life.
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Ellen Galinsky is a leading educational researcher who has spent more than two decades studying how children learn and thrive. About 25 years ago, Galinsky’s research led her to realize that “… [the] children [who were] most likely to be learning and thriving were developing a set of crucial skills.
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Music education helps us develop our executive function skills to plan, behave, and make smart decisions through honing our self-control, leading to greater success in life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 09:45
How Twins Use Their Similarities to Get Their Own Way
I think that twins will have different responses to the appropriateness of using their similarities to get ahead or get what they want.
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I think that twins will have different responses to the appropriateness of using their similarities to get ahead or get what they want. Even though our popular culture strongly idealizes the closeness and instant understanding that twins often share, it is difficult to overcome such closeness or to put twin intensity with each other in perspective.
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Unfortunately, the closeness of twinship is problematic for developing one's own special and distinctive identity.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 09:34
What Should Parents Know About Their Teen’s Troubles?
Recent cases in which parents have been convicted of charges related to their child's criminal act should alert parents to the need to be informed and prepared.
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On social media , there was an immediate call for charging the girl’s parents as well. What this girl allegedly did justifies outrage, but we need more clarity about when to hold parents accountable. It was the first time that parents had been held criminally responsible for their child’s mass school shooting.
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Recent cases in which parents have been convicted of charges related to their child's criminal act should alert parents to the need to be informed and prepared.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 09:13
How 5 Classic Rom-Coms Teach Us to Love Better
Before dating apps, many of us learned about love from the movies. Here's what five classic rom-coms can still teach us about vulnerability, risk, and commitment.
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How 5 Classic Rom-Coms Teach Us to Love Better. Before dating apps, many of us learned about love from the movies. Here's what five classic rom-coms can still teach us about vulnerability, risk, and commitment.
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Before dating apps, many of us learned about love from the movies.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 16, 08:26
Beyond the Therapy Room: Why Lived Experience Matters
The therapist brings expertise. The client brings experience. Peer mentors bring the journey. Together they can transform psychological care.
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Beyond the Therapy Room: Why Lived Experience Matters. The client brings experience. Together they can transform psychological care.
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The therapist brings expertise.
Bbc
Jul 16, 00:34
The 'heartbreaking' OCD that can make you doubt your relationship
Sophia, 24, has been in a loving relationship for more than a year, but she still finds herself questioning everything about it - from how compatible she and her boyfriend are to whether she loves hi…
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Sophia, 24, has been in a loving relationship for more than a year, but she still finds herself questioning everything about it - from how compatible she and her boyfriend are to whether she loves him at all, and what action she might take as a result.
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Relationship OCD is gaining awareness, but limited data means little in known about how common the condition is.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 20:39
Why It's Hard to Ask for What You Need
Early childhood experiences and dysfunctional family dynamics can make it hard to ask for what you need—even as an adult. Here's how you can begin to speak up about your needs.
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Early childhood experiences and dysfunctional family dynamics can make it hard to ask for what you need—even as an adult. Here's how you can begin to speak up about your needs.
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Early childhood experiences and dysfunctional family dynamics can make it hard to ask for what you need—even as an adult.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 19:53
Is Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria Part of ADHD?
RSD is a term that’s gained traction online, particularly in ADHD spaces. But this raises a clinical question: Is RSD a recognized diagnosis?
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Is Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria Part of ADHD?. RSD is a term that’s gained traction online, particularly in ADHD spaces. But this raises a clinical question: Is RSD a recognized diagnosis?
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RSD is a term that’s gained traction online, particularly in ADHD spaces.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 18:29
Before You Send That AI-Written Text, Answer This
AI can improve difficult conversations, but it only knows your side of the story. Learn the one question to ask before sending an AI-written relationship text.
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Before You Send That AI-Written Text, Answer This. AI can improve difficult conversations, but it only knows your side of the story. Learn the one question to ask before sending an AI-written relationship text.
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AI can improve difficult conversations, but it only knows your side of the story.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 17:32
The Country You’re Angry at Is Partly Imagined
We often dislike other people for beliefs they do not hold. The real divide may lie less in what we believe than in what we imagine about one another.
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The Country You’re Angry at Is Partly Imagined. We often dislike other people for beliefs they do not hold. The real divide may lie less in what we believe than in what we imagine about one another.
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We often dislike other people for beliefs they do not hold.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 16:57
4 Reasons the Workplace Isn't Designed for Our Brains
Feeling overwhelmed at work may not be about you—it may be about a workplace that wasn’t designed with the brain in mind.
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Yet many workplaces are designed as if we function the same way. Modern offices often assume that placing people in a factory-like environment will produce factory-like results. She explains why many modern workplaces conflict with the way our brains are designed to work.
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Feeling overwhelmed at work may not be about you—it may be about a workplace that wasn’t designed with the brain in mind.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 16:36
Lessons from Dog Training When Life Feels Hopeless
Personal Perspective: We can find happiness even when hopelessness feels permanent.
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Lessons from Dog Training When Life Feels Hopeless. Personal Perspective: We can find happiness even when hopelessness feels permanent.
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Personal Perspective: We can find happiness even when hopelessness feels permanent.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 16:35
Aesthetic Connection in the Digital Age
Personal Perspective: A live music experience should be a more pure form of aesthetic exchange, where one is not trying to capture a moment on video but experience it.
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Shared music experiences are dynamic. When we experience music, there is a connection between the music source and ourselves. I experienced the true power of music as connection in my mind, body, and soul.
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Personal Perspective: A live music experience should be a more pure form of aesthetic exchange, where one is not trying to capture a moment on video but experience it.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 15:34
The Relationship Lessons Hidden in the Film, The Invite
The film The Invite reveals the hidden costs of silence, the power of honest conversations, and why love is a choice we continue to make.
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As therapists, we often say that relationships rarely end because of a single event. More often, they erode through countless moments of silence, assumptions, and emotional distance. Healthy relationships are built on the willingness to keep learning about one another.
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The film The Invite reveals the hidden costs of silence, the power of honest conversations, and why love is a choice we continue to make.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 15:11
Listening to the Body
Interoception is important, especially when chronic illness often deepens a mind/body split. Learn more about how to deepen your ability to listen to your body.
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Listening to the Body. Interoception is important, especially when chronic illness often deepens a mind/body split. Learn more about how to deepen your ability to listen to your body.
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Interoception is important, especially when chronic illness often deepens a mind/body split.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 13:49
The Uncanny Happiness of Common Unhappiness
Happiness is something psychotherapy patients consciously or unconsciously are seeking. But it may not be what they imagine.
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The Uncanny Happiness of Common Unhappiness. Happiness is something psychotherapy patients consciously or unconsciously are seeking. But it may not be what they imagine.
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Happiness is something psychotherapy patients consciously or unconsciously are seeking.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 13:33
Do You Say to Yourself “They Hurt Me?” Read This First
Life's difficulties do not always happen for a reason—they simply happen. This post offers a different perspective on suffering.
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Do You Say to Yourself “They Hurt Me?” Read This First. Life's difficulties do not always happen for a reason—they simply happen. This post offers a different perspective on suffering.
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Life's difficulties do not always happen for a reason—they simply happen.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 13:04
Don't Rush Into Couples Therapy
Did couples’ therapy fail? You may be better served by individual work.
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Don't Rush Into Couples Therapy. Did couples’ therapy fail? You may be better served by individual work.
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Did couples’ therapy fail?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 12:18
Was It Really Love?
Personal Perspective: Perfectionists struggle with heartbreak because they struggle to make sense of how someone who said they loved them could have just stopped and left.
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Two years ago, I dated someone I really connected with. I thought, “I was wrong about everything. I completely misread her.” Months after the relationship’s end, I continued to struggle with the thought: “Did she really like me?” The relationship’s end wiped out every positive thought I had about it and myself.
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Personal Perspective: Perfectionists struggle with heartbreak because they struggle to make sense of how someone who said they loved them could have just stopped and left.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 12:15
The Challenges and Opportunities of Divorce
Divorce comes with its own challenges: lifestyle, children, friends, anxiety. But embedded within are also opportunities. Here are some of the common challenges and their antidotes.
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The Challenges and Opportunities of Divorce. But embedded within are also opportunities. Here are some of the common challenges and their antidotes.
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Divorce comes with its own challenges: lifestyle, children, friends, anxiety.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 12:01
You May Be the Reason Your Adult Child Can't Move Forward
Every accommodation you make for your adult child is a question in disguise. Yet most parents never stop to ask it.
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Every accommodation you make for your adult child is a question in disguise. Over my career , I have sat with parents of adult children (and many adult children as well) carrying a diagnosis of ADHD , anxiety , depression , or autism . Many adult children struggle who have not been formally diagnosed with a mental health condition.
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The very things you do to protect your adult child from struggles may be the reason they never learned to survive them.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 11:47
The Transformative Power of Psychological Richness
What makes a good life? Happiness and meaning are two main factors. Psychological richness, a third, proposes a way through curiosity, exploration, and life-changing events.
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The Transformative Power of Psychological Richness. Happiness and meaning are two main factors. Psychological richness, a third, proposes a way through curiosity, exploration, and life-changing events.
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What makes a good life?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 11:40
The Changing Face of Autism
Highly influential experts take different approaches to challenging the definitions of autism they themselves espoused, leaving many with ASD frustrated, confused, and vulnerable.
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Two leading autism experts have significantly revised their highly influential models. The first ‘retired’ model of autism: A condition of an ‘extreme male brain’ characterized by being naturally better at systemizing and naturally less good at and less interested in empathizing. How do these revisions affect our understanding of autism?
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Highly influential experts take different approaches to challenging the definitions of autism they themselves espoused, leaving many with ASD frustrated, confused, and vulnerable.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 10:54
What Organizational Psychology Teaches Us About Parenting
Your organization is not a family, but your family is an organization. So what does industrial and organizational psychology have to teach us about parenting? Quite a lot.
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What Organizational Psychology Teaches Us About Parenting. Your organization is not a family, but your family is an organization. So what does industrial and organizational psychology have to teach us about parenting?
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Your organization is not a family, but your family is an organization.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 10:38
When Is Two Hours of TV After School Good Parenting?
When parents know what their child needs but it's counter to popular parenting practices, they feel their hands are tied. That's not good for parents or kids.
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When Is Two Hours of TV After School Good Parenting?. When parents know what their child needs but it's counter to popular parenting practices, they feel their hands are tied. That's not good for parents or kids.
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When parents know what their child needs but it's counter to popular parenting practices, they feel their hands are tied.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 10:31
When Shoes Don’t Fit, We Change the Shoes, Not the Feet
Harmony and cohesion will be widespread when we have places where we can all walk wherever we want, for as long as we want, in the way we want.
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Do you remember the last time you bought a pair of shoes? When shoes aren’t right for whatever reason, we do things to correct that. This is all just a long-winded way of saying that when there’s a mismatch between shoes and feet, we change the shoes, not the feet.
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Harmony and cohesion will be widespread when we have places where we can all walk wherever we want, for as long as we want, in the way we want.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 10:01
The Real Reason You Fall Apart Under Pressure
Shutting down when life gets heavy feels like self-protection. But it's costing you the relationships and support you need most, and you can change it all with a few hours of work.
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The Real Reason You Fall Apart Under Pressure. Shutting down when life gets heavy feels like self-protection. But it's costing you the relationships and support you need most, and you can change it all with a few hours of work.
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Shutting down when life gets heavy feels like self-protection.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 09:57
Was Madame Butterfly a Victim or a Young Woman With Agency?
A Personal Perspective: Psychological themes of a popular opera.
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Was Madame Butterfly a Victim or a Young Woman With Agency?. A Personal Perspective: Psychological themes of a popular opera.
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A Personal Perspective: Psychological themes of a popular opera.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 09:33
Safety Objects Won't Cure Your Panic Disorder
A psychologist explains why safety objects like “panic pouches” can actually fuel the very disorder they’re meant to soothe.
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Recently, the Wall Street Journal published an article about “panic pouches,” things that people bring with them to feel more comfortable and less anxious. People with panic disorder tend to have high levels of anxiety sensitivity—they are fearful of symptoms of anxiety.
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A psychologist explains why safety objects like “panic pouches” can actually fuel the very disorder they’re meant to soothe.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 15, 09:31
After the Fireworks, Slowing Down for America's Next 250
Personal Perspective: As America begins its next 250 years, perhaps our greatest challenge isn't moving faster but slowing down enough to better understand one another.
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The fireworks have ended, and America has settled back into the familiar rhythms and disagreements of everyday life. Does living this way actually serve us? Hamilton’s relentless ambition strained the relationships around him.
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Personal Perspective: As America begins its next 250 years, perhaps our greatest challenge isn't moving faster but slowing down enough to better understand one another.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 19:50
The Missing Specialty in Maternal Mental Health
Clinicians and advocates are working to establish reproductive psychiatry as a formal subspecialty to ensure women like me receive evidence-based guidance when they need it most.
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Awareness of perinatal and postpartum mental health issues is growing dramatically. who experience maternal mental health complications each year. “They might never have treated pregnant people adequately.” The result is a dangerous lack of specialized care.
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Clinicians and advocates are working to establish reproductive psychiatry as a formal subspecialty to ensure women like me receive evidence-based guidance when they need it most.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 17:32
PSA: Your PhD Is for You
The ultimate goal of grad school should be that you live a better life, whatever that looks like for you. It is OK if what you want for yourself is not what others want for you.
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PSA: Your PhD Is for You. The ultimate goal of grad school should be that you live a better life, whatever that looks like for you. It is OK if what you want for yourself is not what others want for you.
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The ultimate goal of grad school should be that you live a better life, whatever that looks like for you.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 16:44
When Summer Isn't Relaxing
Is the freedom of summer actually stressing your kids out? Learn why the lack of school-year structure can quietly trigger anxiety in children and teens.
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When Summer Isn't Relaxing. Is the freedom of summer actually stressing your kids out? Learn why the lack of school-year structure can quietly trigger anxiety in children and teens.
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Learn why the lack of school-year structure can quietly trigger anxiety in children and teens.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 16:21
The Story You Tell Yourself Can Change Your Life
What if the story you tell yourself is keeping you stuck? Discover how "re-storying" life's hardest experiences can uncover the resilience that has been inside you all along.
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The Story You Tell Yourself Can Change Your Life. What if the story you tell yourself is keeping you stuck? Discover how "re-storying" life's hardest experiences can uncover the resilience that has been inside you all along.
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What if the story you tell yourself is keeping you stuck?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 16:19
E-cigarette Regulatory Gaps and Substance Use Recovery
E-cigarettes are viewed by many, including the FDA, as a harm reduction for smokers. But with 86 percent of U.S. products being unregulated and smuggled, how can we be so sure?
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E-cigarette Regulatory Gaps and Substance Use Recovery. E-cigarettes are viewed by many, including the FDA, as a harm reduction for smokers. products being unregulated and smuggled, how can we be so sure?
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E-cigarettes are viewed by many, including the FDA, as a harm reduction for smokers.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 15:46
The Hidden Dynamics of Defiance and How to Disarm It
Even taken a person’s side against the one who’s wronged them, only to have it come back to haunt you? Learn frustration free ways to help a stuck person who won’t take advice.
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The Hidden Dynamics of Defiance and How to Disarm It. Even taken a person’s side against the one who’s wronged them, only to have it come back to haunt you? Learn frustration free ways to help a stuck person who won’t take advice.
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Even taken a person’s side against the one who’s wronged them, only to have it come back to haunt you?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 15:04
Most of Life Is And, Not Or
The "it's not X, it's Y" line is self-help's favorite move—and now AI's too. But reality is rarely either/or. Why yes/and thinking is truer—and has to start with us.
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The "it's not X, it's Y" line is self-help's favorite move—and now AI's too. But reality is rarely either/or. Why yes/and thinking is truer—and has to start with us.
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The "it's not X, it's Y" line is self-help's favorite move—and now AI's too.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 13:25
Why We Weep for Odysseus' Dog
Outside the palace gates lies an old, flea-ridden, and forgotten dog. His name is Argos. Once he had been the finest hunting dog in Ithaca, swift enough to pursue deer and wild goats across the hills.
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Outside the palace gates lies an old, flea-ridden, and forgotten dog. His master has been away for 20 years. They remain indifferent to almost everything that preoccupies human beings, honour and disgrace, youth and old age.
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The Odyssey's most moving scene reveals why recognition, memory, and home lie at the heart of the human experience.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 12:43
Your Brain Isn't Weaker; Effort Just Got More Expensive
The digital screen is not stealing your intelligence. It is changing the price of using it.
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Your Brain Isn't Weaker; Effort Just Got More Expensive. The digital screen is not stealing your intelligence. It is changing the price of using it.
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The digital screen is not stealing your intelligence.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 12:09
What if the Goal Isn't About How Your Postpartum Body Looks?
What if women didn't feel pressure to "bounce back" to their pre-pregnancy bodies after they gave birth? Can a body-neutral approach help new moms take care of themselves?
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What if the Goal Isn't About How Your Postpartum Body Looks?. What if women didn't feel pressure to "bounce back" to their pre-pregnancy bodies after they gave birth? Can a body-neutral approach help new moms take care of themselves?
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What if women didn't feel pressure to "bounce back" to their pre-pregnancy bodies after they gave birth?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 12:07
What Hollywood Got Right About AI—and Human Nature
These AI films predicted something more enduring than technology: the timeless human need to be understood, loved, and emotionally connected.
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When Robert Spitzer assembled the team that would produce the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III), artificial intelligence was not part of the conversation. Today, patients talk with artificial intelligence systems about their fears, relationships, and emotional struggles.
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These AI films predicted something more enduring than technology: the timeless human need to be understood, loved, and emotionally connected.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 11:43
A Common Struggle for Women With ADHD
There's one trap we all fall into: believing we're alone in our suffering. For ADHD women, one hidden thread ties that feeling together.
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A Common Struggle for Women With ADHD. There's one trap we all fall into: believing we're alone in our suffering. For ADHD women, one hidden thread ties that feeling together.
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There's one trap we all fall into: believing we're alone in our suffering.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 11:29
Bringing Contemplative Education Into Everyday Learning
Education builds knowledge and wisdom. Discover how contemplative practices help children reflect, focus, and deepen learning in everyday classrooms.
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Education builds knowledge and wisdom. Discover how contemplative practices help children reflect, focus, and deepen learning in everyday classrooms.
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Discover how contemplative practices help children reflect, focus, and deepen learning in everyday classrooms.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 11:03
Why Science Is Taking UFOs Seriously, and You Should, Too
Why are scientists taking unidentified aerial phenomena seriously? Because every answer matters for science, national security, and the people whose lives are changed by these experiences.
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Why Science Is Taking UFOs Seriously, and You Should, Too. Why are scientists taking unidentified aerial phenomena seriously? Because every answer matters for science, national security, and the people whose lives are changed by these experiences.
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Because every answer matters for science, national security, and the people whose lives are changed by these experiences.
Bbc
Jul 14, 10:12
Woman's Hour
Close menu Episode details Radio 4 , · 14 Jul 2026 , · 57 mins What impact do hormones have on women with ADHD?
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Close menu Episode details Radio 4 , · 14 Jul 2026 , · 57 mins What impact do hormones have on women with ADHD? They will log the impact it has on their ADHD symptoms, and daily life more broadly. It's hoped the overdue reforms will help protect women and better meet the needs of modern relationships.
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We hear about a new study exploring the impact hormones have on women with ADHD.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 10:09
Competition Is Intrinsic to Children and Their Development
Calls to stop rating and ranking overlook a vital universal truth: ratings have been integral to personal and social development since the dawn of human consciousness.
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At the moment, the FIFA World Cup is underway, and Wimbledon has just concluded. Because these life functions of comparing, contrasting, judging, competing, rating, and ranking are universal, these constructs are also fundamental for safety and survival.
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Calls to stop rating and ranking overlook a vital universal truth: ratings have been integral to personal and social development since the dawn of human consciousness.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 09:18
How to Raise a Child Other Kids Want to Be Friends With
Friendships require compromise, adaptability, and the ability to tolerate disappointment. Summer provides natural opportunities to help children strengthen all three.
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How to Raise a Child Other Kids Want to Be Friends With. Friendships require compromise, adaptability, and the ability to tolerate disappointment. Summer provides natural opportunities to help children strengthen all three.
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Summer provides natural opportunities to help children strengthen all three.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 09:16
8 Signs Someone Truly Feels Emotionally Safe With You
People don't wake up one morning and announce, "Congratulations, you've become my safe person." The signs that a secure attachment is beginning to form are often subtle and develop gradually over tim…
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People don't wake up one morning and announce, "Congratulations, you've become my safe person." The signs that a secure attachment is beginning to form are often subtle and develop gradually over time.
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Small, everyday interactions reveal whether someone truly feels safe enough to be themselves around you.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 14, 07:53
The Dangers of Purpose as a Proxy for Desire
Purpose gives life direction. Desire gives it energy. Confusing the two may come at a cost to your physical health.
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The Dangers of Purpose as a Proxy for Desire. Desire gives it energy. Confusing the two may come at a cost to your physical health.
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Purpose gives life direction.
Cnn
Jul 14, 03:05
If you think you can't focus for long, you're right
Your attention span has shrunk by nearly two minutes in the past 20 years, driven in part by technology's hold over your work and home life, experts say. Here's how to stay focused so you can get things done.
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If you think you can't focus for long, you're right. Your attention span has shrunk by nearly two minutes in the past 20 years, driven in part by technology's hold over your work and home life, experts say. Here's how to stay focused so you can get things done.
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Your attention span has shrunk by nearly two minutes in the past 20 years, driven in part by technology's hold over your work and home life, experts say.
Bbc
Jul 13, 23:00
How my period is supercharging my ADHD
Phone alarms are what get teaching assistant Layla through her day. She has four alarms to wake up, one to get dressed, another to pack her work bag, and so on. "There's a million different ones.
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Phone alarms are what get teaching assistant Layla through her day. "It feels like overkill to a lot of people, but I have these markers that I need to hit," says Layla, adding that the process helps keep her ADHD brain focused and establish a routine. Conversations are rife on social media and chat forums about women's menstrual cycles exacerbating their ADHD symptoms.
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A first-of-its-kind study by UK researchers is looking at the link between menstrual cycles and ADHD.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 20:34
What Comes After the Word "What" Is What Really Matters
"If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?" ― Shantideva, 8 th century C.E.
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"If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? “Yes, I might get fired.” “Yes, I might have cancer.” ”Yes, the market might crash.” Yes, virtually anything bad is possible when you permit your mind to wander into the netherworld of the what-ifs.
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How can changing one little word in your self-talk make such a big difference?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 20:22
Do People Trust Science Anymore?
There are several psychological reasons why some people reject scientific consensus. How distant one feels psychologically from science increases the likelihood of rejection.
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Do People Trust Science Anymore?. There are several psychological reasons why some people reject scientific consensus. How distant one feels psychologically from science increases the likelihood of rejection.
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There are several psychological reasons why some people reject scientific consensus.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 19:39
Can a Temporary Break From Drinking Make Moderation Easier?
Many people struggle to moderate their drinking. A temporary alcohol-free reset may significantly improve the odds of lasting success.
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Can a Temporary Break From Drinking Make Moderation Easier?. Many people struggle to moderate their drinking. A temporary alcohol-free reset may significantly improve the odds of lasting success.
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Many people struggle to moderate their drinking.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 19:32
To Risk, or Not to Risk?
Life presents us with a number of opportunities for change, and we get to decide whether to take risks or maintain the status quo.
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How many of you are living your lives knowing you’re reasonably happy, or living a routine you’re comfortable with, and sticking to safety and maintenance, even though a part of you might know you need—or want—more? Are there relationships or activities that you have thought about pursuing but never tried?
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Life presents us with a number of opportunities for change, and we get to decide whether to take risks or maintain the status quo.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 18:14
5 Signs You're in a One-Sided Friendship (And How to Fix It)
You keep making excuses for them. You're always the one texting first. You get together and go home exhausted. Here's how to tell if a changing friendship is no longer mutual.
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5 Signs You're in a One-Sided Friendship (And How to Fix It). You're always the one texting first. Here's how to tell if a changing friendship is no longer mutual.
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You keep making excuses for them.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 18:08
I Need Help! Should I Use an AI Chatbot or a Therapist?
The risks and benefits of AI chatbots vs. therapy for mental health support.
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Should I Use an AI Chatbot or a Therapist?. The risks and benefits of AI chatbots vs. therapy for mental health support.
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therapy for mental health support.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 17:29
Learning to Tolerate and Make Sense of Psychiatric Symptoms
This post is Part 2 of a series. The first can be read here . C.G. Jung once said, "We should not try to 'get rid' of a neurosis , but rather to experience what it means, what it has to teach, what i…
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Jung once said, "We should not try to 'get rid' of a neurosis , but rather to experience what it means, what it has to teach, what its purpose is. We should even learn to be thankful for it, otherwise we pass it by and miss the opportunity of getting to know ourselves as we really are.
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How can we learn to be more patient and tolerant toward our symptoms?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 17:18
Why Communication Tools Can Fail in Couple Therapy
Discover why the "skill-building" model often backfires, and learn what actually drives deep and lasting relational change.
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Couples frequently come to session focused on communication tools. Tools can feel tangible and concrete. You can write them down on an index card, practice them at home, and feel like you are actively improving your relationship.
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Discover why the "skill-building" model often backfires, and learn what actually drives deep and lasting relational change.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 15:28
The Scale of Relationship Pain
Couples who seek therapy for help dealing with conflict in their relationships often measure the pain of being in the relationship versus the pain of not.
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It might be a tiny amount of pain that manifests in small disagreements, it might be a large amount of pain that manifests in blow-out fights, and of course there is everything in between. Often as we grow up, the relationships we find ourselves in get more involved and committed, until we find ourselves in the ultimate relationship commitment: marriage .
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Couples who seek therapy for help dealing with conflict in their relationships often measure the pain of being in the relationship versus the pain of not.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 14:28
Has Gentle Parenting Gone Too Far?
Parenting practices have changed in the US and France in recent years, influenced by Gentle and Positive Parenting. This isn't always good for children.
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Has Gentle Parenting Gone Too Far?. Parenting practices have changed in the US and France in recent years, influenced by Gentle and Positive Parenting. This isn't always good for children.
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Parenting practices have changed in the US and France in recent years, influenced by Gentle and Positive Parenting.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 14:13
The Subconscious Communicates Through the Body
Clinicians and patients should recognize and address the effects of the subconscious on physical health when a patient is first evaluated.
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We can notice our subconscious guiding us in small, everyday ways: drawing our attention to a favorite book when we need inspiration, to our pet when we are becoming annoyed or impatient, or to sunscreen before a day outside.
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Clinicians and patients should recognize and address the effects of the subconscious on physical health when a patient is first evaluated.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 13:52
When the Roles Reverse: Caring for an Aging Parent
As parents age, adult children often take on new caregiving responsibilities, navigate difficult emotions, and discover opportunities for deeper connection and meaning.
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As we grow up and make our own way in the world, making peace with the parents who raised us can be challenging even under the best of circumstances. Some of us become overwhelmed and resentful.
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As parents age, adult children often take on new caregiving responsibilities, navigate difficult emotions, and discover opportunities for deeper connection and meaning.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 13:19
How Perfectionism Undermines Creativity in Children
While perfectionism increases anxiety and reduces creativity, a strong self-concept and healthy risk-taking foster imagination and innovation.
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Nicole loved to paint in elementary and middle school. But when she entered high school, her parents and the school counselor noticed that she began to develop significant anxiety about becoming “the best painter” in school.
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While perfectionism increases anxiety and reduces creativity, a strong self-concept and healthy risk-taking foster imagination and innovation.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 13:00
How to Use “Turbulence Testing” in Your Relationship
Is it time to "trip" up your relationship? "Turbulence testing" is about going on a trip with your significant other to test your compatibility. Here's how it can and can't work.
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How to Use “Turbulence Testing” in Your Relationship. "Turbulence testing" is about going on a trip with your significant other to test your compatibility. Here's how it can and can't work.
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Is it time to "trip" up your relationship?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 11:23
Zinedine Zidane, Relational Slack, and Forgiveness
Following Zinedine Zidane, from the 1998 World Cup final to a few stunning seconds in the 2006 final, resonated with me as a trust researcher, a parent, and a sports fan.
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In the summer of 1998, my wife and I watched the World Cup final from a park in Geneva. We had walked across the bridge to the Parc de la Grange by Lac Léman, where large screens had been set up for France against Brazil. He walked past the trophy on his way down the tunnel, and France later lost on penalties.
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Following Zinedine Zidane, from the 1998 World Cup final to a few stunning seconds in the 2006 final, resonated with me as a trust researcher, a parent, and a sports fan.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 11:16
Will AI Make Us More Rude?
Most of us would probably say we’re reasonably polite, but there’s one exception: We are rude to our AI assistants.
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Most of us would probably say we’re reasonably polite, but there’s one exception: We are rude to our AI assistants. We dislike rude people because they’re cheaters, skipping the effort to be polite while the rest of us are putting in the work.
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The way we talk to AI can spill over into our conversations with each other, fraying social norms and our society.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 10:58
Old Enough to Know
Children are equipped with innate curiosity, and often bring questions about sex and death to therapy to be made sense of.
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Since the UK Prime Minister announced the Government’s plans to ban social media for under-16s, there’s been renewed talk about “age appropriateness”. I have engaged in countless facts-of-life-and-death conversations in therapy sessions with young people of all ages.
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Children are equipped with innate curiosity, and often bring questions about sex and death to therapy to be made sense of.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 10:33
How Brunelleschi Changed the Way I Think About Decisions
In trying to understand how we make better choices, I found an unlikely guide in Brunelleschi's experiments with linear perspective.
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I don't remember exactly when I first learned about Filippo Brunelleschi, but I know I wrote his name in dry-erase marker on the plastic wet wall panel that inexplicably covered the backside of my kitchen. The answer was surprisingly simple: Until the Renaissance, artists weren’t trying to faithfully render the world exactly as we see it.
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In trying to understand how we make better choices, I found an unlikely guide in Brunelleschi's experiments with linear perspective.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 10:05
Why Start Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder With Values?
When people begin treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD), the first conversation is often about what's going wrong.
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When people begin treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD), the first conversation is often about what's going wrong. Therapists ask about emotional outbursts, impulsive decisions, self-harm , unstable relationships, and any other symptoms that prompted their client to seek treatment.
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Rather than focusing only on symptom reduction, values-based treatment helps people build a life worth moving toward.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 09:22
The Eyes of Criminals Often Tell the Rest of the Story
Who is a convicted felon, and what made them do it? Years as a judge taught me that the eyes tell you what you need to know about who they are and what they are capable of.
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The Eyes of Criminals Often Tell the Rest of the Story. Who is a convicted felon, and what made them do it? Years as a judge taught me that the eyes tell you what you need to know about who they are and what they are capable of.
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Who is a convicted felon, and what made them do it?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 09:19
Americans Rate Nation's Moral Values at All-Time Low
Americans think that the nation’s moral values are in trouble , with more than half in a recent Gallup poll rating them as poor and 80% as getting worse.
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Americans think that the nation’s moral values are in trouble , with more than half in a recent Gallup poll rating them as poor and 80% as getting worse. Democrats point the finger at Republicans and Republicans point to Democrats as moral failures, while the non-committed think both sides stink.
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While Americans point to a decline in morality, they may be referring to social conventions, not ethical behavior.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 09:15
Why “Closure” Is a Fairy Tale
Our culture often treats grief and negative feelings like dirty words.
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Why “Closure” Is a Fairy Tale. Our culture often treats grief and negative feelings like dirty words.
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Our culture often treats grief and negative feelings like dirty words.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 08:34
3 Ways Meditation or Yoga Could Improve Mood, Extend Life
Telomeres and telomerase may be the latest scientific discovery in aging you’ve never heard of.
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3 Ways Meditation or Yoga Could Improve Mood, Extend Life. Telomeres and telomerase may be the latest scientific discovery in aging you’ve never heard of.
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Telomeres and telomerase may be the latest scientific discovery in aging you’ve never heard of.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 08:18
Why Optimists Live Longer
Could a more optimistic outlook add years to your life? Here's science linking optimism to longevity, along with three simple ways to train your brain to become more optimistic.
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Why Optimists Live Longer. Could a more optimistic outlook add years to your life? Here's science linking optimism to longevity, along with three simple ways to train your brain to become more optimistic.
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Could a more optimistic outlook add years to your life?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 08:10
What Your Emotions Are Actually For
If you were taught to see your feelings as a weakness, this may change your mind. Every emotion you have, even the uncomfortable ones, is doing an important job.
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What Your Emotions Are Actually For. If you were taught to see your feelings as a weakness, this may change your mind. Every emotion you have, even the uncomfortable ones, is doing an important job.
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If you were taught to see your feelings as a weakness, this may change your mind.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 13, 07:28
It’s OK to Fall Down; Just Get Up
In terms of social interaction, one of the most important things to recognize is it’s not about you. It’s about the other, and their own ego as they are imposing it upon you.
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It’s OK to Fall Down; Just Get Up. In terms of social interaction, one of the most important things to recognize is it’s not about you. It’s about the other, and their own ego as they are imposing it upon you.
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In terms of social interaction, one of the most important things to recognize is it’s not about you.
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Jul 13, 00:11
Starting uni? What to know about having the free NHS meningitis B jab
High street pharmacies across England are now offering a free meningitis B vaccine for many young people.
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High street pharmacies across England are now offering a free meningitis B vaccine for many young people. Bookings can be made at high street pharmacies across England from Monday 13 July, with the first appointments available from Monday 20 July.
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It follows the UK's largest and fastest growing meningitis B outbreak to date in Kent earlier this year.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 18:17
When Your Adult Child's Blame Becomes a List of Demands
Marie, a mother I coach, reached out to me on the heels of a holiday dinner blow-up. Her son, Seth, told her that her divorce had ruined his ability to have a relationship.
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You have likely seen many articles and books about gradual or sudden estrangement between adult children and their parents. I frequently see occur between many emotionally hurt and reactive adult children and their guilt -overridden parents.
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What to say when your adult child's guilt-slinging comes with a price tag.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 17:23
5 Films That Track the Evolution of the Movie Therapist
From the paternal analyst to the therapist who admits "I don't know," these five films reveal our relationship with therapy over the years.
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In these films, spanning the 1950s to the 2020s, we can see an evolution of the film therapist as an archetype. From paternal, rational expert to the unreliable, traumatized therapist, we can see a total inversion of the therapist portrayal.
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From the paternal analyst to the therapist who admits "I don't know," these five films reveal our relationship with therapy over the years.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 17:09
Wanted: Neurodivergent Motivation
Still trying to motivate yourself through negative self-talk and "working harder"? Try a "PINCH" of neurodivergent motivation instead.
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Wanted: Neurodivergent Motivation. Still trying to motivate yourself through negative self-talk and "working harder"? Try a "PINCH" of neurodivergent motivation instead.
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Still trying to motivate yourself through negative self-talk and "working harder"?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 16:19
Is Your GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Affecting Your Mood?
GLP-1 receptor agonist weight loss drugs suppress appetite for food but may also reduce mood and desire for sex in some people, especially early on in treatment.
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That’s why you feel full after eating less food and feel full longer when taking GLP-1s. Those same reward pathways that make you hungry for food also make you hungry for other things that trigger the brain’s reward chemical dopamine. That includes drugs and alcohol , and the positive mood feelings that go along with reward.
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GLP-1 receptor agonist weight loss drugs suppress appetite for food but may also reduce mood and desire for sex in some people, especially early on in treatment.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 15:42
Are You Raising a Boy Who Doesn’t Like Sports?
Big, strong, athletically gifted boys have always dominated childhood’s social landscape. What does that mean for the other boys?
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Are You Raising a Boy Who Doesn’t Like Sports?. Big, strong, athletically gifted boys have always dominated childhood’s social landscape. What does that mean for the other boys?
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Big, strong, athletically gifted boys have always dominated childhood’s social landscape.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 15:10
3 Top Tier Emotionally Intelligent Tendencies
EI is a gift. Responding instead of reacting, setting healthy boundaries in place of being passive aggressive, & embracing accountability are top tier EI tendencies.
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Emotional intelligence is the “it” factor. Their ability to think about the other person’s perspective, while looking at themselves to evaluate the merit of the confrontation, allows them to respond rather than react.
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Responding instead of reacting, setting healthy boundaries in place of being passive aggressive, & embracing accountability are top tier EI tendencies.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 14:27
Playful Presence: Helping Teens With OCD Redirect Attention
What if mindfulness for teens with OCD began with laughter instead of silence? A simple game can help them practice attention, flexibility, and the freedom to make mistakes.
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Playful Presence: Helping Teens With OCD Redirect Attention. What if mindfulness for teens with OCD began with laughter instead of silence? A simple game can help them practice attention, flexibility, and the freedom to make mistakes.
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A simple game can help them practice attention, flexibility, and the freedom to make mistakes.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 14:08
Why We Screenshot Things We'll Never Look at Again
From recipes and quotes to travel tips and workout plans, we save countless screenshots we never revisit. The psychology behind this habit reveals more than you think.
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Why We Screenshot Things We'll Never Look at Again. From recipes and quotes to travel tips and workout plans, we save countless screenshots we never revisit. The psychology behind this habit reveals more than you think.
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From recipes and quotes to travel tips and workout plans, we save countless screenshots we never revisit.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 11:48
Is Artificial Intelligence Friend or Foe? It Depends
Artificial intelligence can help you get from where you are to where you want to be. It can also get you hopelessly lost. Let's discover how to use the gift of AI.
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Is Artificial Intelligence Friend or Foe? It can also get you hopelessly lost. Let's discover how to use the gift of AI.
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Artificial intelligence can help you get from where you are to where you want to be.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 11:15
What Is BPD Compass?
The treatment landscape for borderline personality disorder (BPD) has changed dramatically over the past few decades.
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The treatment landscape for borderline personality disorder (BPD) has changed dramatically over the past few decades. A condition that was once considered a life sentence is now recognized as one of the most treatable disorders in psychiatry.
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Learn how BPD Compass personalizes treatment by targeting the personality processes driving each person's symptoms.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 10:34
Mental Health Wisdom From Group Fitness Classes
Several group fitness class instructions are applied in terms of facing life challenges for positive psychological change and growth.
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I have been pondering recently, however, how many of these phrases could also be applied to emotional health and well-being. Offered here are some of the common phrases that seem to hold wisdom for physical as well as psychological movement.
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Several group fitness class instructions are applied in terms of facing life challenges for positive psychological change and growth.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 10:28
Supergirl and the Purpose Hidden in Small Things
A poisoned dog, a grieving girl, and one personal concern reveal how purpose can grow from small experiences into something shared by many.
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Watching Supergirl , the action felt a bit too much. People have long written about purpose, personal values, and the pursuit of what we genuinely care about. Her pursuit of Krem connects her with Ruthye, whose loss is different from Kara's and also strangely familiar.
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A poisoned dog, a grieving girl, and one personal concern reveal how purpose can grow from small experiences into something shared by many.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 10:08
Core Value Love vs. Core Hurt Love
Persuasion in love relationships occurs only with positive regard. We’ll never convince our partners that we’re right by making them defensive or by devaluing them.
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Core Value Love vs. Core Hurt Love. We’ll never convince our partners that we’re right by making them defensive or by devaluing them.
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Persuasion in love relationships occurs only with positive regard.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 09:28
The Problem with Having a 'Conversation' with A.I.
We call it a conversation because that's what it feels like. But a chatbot can't be changed by you, or ever need you, and pretending otherwise erodes what real connection demands.
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The Problem with Having a 'Conversation' with A.I.. We call it a conversation because that's what it feels like. But a chatbot can't be changed by you, or ever need you, and pretending otherwise erodes what real connection demands.
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We call it a conversation because that's what it feels like.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 12, 09:27
Aging? It's Funnier Than You Think
Remember Sally Field in Steel Magnolias when she hands a stranger a piece of cake at a funeral and deadpans, " Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion .
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Remember Sally Field in Steel Magnolias when she hands a stranger a piece of cake at a funeral and deadpans, " Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion ." It's what one might define as a throwaway line, but it's one that stays with you simply because it captures something I believe is genuinely true: a sense of humor may be one of the most underrated tools in the aging to…
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The ability to find a situation funny is what separates some seniors from those who age with their jaws clenched.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 16:22
This Is Not the Child I Dreamed of Having
“What the hell are you doing?” my patient Dan screamed at his 4-year-old son, who was dressed in his wife’s floral apron and twirling a whisk. “I felt like such a jerk,” Dan told me.
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“What the hell are you doing?” my patient Dan screamed at his 4-year-old son, who was dressed in his wife’s floral apron and twirling a whisk. For the past 30 years, I’ve worked with parents who have struggled with the gender choices that their children are making.
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Mindfulness and compassion can help a family during the process of gender transition.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 15:08
When Healthy Eating Becomes Unhealthy
Food should nourish us, not consume us. This post explores how the pursuit of perfect nutrition can quietly undermine health.
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When Healthy Eating Becomes Unhealthy. Food should nourish us, not consume us. This post explores how the pursuit of perfect nutrition can quietly undermine health.
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Food should nourish us, not consume us.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 14:19
Do We Think of UFOs as Crafts or Beings, and Why Does It Matter?
Why do we tend to assume that UFOs are crafts carrying alien beings rather than alien beings themselves? How the UFO phenomena continue to reveal unfounded human assumptions.
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Do We Think of UFOs as Crafts or Beings, and Why Does It Matter?. Why do we tend to assume that UFOs are crafts carrying alien beings rather than alien beings themselves? How the UFO phenomena continue to reveal unfounded human assumptions.
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Why do we tend to assume that UFOs are crafts carrying alien beings rather than alien beings themselves?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 12:31
Checks in Balance: The Secret to All Sustainability
Personal Perspective: Checks in balance are the only way to keep any fragile dynamic going, whether it's health, marriage, or government.
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We call them checks and balances, but they’re not two separate things. It’s like life itself. Your life with other people, but also your biological life.
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Personal Perspective: Checks in balance are the only way to keep any fragile dynamic going, whether it's health, marriage, or government.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 11:19
Therapy in the Age of AI: What We Can Actually Do
Therapists have options. But none of them are available if we aren't looking honestly at the problem.
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Therapy in the Age of AI: What We Can Actually Do. Therapists have options. But none of them are available if we aren't looking honestly at the problem.
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But none of them are available if we aren't looking honestly at the problem.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 11:09
Turns Out You and Your Best Friend Aren’t Two Peas in a Pod
We assume our closest friends share our personality almost point for point. A study following real friend groups found that the assumption is mostly an illusion.
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Turns Out You and Your Best Friend Aren’t Two Peas in a Pod. We assume our closest friends share our personality almost point for point. A study following real friend groups found that the assumption is mostly an illusion.
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We assume our closest friends share our personality almost point for point.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 10:42
Fixing Remote Work Behaviors That Wouldn't Fly In Person
From muted mockery to social loafing, screens shield actions that wouldn't fly in person. Learn why people get away with more online and why restoring accountability matters.
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Fixing Remote Work Behaviors That Wouldn't Fly In Person. From muted mockery to social loafing, screens shield actions that wouldn't fly in person. Learn why people get away with more online and why restoring accountability matters.
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From muted mockery to social loafing, screens shield actions that wouldn't fly in person.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 09:40
The Quiet Distinction Between Deference and People-Pleasing
Why do some people never seem to have a preference of their own? The answer isn't people-pleasing, and it isn't a personality trait either.
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The Quiet Distinction Between Deference and People-Pleasing. Why do some people never seem to have a preference of their own? The answer isn't people-pleasing, and it isn't a personality trait either.
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Why do some people never seem to have a preference of their own?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 09:36
The Case for Wobbling, It Isn’t Failure, It’s Progress
Waiting to feel ready before a big decision could mean waiting forever. A nest built into a front door wreath—and research on regret—suggest that readiness arrives after the leap.
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The Case for Wobbling, It Isn’t Failure, It’s Progress. Waiting to feel ready before a big decision could mean waiting forever. A nest built into a front door wreath—and research on regret—suggest that readiness arrives after the leap.
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Waiting to feel ready before a big decision could mean waiting forever.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 09:15
Is Love Really a Zero-Sum Game?
“ The more I see you, the more I want you; somehow this feeling just grows and grows .”—Chris Montez We often imagine love as a pie: When one person receives a larger slice, someone else must receive…
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“ The more I see you, the more I want you; somehow this feeling just grows and grows .”—Chris Montez We often imagine love as a pie: When one person receives a larger slice, someone else must receive less. Romantic capacity refers to our ability to love, and relational resources include time, attention , emotional energy, physical presence, and commitment.
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Love itself need not be a zero-sum game, even though sustaining multiple loving relationships often is.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 08:55
If You Want to Know Why Your Dog Is a Humper, Watch Them
There aren't any simple explanations for why dogs hump, but it's a natural behavior, and it’s essential to consider the context in which it happens and the dog's point of view.
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One of the most common questions I hear is: Why does my dog hump other dogs (the humper) when the other dog (the recipient, or humpee) is the same sex or a female who isn't in heat? For convenience, many people use the words "mounting" and "humping" synonymously—mounting means one dog climbs or stands on top of another dog's body, and humping refers to the physical act.
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There aren't any simple explanations for why dogs hump, but it's a natural behavior, and it’s essential to consider the context in which it happens and the dog's point of view.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 11, 08:31
How Your Personality Affects the Way You Listen to Music
Music can bring people together or serve as a source of individual comfort. New research shows how introverts and extraverts differ in their choice of listening partners.
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How Your Personality Affects the Way You Listen to Music. Music can bring people together or serve as a source of individual comfort. New research shows how introverts and extraverts differ in their choice of listening partners.
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Music can bring people together or serve as a source of individual comfort.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 17:11
The Parasocial Breakup No One Talks About
Rage bait and parasocial attachment can turn online disappointment into real emotional pain, leaving people grieving a relationship that never truly existed.
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In 2025, Cambridge Dictionary named “parasocial” its Word of the Year. They explain a specific emotional phenomenon many people are experiencing but rarely naming: the parasocial breakup. Think of rage bait as hijacking the nervous system while parasocial attachment supplies the fuel.
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Rage bait and parasocial attachment can turn online disappointment into real emotional pain, leaving people grieving a relationship that never truly existed.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 17:09
Do You Feel a Special Connection to Animals?
People who are animal empaths have a special ability to tune in to animals and communicate with them. They seem to attract different creatures wherever they go.
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Do You Feel a Special Connection to Animals?. People who are animal empaths have a special ability to tune in to animals and communicate with them. They seem to attract different creatures wherever they go.
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People who are animal empaths have a special ability to tune in to animals and communicate with them.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 16:33
In Chasing Productivity, We Lost the Inner Life
The real indicator of self-actualization is the depth of your inner life. We learned to optimize everything except the part of us that is actually alive.
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In Chasing Productivity, We Lost the Inner Life. The real indicator of self-actualization is the depth of your inner life. We learned to optimize everything except the part of us that is actually alive.
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The real indicator of self-actualization is the depth of your inner life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 16:16
Making Your Personality Quirks Your Superpower
Too often, we criticize ourselves for our strange quirks or foibles. Find out how to leverage them as superpowers.
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Making Your Personality Quirks Your Superpower. Too often, we criticize ourselves for our strange quirks or foibles. Find out how to leverage them as superpowers.
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Too often, we criticize ourselves for our strange quirks or foibles.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 15:54
Life Is a Subscription Service
Personal Perspective: Subscription models mirror life. The health of the mind, body, and relationships all require maintenance, and access is limited.
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Life Is a Subscription Service. Personal Perspective: Subscription models mirror life. The health of the mind, body, and relationships all require maintenance, and access is limited.
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Personal Perspective: Subscription models mirror life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 15:51
The Easiest Path to Friendship Starts By Doing What You Love
Friendship can feel easier when you start with activities that naturally interest you. High-interest activities reduce the barriers to making friends from scratch.
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The Easiest Path to Friendship Starts By Doing What You Love. Friendship can feel easier when you start with activities that naturally interest you. High-interest activities reduce the barriers to making friends from scratch.
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Friendship can feel easier when you start with activities that naturally interest you.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 15:03
Enjoying Your Own Company in Authentic Solitude
The price of being engaged with social media is that we've become uncomfortable with solitude. But solitude gives us time to solve problems and get to know ourselves better.
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Enjoying Your Own Company in Authentic Solitude. The price of being engaged with social media is that we've become uncomfortable with solitude. But solitude gives us time to solve problems and get to know ourselves better.
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The price of being engaged with social media is that we've become uncomfortable with solitude.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 14:57
Is Mental Illness the Evolutionary Cost of Our Big Brain?
A study investigated whether the genes for schizophrenia and autism appeared more frequently as mammals evolved bigger brains.
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Mental health disorders are common. In America, about fifty percent of us will suffer from a mental health disorder in our lifetime. Another major issue is in identifying animal behaviors that correspond to “mental illness” behaviors seen in humans.
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A study investigated whether the genes for schizophrenia and autism appeared more frequently as mammals evolved bigger brains.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 14:46
Summer Self-Care for Parents in Recovery
Summer is a favorite season for so many individuals. For parents, however, summer can mean disrupted routines, increased childcare demands, family travel, social events, and more.
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Summer Self-Care for Parents in Recovery. Summer is a favorite season for so many individuals. For parents, however, summer can mean disrupted routines, increased childcare demands, family travel, social events, and more.
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Summer is a favorite season for so many individuals.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 14:43
When AI Does the Writing, Who's the Author?
It’s happening more and more these days. I read an article, but as I read it, something feels off, something is making me uncomfortable. Then, it hits me, I’ll bet AI wrote it.
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When AI Does the Writing, Who's the Author?. I read an article, but as I read it, something feels off, something is making me uncomfortable. Then, it hits me, I’ll bet AI wrote it.
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I read an article, but as I read it, something feels off, something is making me uncomfortable.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 14:24
The Social Pressure to Stay in Abusive Relationships
We often ask survivors of domestic violence, "Why didn't you leave?" But we rarely ask a more important question: Who told them to stay?
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Rosa finally tried to leave after enduring years of psychological and physical abuse. What will people think?" Rosa felt the air leave her lungs. Many of my patients have described reaching out to loved ones only to be encouraged—sometimes gently, sometimes firmly—to stay.
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We often ask survivors of domestic violence, "Why didn't you leave?" But we rarely ask a more important question: Who told them to stay?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 14:03
What Misspelled Words Reveal About Connection
Personal Perspective: A misspelled word can do more than reveal an error; it can signal warmth, trust, speed, and the human texture behind everyday communication.
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A misspelled name may feel careless. But emotionally, it may feel warm. That is why a small typo in a job application or important email can feel more embarrassing than it deserves to be.
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Personal Perspective: A misspelled word can do more than reveal an error; it can signal warmth, trust, speed, and the human texture behind everyday communication.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 14:00
Finding More Humor, Hope, and Joy in Everyday Life
Hope helps us believe tomorrow can be different. Humour helps us through today. Making room for both is not avoiding the hard. It is part of moving through it.
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Finding More Humor, Hope, and Joy in Everyday Life. Humour helps us through today. Making room for both is not avoiding the hard.
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Hope helps us believe tomorrow can be different.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 13:45
Your Social Self-Portrait
Of all the ways we have of representing who we are, we are missing what most distinguishes us: our social networks. New software programs make it possible and revealing.
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Your Social Self-Portrait. Of all the ways we have of representing who we are, we are missing what most distinguishes us: our social networks. New software programs make it possible and revealing.
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Of all the ways we have of representing who we are, we are missing what most distinguishes us: our social networks.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 13:35
How to Develop Your Personal Leadership Potential
Research clearly suggests that there are proven ways of developing one's leadership potential and capacity, but it takes hard work and dedication.
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A while back, I was interviewed about how to better develop one’s leadership capacity and potential. Most leadership development programs should be better termed “leader development.” “Leadership development” focuses on what leaders and followers do together: co-creating leadership.
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Research clearly suggests that there are proven ways of developing one's leadership potential and capacity, but it takes hard work and dedication.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 13:32
What Makes Jerks Tick Like Time Bombs
I called my book on jerks "advanced psychoproctology for beginners," and defined beginners as people who know a jerk when they see one but have never stopped to wonder what distinguishes a jerk.
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I called my book on jerks "advanced psychoproctology for beginners," and defined beginners as people who know a jerk when they see one but have never stopped to wonder what distinguishes a jerk. Take the word “dog”. It’s not a picture of a dog, which would make it “iconic.
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Here's a more rigorous approach to explaining personality disorders like narcissism from the physical ground up.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 13:25
A Trick That Can Help Reduce Our Frustration and Suffering
We can all learn from the tale of my patient Henry on how he overcame his struggles. I offer you a tell-tale sign of when to pause and reframe our day.
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A Trick That Can Help Reduce Our Frustration and Suffering. We can all learn from the tale of my patient Henry on how he overcame his struggles. I offer you a tell-tale sign of when to pause and reframe our day.
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We can all learn from the tale of my patient Henry on how he overcame his struggles.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 12:17
Remote Work Hurts Early Careers More Than AI
Forget AI, the real threat to young professionals is the office you left behind. Find out why the remote work transformation is dismantling the junior job market.
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Remote Work Hurts Early Careers More Than AI. Forget AI, the real threat to young professionals is the office you left behind. Find out why the remote work transformation is dismantling the junior job market.
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Forget AI, the real threat to young professionals is the office you left behind.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 12:04
Do The Thing You Think You Can't
Personal Perspective: In a time of great turmoil, it’s important to pause and forget about life for a while. Think you can’t? Here’s how to break free and find happiness.
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Do The Thing You Think You Can't. Personal Perspective: In a time of great turmoil, it’s important to pause and forget about life for a while. Here’s how to break free and find happiness.
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Personal Perspective: In a time of great turmoil, it’s important to pause and forget about life for a while.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 11:51
Got Heat? Cold? Wildfires? Droughts? Hurricanes?
Despite the cascading and escalating threats of climate change, many people still avoid talking about it, or struggle to pay attention long enough to act.
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A heat wave triggered a "red heat health alert" at exactly the same time the city of London was hosting its 8th annual Climate Week. As a psychotherapist working at the intersection of climate and mental health, I spend a good deal of time tracking emotional and behavioral responses to climate change across the globe.
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Despite the cascading and escalating threats of climate change, many people still avoid talking about it, or struggle to pay attention long enough to act.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 11:30
Burnout Isn't Always About Working Too Much
Not all drivers of burnout are external. Learn how to challenge the five hidden behaviors that quietly drain your energy, increase stress, and keep you stuck.
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Burnout Isn't Always About Working Too Much. Not all drivers of burnout are external. Learn how to challenge the five hidden behaviors that quietly drain your energy, increase stress, and keep you stuck.
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Learn how to challenge the five hidden behaviors that quietly drain your energy, increase stress, and keep you stuck.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 11:28
His and Hers Hippocampus? Sex Differences in the Aging Brain
Hippocampal subfields age differently, with volume reductions observed at different ages. Females exhibit decreased volume in hippocampal subfields earlier in life than males.
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Sex Differences in the Aging Brain. Hippocampal subfields age differently, with volume reductions observed at different ages. Females exhibit decreased volume in hippocampal subfields earlier in life than males.
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Hippocampal subfields age differently, with volume reductions observed at different ages.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 10, 09:27
The Use of Games in Therapy: It’s Not Just Fun and Games
The value of therapists using games with children or teens in therapy sessions is sometimes misunderstood but can be a highly effective method of engagement and intervention.
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Utilizing games in therapy is common for those clinicians who work with children, teens, or families, but sometimes parents may not fully understand the value of games in a therapy setting. They are not just for amusement or a time filler; games and playful activities can be used for action and change.
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The value of therapists using games with children or teens in therapy sessions is sometimes misunderstood but can be a highly effective method of engagement and intervention.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 20:49
Leadership (and Life) Lessons From My Father
My father just celebrated his 97th birthday, and I reflected on his role as a parent throughout my lifetime.
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My father just celebrated his 97th birthday, and I reflected on his role as a parent throughout my lifetime. I have also been studying the psychology of relationships for more than 50 years ( dating back to my research as an undergraduate).
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Personal Perspective: How good parenting builds leadership (and life) skills.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 19:27
Spreading Awareness About Misophonia
July 9 is World Misophonia Awareness Day. Spreading awareness can help people with misophonia realize that they are not alone, and can help everyone become a better advocate.
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July 9 is World Misophonia Awareness Day. Spreading awareness can help people with misophonia realize that they are not alone, and can help everyone become a better advocate.
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Spreading awareness can help people with misophonia realize that they are not alone, and can help everyone become a better advocate.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 18:55
Work Autonomy: July 4th Reminds Us of the Value of Freedom
Micromanagement backfires. Learn why giving people freedom within clear expectations leads to better results and then practice an easy-to-remember framework to do it effectively.
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We all want autonomy and the ability to control our own lives. A large body of psychological research identifies autonomy as a basic psychological need. Autonomy is about freedom; it’s about having choice and control in our lives.
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Learn why giving people freedom within clear expectations leads to better results and then practice an easy-to-remember framework to do it effectively.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 16:30
Healing in Public: When Heartbreak Has an Audience
I've followed one creator's videos on and off for years. It wasn't until she started talking about grief that I understood why I kept coming back. Here's what research says about it.
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Healing in Public: When Heartbreak Has an Audience. I've followed one creator's videos on and off for years. It wasn't until she started talking about grief that I understood why I kept coming back.
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I've followed one creator's videos on and off for years.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 15:42
Waiting Mode, Anxiety, and the Intolerance of Uncertainty
If you cannot function when something is pending, the problem may not be your attention. It may be how safe you feel in the world.
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Waiting Mode, Anxiety, and the Intolerance of Uncertainty. If you cannot function when something is pending, the problem may not be your attention. It may be how safe you feel in the world.
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If you cannot function when something is pending, the problem may not be your attention.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 13:56
The Nostalgic Self
Feeling disconnected from your self? Nostalgia can help put you back in touch.
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The Nostalgic Self. Feeling disconnected from your self? Nostalgia can help put you back in touch.
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Feeling disconnected from your self?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 13:16
To Think and Feel Better, We Need People Outside Our Usual Circle
Learn how creative cross-pollination can spark better ideas and stronger collaboration.
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To Think and Feel Better, We Need People Outside Our Usual Circle. Learn how creative cross-pollination can spark better ideas and stronger collaboration.
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Learn how creative cross-pollination can spark better ideas and stronger collaboration.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 12:53
5 Tools to Ease Efforts in the Pursuit of Health
The ease of moving between using willpower and yielding is at the core of both piano technique and life. Five tools from musical health are pace, adjust, play, access, and restore.
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5 Tools to Ease Efforts in the Pursuit of Health. The ease of moving between using willpower and yielding is at the core of both piano technique and life. Five tools from musical health are pace, adjust, play, access, and restore.
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The ease of moving between using willpower and yielding is at the core of both piano technique and life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 12:09
Think Your Teen Is Being Disrespectful? Think Again
How best to respond to your teenager's attitude.
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Think Your Teen Is Being Disrespectful? Think Again. How best to respond to your teenager's attitude.
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How best to respond to your teenager's attitude.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 11:55
Meaning Making After Psychosis
Personal Perspective: Meaning-making can give you peace and purpose as you recover from psychosis, based on how you grow and change for the better afterward.
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In my early days of recovery, my life and my future could not have looked more meaningless, unfair, and bleak to me. In my darkest moments, I prayed and said, “If I make it through this, I don’t want all this to be random and meaningless—I want good to come out of it.
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Personal Perspective: Meaning-making can give you peace and purpose as you recover from psychosis, based on how you grow and change for the better afterward.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 11:39
What AI Can't Take From You
A translator lost 70 percent of his income to AI. His story reveals a hard truth about knowledge—and a deeper one about why you were never just what you know.
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What AI Can't Take From You. A translator lost 70 percent of his income to AI. His story reveals a hard truth about knowledge—and a deeper one about why you were never just what you know.
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His story reveals a hard truth about knowledge—and a deeper one about why you were never just what you know.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 11:22
What Lies Beneath the Symptoms
Primary care physicians have quietly become the front door to mental healthcare, caring for patients whose physical health is profoundly influenced by their emotional well-being.
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Johnson came to see her primary care physician because her blood pressure was elevated again. Most primary care physicians were trained to diagnose disease, manage chronic illness , prescribe medications, and coordinate medical care. They were not trained to provide psychotherapy or manage complex mental health disorders.
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Primary care physicians have quietly become the front door to mental healthcare, caring for patients whose physical health is profoundly influenced by their emotional well-being.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 11:21
Why Parenting Requires Regulating Ourselves First
Parenting asks us to stay regulated while responding to our children. New research shows that postpartum PTSD can make that harder, but screening and support can help.
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Why Parenting Requires Regulating Ourselves First. Parenting asks us to stay regulated while responding to our children. New research shows that postpartum PTSD can make that harder, but screening and support can help.
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Parenting asks us to stay regulated while responding to our children.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 11:18
Why Immigrant Children Can Feel Pressured to Preserve the Family Culture
Many immigrant children feel pressure to preserve their family's culture. When that responsibility is instead shared, it supports identity, belonging, and well-being. Here's why.
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Why Immigrant Children Can Feel Pressured to Preserve the Family Culture. Many immigrant children feel pressure to preserve their family's culture. When that responsibility is instead shared, it supports identity, belonging, and well-being.
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Many immigrant children feel pressure to preserve their family's culture.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 10:58
The Cultural Evolution of Calorie Recommendations
Using the theory of memes to explore the success of calorie recommendations and the features of culture, cognition, behaviour, and identity that help them spread.
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This post is Part 3 of a series. Part 1 can be found here , and Part 2 can be found here . Ideas and habits spread amongst humans for many reasons, many of which have little to do with whether they are good for us or not.
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Using the theory of memes to explore the success of calorie recommendations and the features of culture, cognition, behaviour, and identity that help them spread.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 10:23
Surprising Mental Health Effects of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs
GLP-1 medications may be used to treat select psychiatric disorders.
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Surprising Mental Health Effects of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs. GLP-1 medications may be used to treat select psychiatric disorders.
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GLP-1 medications may be used to treat select psychiatric disorders.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 10:21
Human Collaboration Has a Vital Negativity That AI Does Not
If you thought working relationships are productive simply because colleagues share sustained positive feedback, I hope this post gives you some unusual insight.
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Research on nonverbal behavior bears this out. Ambady and Rosenthal found that brief samples of a person's expressive behavior—the face, the posture, the tone—carry enough information for observers to make accurate judgments about that person, often more reliably than words do.
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If you thought working relationships are productive simply because colleagues share sustained positive feedback, I hope this post gives you some unusual insight.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 09:57
Got Relationship Stress? Take the Ocean View
Do your relationship interactions get stuck because you're sure your way is right? Try this 5-step strategy to step out of the grips of stress and regain perspective-taking and connection.
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Got Relationship Stress? Take the Ocean View. Try this 5-step strategy to step out of the grips of stress and regain perspective-taking and connection.
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Do your relationship interactions get stuck because you're sure your way is right?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 09:38
How to Respond When an Adult Child Says "You Ruined My Life"
When an adult child blames you for everything, apologizing and defending yourself often backfires. Here's what actually works.
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How to Respond When an Adult Child Says "You Ruined My Life". When an adult child blames you for everything, apologizing and defending yourself often backfires. Here's what actually works.
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When an adult child blames you for everything, apologizing and defending yourself often backfires.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 09:38
The Asterisk Version of Family
Many people have never heard of double donation. Fewer still understand the hidden questions, losses, and emotional work these families have to navigate.
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The Asterisk Version of Family. Many people have never heard of double donation. Fewer still understand the hidden questions, losses, and emotional work these families have to navigate.
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Many people have never heard of double donation.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 09:37
5 Habits to Build Lasting Happiness Into Your Life
Social fitness, time affluence, and nature are key for a happy life.
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5 Habits to Build Lasting Happiness Into Your Life. Social fitness, time affluence, and nature are key for a happy life.
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Social fitness, time affluence, and nature are key for a happy life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 09:27
Struggling With Sunday Scaries After a Big Weekend?
Why does Sunday night feel so awful? Find out what's really going on behind the dread and simple steps to make the transition back feel better.
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Struggling With Sunday Scaries After a Big Weekend?. Why does Sunday night feel so awful? Find out what's really going on behind the dread and simple steps to make the transition back feel better.
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Why does Sunday night feel so awful?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 09:04
Happy Birthday, AI—and Happy Birthday to You Too, Psychology
While you're putting candles on your cake to celebrate the 70th birthday of artificial intelligence, don't forget to also mark the 70th birthday of cognitive science.
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June 18, 1956 was a memorable day. It was the day the term “ artificial intelligence ” was coined at the start of the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. This is no surprise; many of the attendees of the Dartmouth workshop were computer scientists interested in building thinking machines.
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While you're putting candles on your cake to celebrate the 70th birthday of artificial intelligence, don't forget to also mark the 70th birthday of cognitive science.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 08:29
Why Smart People Still Fall for Misinformation
Misinformation spreads across the globe, but most of the evidence on why people believe false claims — and what helps them to identify misinformation — comes from studies conducted in the U.S.
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Misinformation spreads across the globe, but most of the evidence on why people believe false claims — and what helps them to identify misinformation — comes from studies conducted in the U.S. A recent study published in Nature Behavior set out to fix that problem.
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A large global study identified the reasons people believe misinformation — and which tools work best to counter it.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 9, 08:23
The Psychology of Smiling Through an Insult
Why do some people smile when they're criticised? The answer may reveal the difference between confidence, people-pleasing, and hidden emotional wounds.
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The Psychology of Smiling Through an Insult. Why do some people smile when they're criticised? The answer may reveal the difference between confidence, people-pleasing, and hidden emotional wounds.
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Why do some people smile when they're criticised?
Bbc
Jul 8, 22:03
Children keep dying in a country that made huge progress on measles
More than 120,000 suspected and confirmed measles cases have been reported in Bangladesh, where hospitals are overwhelmed.
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Children keep dying in a country that made huge progress on measles. More than 120,000 suspected and confirmed measles cases have been reported in Bangladesh, where hospitals are overwhelmed.
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More than 120,000 suspected and confirmed measles cases have been reported in Bangladesh, where hospitals are overwhelmed.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 20:57
Psychological Costs of Experiencing Homelessness
Homelessness makes us think of the severe physical hardships that precede and follow it. Its impact on psychological and social dimensions of life calls for our attention too.
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Psychological Costs of Experiencing Homelessness. Homelessness makes us think of the severe physical hardships that precede and follow it. Its impact on psychological and social dimensions of life calls for our attention too.
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Homelessness makes us think of the severe physical hardships that precede and follow it.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 20:07
Notes by Hand Promote Better Learning Than Notes by Keyboard
Note-taking by hand fosters better learning and is an important physical therapy to nurture for a lifetime of aging dexterity.
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Taking notes using keyboards instead of longhand has become common practice. However, while using a keyboard is fast and easy, learning psychology research suggests that laptop note taking is less effective for dexterity and memory than longhand note taking. Research on the learning psychology of handwritten notes reveals that:
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Note-taking by hand fosters better learning and is an important physical therapy to nurture for a lifetime of aging dexterity.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 18:54
Why Sport Brings People Together
At its best, sport creates a shared emotional language that helps people connect across difference, identity, and place.
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The World Cup has captured the globe at a critical time. We have heard painful stories: international referees denied entry to the United States , teams being sent home immediately after competition , and athletes competing under the weight of geopolitical conflict.
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At its best, sport creates a shared emotional language that helps people connect across difference, identity, and place.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 17:27
When Did We Stop Sitting Together?
Personal Perspective: Constant connection does not always create closeness. Sitting together, staying present, and making conversation may help restore a sense of belonging.
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When Did We Stop Sitting Together?. Personal Perspective: Constant connection does not always create closeness. Sitting together, staying present, and making conversation may help restore a sense of belonging.
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Personal Perspective: Constant connection does not always create closeness.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 17:15
My Children Recovered From Mental Illness—Then I Did, Too
Personal Perspective: For six long years, my children suffered from frightening psychiatric symptoms that resisted treatment. When a surprising diagnosis led to their rapid recovery, I dared to wonder if I could finally heal as well.
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My Children Recovered From Mental Illness—Then I Did, Too. Personal Perspective: For six long years, my children suffered from frightening psychiatric symptoms that resisted treatment. When a surprising diagnosis led to their rapid recovery, I dared to wonder if I could finally heal as well.
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Personal Perspective: For six long years, my children suffered from frightening psychiatric symptoms that resisted treatment.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 16:58
How to Navigate Recovery in Schizophrenia
In April of 2007, I left a psychiatric hospital knowing that I would always need an antipsychotic medication to maintain stability.
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In April of 2007, I left a psychiatric hospital knowing that I would always need an antipsychotic medication to maintain stability. Sometimes in schizophrenia, a person is initially offered a wide and diverse treatment team, which can give the person their best chance of stability and help them thrive.
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Personal Perspective: People with schizophrenia must find a provider, plan appointments, and arrange transportation.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 16:14
Why Well-Being Gets Lost in Autism
A national autism survey found overwhelming agreement that well-being matters, but many autistic individuals don't experience it as a priority in daily life.
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For years, conversations about autism support have focused on helping autistic individuals develop skills. Ninety-four percent of respondents said prioritizing the personal well-being of autistic individuals is either "very important" or "absolutely essential" within autism services and supports.
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A national autism survey found overwhelming agreement that well-being matters, but many autistic individuals don't experience it as a priority in daily life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 16:00
The Therapeutic Uses of Writing
Writing is often used in therapy to facilitate catharsis, healing, creativity, cognitive change, and increased self-worth. Writing can be a healthful practice for a lifetime.
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The Therapeutic Uses of Writing. Writing is often used in therapy to facilitate catharsis, healing, creativity, cognitive change, and increased self-worth. Writing can be a healthful practice for a lifetime.
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Writing is often used in therapy to facilitate catharsis, healing, creativity, cognitive change, and increased self-worth.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 15:36
Know Your Triggers and Admit Your Abusive Behavior
Additional steps toward identifying and eliminating abusive behavior: Know your triggers and admit your abusive behavior toward those you have harmed.
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Knowing your particular triggers can help you better understand yourself and your reactions. In particular, it can help you understand why you may become emotionally abusive. One thing that may help is to remind yourself that being vulnerable and being honest about the mistakes you’ve made in life will actually help you to heal your shame.
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Additional steps toward identifying and eliminating abusive behavior: Know your triggers and admit your abusive behavior toward those you have harmed.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 15:25
"The Invite" and the Costs of Shaming Our True Selves
Extreme lack of empathy is one of the defining traits of narcissism and psychopathy. It means that an individual is unable to place themself in another’s shoes to imagine how their decisions affect t…
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Extreme lack of empathy is one of the defining traits of narcissism and psychopathy. (Arguably, they understand it, but can’t feel the pain they cause.) Many of these people are other-oriented perfectionists, demanding and unconcerned with how their expectations and punishments are received. (Of course, you can be both a self-oriented and other-oriented perfectionist.
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The film "The Invite" highlights the personal and relational dangers of rejecting and suppressing our needs.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 14:12
What the DSM Can't See
The chair of the DSM-IV task force was once asked to define what a mental disorder is. His answer changed the conversation on psychiatry's bible and what it was built to do.
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What the DSM Can't See. The chair of the DSM-IV task force was once asked to define what a mental disorder is. His answer changed the conversation on psychiatry's bible and what it was built to do.
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The chair of the DSM-IV task force was once asked to define what a mental disorder is.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 13:50
What the Pursuit of Happiness Really Means
The Declaration of Independence names “the pursuit of happiness ” as an unalienable right, alongside life and liberty.
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The Declaration of Independence names “the pursuit of happiness ” as an unalienable right, alongside life and liberty. By including the pursuit of happiness, Thomas Jefferson altered John Locke’s claim that men have a right to life, liberty, and property .
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If the pursuit of happiness is an unalienable right, we might wonder why many people seem to be alienated from it.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 13:03
Exploring the Neglect of Athletes Being Human and its Impact
Herein is a reminder that athletes are human, not yoked oxen forced to pull a coach's plow. Learn about the misguided things coaches and parents do that create more harm than good.
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Exploring the Neglect of Athletes Being Human and its Impact. Herein is a reminder that athletes are human, not yoked oxen forced to pull a coach's plow. Learn about the misguided things coaches and parents do that create more harm than good.
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Herein is a reminder that athletes are human, not yoked oxen forced to pull a coach's plow.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 12:53
When Your Partner Is Experiencing Erection Difficulty
You’ve started to notice your partner has had difficulty maintaining erections. He isn’t saying much about it, but you can tell he’s bothered—he apologizes, he ends the intimacy , maybe he even start…
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You’ve started to notice your partner has had difficulty maintaining erections. You want to help your partner but aren’t sure how. Whether you are the wife, husband, short-term partner, or long-time love, you want help—for your partner, yourself, and your relationship.
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Erection difficulty affects both partners, and you can navigate it together without letting it define your sex life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 12:26
When Moving Goalposts Wear a Leader Down
When goalposts keep moving, success starts to feel unfinished. Sustainable leadership means defining progress in terms that allow people to stop, recover, and begin again.
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When Moving Goalposts Wear a Leader Down. When goalposts keep moving, success starts to feel unfinished. Sustainable leadership means defining progress in terms that allow people to stop, recover, and begin again.
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When goalposts keep moving, success starts to feel unfinished.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 12:13
Educational Psychology Improves Use of AI for Learning
Students will use AI. The challenge is teaching them to use it in ways that strengthen learning. Educational psychology offers a research-based roadmap for doing just that.
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Educational Psychology Improves Use of AI for Learning. The challenge is teaching them to use it in ways that strengthen learning. Educational psychology offers a research-based roadmap for doing just that.
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Students will use AI.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 12:05
AI and the First Principles of Thought
Does thinking have first principles? A new discovery about artificial intelligence raises some interesting questions.
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AI and the First Principles of Thought. Does thinking have first principles? A new discovery about artificial intelligence raises some interesting questions.
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Does thinking have first principles?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 11:47
Sometimes Your Child Isn't Triggering You: Your Childhood Is
Sometimes the strongest parenting reactions have less to do with your child’s behavior than the unresolved experiences and beliefs you carry from your own childhood.
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Have you ever found yourself reacting to your child in a way that surprised you? Every parent has moments like these. For parents with ADHD , however, the challenges can feel even greater.
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Sometimes the strongest parenting reactions have less to do with your child’s behavior than the unresolved experiences and beliefs you carry from your own childhood.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 11:46
What Will Banning Transgirls From Sports Mean for Other Girls?
Personal Perspective: Banning transgender girls from girls' sports threatens the privacy and bodily autonomy of all girls.
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The most recent Supreme Court ruling about transgender girls in sports is no doubt a major blow to transgender athletes, although as Carrie Costello wrote in their blog , it is not anywhere as bad as it could be. I think it is instructive to think about the girls who were accused of witchcraft in Salem.
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Personal Perspective: Banning transgender girls from girls' sports threatens the privacy and bodily autonomy of all girls.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 11:34
How Time Shapes Our Lives and the Fiction of Memory
For author Shea Ernshaw, bending the rules of time in "Habits of the Sea" offered an opportunity to explore what happens when we courageously step into the unfamiliar.
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The clock on the wall may tick away while the calendar marks the passage of days, but our psychological experience of time does not necessarily mirror the tools we use to measure it. Time can be understood as a mental construct of our reality, helping us to organize our life’s experiences.
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For author Shea Ernshaw, bending the rules of time in "Habits of the Sea" offered an opportunity to explore what happens when we courageously step into the unfamiliar.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 11:13
When a Child’s Disability or Mental Illness Hurts Siblings
Children with disabilities or mental illnesses sometimes behave aggressively toward their siblings. Learn what parents can do to help their children and promote safety.
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When a Child’s Disability or Mental Illness Hurts Siblings. Children with disabilities or mental illnesses sometimes behave aggressively toward their siblings. Learn what parents can do to help their children and promote safety.
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Children with disabilities or mental illnesses sometimes behave aggressively toward their siblings.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 09:45
Breaking the Cycle of Anxiety and Lost Pleasure
Anxiety and anhedonia can trap the brain-body in a cycle: flat and unmotivated, or endlessly seeking but never satisfied. Here’s the neuroscience and the path back to pleasure.
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Anxiety and anhedonia can trap the brain-body in a cycle: flat and unmotivated, or endlessly seeking but never satisfied. Here’s the neuroscience and the path back to pleasure.
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Anxiety and anhedonia can trap the brain-body in a cycle: flat and unmotivated, or endlessly seeking but never satisfied.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 08:57
Why Cravings Feel Powerful: The Neuroscience of Habit Loops
Our brains are constantly looking for ways to make our lives easier. When a behavior leads to something rewarding, the brain takes note and begins building a habit around it.
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Why Cravings Feel Powerful: The Neuroscience of Habit Loops. Our brains are constantly looking for ways to make our lives easier. When a behavior leads to something rewarding, the brain takes note and begins building a habit around it.
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Our brains are constantly looking for ways to make our lives easier.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 8, 08:38
Feeling Hollow In Everyday Life
Weariness and disconnection lend themselves to feeling hollow or empty. It is important to learn what fills us with meaning and purpose.
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Feeling Hollow In Everyday Life. Weariness and disconnection lend themselves to feeling hollow or empty. It is important to learn what fills us with meaning and purpose.
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Weariness and disconnection lend themselves to feeling hollow or empty.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 20:06
What Shapes the Content of Charles Bonnet Hallucinations?
Recent theoretical and empirical work on predictive processing and brain plasticity may help explain both the onset of and ending of Charles Bonnet hallucinations.
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People whose sight loss is the result of damage to incoming sensory pathways to the brain may develop the visual hallucinations of Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS). In fact, people with CBS typically show full or partial “insight into the unreality of their hallucinations.” For about two years after the onset of my blindness, I hallucinated people, bicycles, pillows, and plants.
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Recent theoretical and empirical work on predictive processing and brain plasticity may help explain both the onset of and ending of Charles Bonnet hallucinations.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 18:36
Being Looked at Is Not the Same as Being Seen
We are more visible than ever, but many people still feel unseen. The difference between attention and recognition may explain why.
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Being Looked at Is Not the Same as Being Seen. We are more visible than ever, but many people still feel unseen. The difference between attention and recognition may explain why.
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We are more visible than ever, but many people still feel unseen.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 18:10
For Gen X Relationships, It’s the Model, Not the Marriage
Gen X inherited a relationship model built for a different era. Here's why their struggles were never personal, and what to do about it.
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For Gen X Relationships, It’s the Model, Not the Marriage. Gen X inherited a relationship model built for a different era. Here's why their struggles were never personal, and what to do about it.
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Gen X inherited a relationship model built for a different era.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 17:44
When Picky Eating Is Actually Anxiety
Your child may not be refusing food, but may instead be avoiding fear. Explore the connection between anxiety and picky eating.
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When Picky Eating Is Actually Anxiety. Your child may not be refusing food, but may instead be avoiding fear. Explore the connection between anxiety and picky eating.
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Your child may not be refusing food, but may instead be avoiding fear.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 17:19
We Are Experiencing an Educational Crisis
U.S. test scores are in a generation-long decline. Parents need to be aware of this and advocate for better learning opportunities for their children.
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We Are Experiencing an Educational Crisis. test scores are in a generation-long decline. Parents need to be aware of this and advocate for better learning opportunities for their children.
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test scores are in a generation-long decline.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 16:58
Managing Suggestibility in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Suggestibility is a double-edged sword in psychedelic-assisted therapy: It often serves as a catalyst for healing but can also leaves clients vulnerable to bias and misconduct.
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Suggestibility is “the propensity to respond to suggested communication” ( Schumaker, 2026, p. This entails a tendency to adopt others’ ideas, beliefs, attitudes, or actions uncritically ( APA, n.d. )—thus leaving people feeling vulnerable by bypassing their critical thinking, as their capacity to separate fact from fiction is compromised.
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Suggestibility is a double-edged sword in psychedelic-assisted therapy: It often serves as a catalyst for healing but can also leaves clients vulnerable to bias and misconduct.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 15:51
The Weight of Being Fine
For many of us, saying we're "fine" isn't a lie, but merely a reflex. Here's where that habit comes from, and one small way to start telling the truth again.
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The Weight of Being Fine. For many of us, saying we're "fine" isn't a lie, but merely a reflex. Here's where that habit comes from, and one small way to start telling the truth again.
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For many of us, saying we're "fine" isn't a lie, but merely a reflex.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 13:37
Cognitive Surrender Meets Moral Surrender: On AI and Ethics
AI can help with apologies and hard choices. The danger is not the answer it gives, but what you hand over to get it: reasoning, blame, and permission. Here is what science says.
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Cognitive Surrender Meets Moral Surrender: On AI and Ethics. AI can help with apologies and hard choices. The danger is not the answer it gives, but what you hand over to get it: reasoning, blame, and permission.
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AI can help with apologies and hard choices.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 12:46
Preparing for College: 6 Mental Health Tips for Summer
Before the first semester starts, families can take steps right now—from practical paperwork to growth mindset—to set college students up for mental wellness.
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The summer before starting college is a big time. College is not the time to experiment. The best time to taper off meds is a period of time that is less stressful , such as the summer, and should only be attempted with the blessing and monitoring of medical staff.
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Before the first semester starts, families can take steps right now—from practical paperwork to growth mindset—to set college students up for mental wellness.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 12:34
The Mind I Said AI Didn't Have
In March, I wrote that language can now operate without a mind behind it. It was the cleanest statement of anti-intelligence I could make, and I believed it.
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What the researchers found surprised them, and it surprised me. Researchers can even reach in and change it. The downstream reasoning picked it up and computed with it, exactly as if the model had thought it itself.
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Artificial intelligence may now have the shape of a mind, but still nothing to lose by using it.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 12:19
Diabetes and the Gut-Brain Axis
To deal with a leaky gut, your body shunts sugar to your immune system, causing insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes. There's a diet that can help to reverse it.
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Diabetes and the Gut-Brain Axis. To deal with a leaky gut, your body shunts sugar to your immune system, causing insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes. There's a diet that can help to reverse it.
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To deal with a leaky gut, your body shunts sugar to your immune system, causing insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 12:11
Work Like a Dog
We often think that the journey to reaching a goal—getting in shape, making new friends, advancing in a career , or healing from trauma —is linear.
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Work Like a Dog. If you’ve ever been in therapy , you might’ve heard about the “spiral staircase” as a metaphor for personal growth. Climbing the spiral staircase, we're not circling the same level—we're advancing upward.
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I didn’t know he had an anxiety disorder, and neither did the rescue that found him as a stray puppy in Mississippi.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 12:01
The Psychological Cost of Constant Self-Improvement
What if the problem isn't that you haven't grown enough, but what your growth has been trying to prove? Read on to find out what's actually worth chasing.
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The Psychological Cost of Constant Self-Improvement. What if the problem isn't that you haven't grown enough, but what your growth has been trying to prove? Read on to find out what's actually worth chasing.
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What if the problem isn't that you haven't grown enough, but what your growth has been trying to prove?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 11:53
Provider Paradox: Why Men Feel Judged by Standards They Don't Believe In
Many men feel stuck between two realities. They truly value relationships, health, purpose, and family, but at the same time, they still feel judged about their financial situation.
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Provider Paradox: Why Men Feel Judged by Standards They Don't Believe In. Many men feel stuck between two realities. They truly value relationships, health, purpose, and family, but at the same time, they still feel judged about their financial situation.
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Many men feel stuck between two realities.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 11:36
In the Shadow of Schizophrenia
About 25 years ago, out of the blue, a woman called me at work and asked if I was related to a woman with my mother’s name. The woman in question was, in fact, my mother.
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About 25 years ago, out of the blue, a woman called me at work and asked if I was related to a woman with my mother’s name. My mother also has high anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. We hear a lot about mental illness and how to help people with mental illness—and we should.
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Growing up with a parent suffering from untreated schizophrenia can be one battle after another.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 10:59
Philosophy of Mind Cannot Explain Artificial Intelligence
Psychology, psychoanalysis, Buddhism, and other speculative paradigms such as shamanism, panpsychism, and collective consciousness should be included in understanding AI.
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"…the truth of Spirit is a bone.” –Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, The Phenomenology of Spirit Benjamin Wallace’s New York Times article, “ The Revenge of the Philosophy Majors, ” demonstrates that the discipline of philosophy of mind has become indispensable to artificial intelligence (AI), but it also betrays how the Western understanding of consciousness is like a fish that…
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Psychology, psychoanalysis, Buddhism, and other speculative paradigms such as shamanism, panpsychism, and collective consciousness should be included in understanding AI.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 10:26
Keys to Helping Adolescent Girls Thrive in the Digital Age
Adolescent girls and their parents are often bewildered by the challenges of today’s toxic digital culture. These ideas can help parents safely guide them.
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Keys to Helping Adolescent Girls Thrive in the Digital Age. Adolescent girls and their parents are often bewildered by the challenges of today’s toxic digital culture. These ideas can help parents safely guide them.
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Adolescent girls and their parents are often bewildered by the challenges of today’s toxic digital culture.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 09:23
What a Sports Psychiatrist Actually Does
Sports psychiatry for elite athletes includes medical care that diagnoses, treats, and protects the person and performance, where mental precision meets the demands of competition.
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When an athlete begins to structure with their on-court or on-field performance, the common instinct is to contact a mindset coach or mental skills trainer. A sports psychiatrist can diagnose clinical mental health disorders, manage complex conditions, and prescribe and monitor medication.
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Sports psychiatry for elite athletes includes medical care that diagnoses, treats, and protects the person and performance, where mental precision meets the demands of competition.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 7, 07:57
The Strongest Sign You’re in the Right Relationship
There is a particular kind of loneliness that gets almost no airtime in relationship research: the loneliness of being with someone who doesn’t quite see you. Not someone cruel, not someone absent.
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There is a particular kind of loneliness that gets almost no airtime in relationship research: the loneliness of being with someone who doesn’t quite see you. Not someone cruel, not someone absent. Feeling known by your partner predicted relationship quality more powerfully than feeling that you knew them.
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Relationships are mostly a matter of how you receive what you're given.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 21:14
Mental Autophagy: Why You Need to Starve Your Anxious Mind
Are you emotionally exhausted and easily triggered? Discover how the practice of “mental fasting” allows your brain to process emotional waste and restore profound inner peace.
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Mental Autophagy: Why You Need to Starve Your Anxious Mind. Are you emotionally exhausted and easily triggered? Discover how the practice of “mental fasting” allows your brain to process emotional waste and restore profound inner peace.
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Discover how the practice of “mental fasting” allows your brain to process emotional waste and restore profound inner peace.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 19:29
The Problem With “The Matrix”
Artificial intelligence is hijacking our brains. Discover how the digital shortcuts we use impact our decision-making, and what you can do to combat that.
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The Problem With “The Matrix”. Artificial intelligence is hijacking our brains. Discover how the digital shortcuts we use impact our decision-making, and what you can do to combat that.
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Artificial intelligence is hijacking our brains.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 18:46
Would You Know if a Parasite Were Controlling Your Mind?
What if one of the world’s most common parasites could subtly influence the brain? The evidence is compelling in mice, controversial in humans, and too important to ignore.
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Would You Know if a Parasite Were Controlling Your Mind?. What if one of the world’s most common parasites could subtly influence the brain? The evidence is compelling in mice, controversial in humans, and too important to ignore.
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What if one of the world’s most common parasites could subtly influence the brain?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 18:39
The Staggering Rise of Mental Health Leave
A growing number of employees are taking leave for mental health. Here's what's driving the trend and when leave may be appropriate for your mental health.
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The Staggering Rise of Mental Health Leave. A growing number of employees are taking leave for mental health. Here's what's driving the trend and when leave may be appropriate for your mental health.
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A growing number of employees are taking leave for mental health.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 17:03
Mourning the Loss of Cursive Handwriting
Like many, I lost the ability to write fluid cursive, and my kids don’t care to learn it either. What does the loss of this once-valuable skill mean?
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Mourning the Loss of Cursive Handwriting. Like many, I lost the ability to write fluid cursive, and my kids don’t care to learn it either. What does the loss of this once-valuable skill mean?
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Like many, I lost the ability to write fluid cursive, and my kids don’t care to learn it either.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 16:11
Community: The Hidden Health Habit We Don’t See Until It's Gone
You may already belong to several communities and not realize it until one disappears. Discover why everyday connections are a powerful, overlooked health intervention.
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Community: The Hidden Health Habit We Don’t See Until It's Gone. You may already belong to several communities and not realize it until one disappears. Discover why everyday connections are a powerful, overlooked health intervention.
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You may already belong to several communities and not realize it until one disappears.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 15:38
How Do We Unlock Our Full Potential? Do It Badly
There's one weird trick that broke years of ADHD paralysis for me. Turns out, doing it badly is the secret to doing it at all.
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How Do We Unlock Our Full Potential? There's one weird trick that broke years of ADHD paralysis for me. Turns out, doing it badly is the secret to doing it at all.
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There's one weird trick that broke years of ADHD paralysis for me.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 14:49
When You Can't Feel Your Feelings
Why do some people struggle to feel their emotions despite wanting to? Emotional accessibility may depend on safety, culture, and our relationship with our inner experience.
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When You Can't Feel Your Feelings. Why do some people struggle to feel their emotions despite wanting to? Emotional accessibility may depend on safety, culture, and our relationship with our inner experience.
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Why do some people struggle to feel their emotions despite wanting to?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 13:52
How To Stop Arguments From Spiraling
The healthiest couples don't avoid conflict. They know how to stop it from spiraling. One simple skill can make all the difference.
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How To Stop Arguments From Spiraling. They know how to stop it from spiraling. One simple skill can make all the difference.
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The healthiest couples don't avoid conflict.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 13:29
Being Loved and Feeling Loved Are Not the Same Thing
When feeling unloved, we tend to automatically blame our partner. But often times, we are the ones blocking their love. Mastering this distinction will change your relationship.
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Being Loved and Feeling Loved Are Not the Same Thing. But often times, we are the ones blocking their love. Mastering this distinction will change your relationship.
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When feeling unloved, we tend to automatically blame our partner.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 13:27
Why Modern Connection Feels Strangely Empty
We’ve never been more connected, yet many interactions feel strangely empty—abundant contact, but no real encounter between minds.
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When this happens, loneliness often does not feel like pain. Yet it often appears in situations where stimulation is plentiful and still nothing meaningful is happening between people. Yet nothing surprises us, challenges us, or changes us.
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We’ve never been more connected, yet many interactions feel strangely empty—abundant contact, but no real encounter between minds.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 13:20
5 Action Steps to Make Sobriety Part of Your Identity
Interest in sober living has grown steadily over the years. What once carried a clinical label is now a genuine lifestyle choice for a wide range of people.
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Generation Z is leading a measurable shift away from alcohol, and for those navigating recovery from substance use disorders, the stakes are even higher. Most people think of quitting drinking as a behavioral change .
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What if lasting sobriety has less to do with willpower and more to do with becoming a different version of yourself?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 13:19
Why 'Just a Tool' AI Can Still Feed OCD Compulsions
A patient with health OCD keeps asking a chatbot "am I okay?" and can't stop. Here's how AI becomes part of a disorder without ever acting like a companion, and what to ask.
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Why 'Just a Tool' AI Can Still Feed OCD Compulsions. A patient with health OCD keeps asking a chatbot "am I okay?" and can't stop. Here's how AI becomes part of a disorder without ever acting like a companion, and what to ask.
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A patient with health OCD keeps asking a chatbot "am I okay?" and can't stop.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 13:06
What AI Changes About Divorce—and What Are the Risks?
AI may make your divorce process more efficient. Here's how, and some important cautions about the risks and drawbacks of AI, including how using it might actually backfire.
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What AI Changes About Divorce—and What Are the Risks?. AI may make your divorce process more efficient. Here's how, and some important cautions about the risks and drawbacks of AI, including how using it might actually backfire.
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AI may make your divorce process more efficient.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 12:54
2 Habits That Make Your Life Dramatically Happier
Happiness is much simpler than we often think. And these two habits prove it.
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2 Habits That Make Your Life Dramatically Happier. Happiness is much simpler than we often think. And these two habits prove it.
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Happiness is much simpler than we often think.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 12:14
When You Fear Happiness
If you struggle to feel any happiness, it is not that you can't feel it but that you've learned to associate it with anxiety and disaster. Four common causes and their solutions.
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If you struggle to feel any happiness, it is not that you can't feel it but that you've learned to associate it with anxiety and disaster. Four common causes and their solutions.
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If you struggle to feel any happiness, it is not that you can't feel it but that you've learned to associate it with anxiety and disaster.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 09:39
Holistic Hybrid Health: Why It Starts From the Inside Out
Holistic hybrid health begins from the inside out. It is nurtured from the outside in with attention to our behavior, environment, and interactions. It requires double literacy.
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Holistic Hybrid Health: Why It Starts From the Inside Out. Holistic hybrid health begins from the inside out. It is nurtured from the outside in with attention to our behavior, environment, and interactions.
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It requires double literacy.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 09:36
Why You Don't Need to Be Loud to Be Defiant
Most of us believe we would speak up when something is wrong. Research suggests otherwise. But the gap between belief and action is easier to close than we think.
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Why You Don't Need to Be Loud to Be Defiant. Research suggests otherwise. But the gap between belief and action is easier to close than we think.
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Most of us believe we would speak up when something is wrong.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 09:34
The "Let Them" Theory: Therapeutic Wisdom or Pop Psychology?
The Let Them Theory by author and podcaster Mel Robbins may be the latest viral self-help craze that people discount as “pop” psychology.
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The Let Them Theory by author and podcaster Mel Robbins may be the latest viral self-help craze that people discount as “pop” psychology. “Let them” requires us to rise above natural feelings like jealousy , envy, anger , and the need to control others.
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Is Mel Robbins's "Let them" theory just pop psychology or a proven way to achieve happiness?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 09:10
Trust: Have We Lost Our Faith in Others?
“In God We Trust.” On July 11, 1955, President Eisenhower signed legislation directing that all American coins and currency would henceforth carry that designation.
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“In God We Trust.” On July 11, 1955, President Eisenhower signed legislation directing that all American coins and currency would henceforth carry that designation. Moreover, if our country is to survive its shaky beginnings, we must look to one another for support. The resounding theme of the American experiment is the centrality of “we the people.”
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Trust is less a psychological issue than it is a relational matter requiring social solutions.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 08:25
Too Much Information: Therapist Transparency and Oversharing
It's becoming increasingly common for therapists to share about their personal lives on social media, but there are reasons why sometimes it's better to know less.
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The first time I ventured through the door of a psychotherapist’s office, I was 22. On Instagram and other social media sites, therapists now routinely reveal their own histories of substance abuse , trauma , and mental health struggles.
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It's becoming increasingly common for therapists to share about their personal lives on social media, but there are reasons why sometimes it's better to know less.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 6, 07:45
The Catch-22 of Workplace Relationships
Workplace relationships are key to a successful company. Healthy work relationships are linked to higher retention , improved mental health, and higher job prospects in leadership .
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Healthy work relationships are linked to higher retention , improved mental health, and higher job prospects in leadership . Yet, there’s an important aspect of workplace friendships that often goes unacknowledged.
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The same relationships that help women thrive in the workplace can become another form of work.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 5, 16:42
What Is Mindful Parenting and Can It Help You?
All parents have times when emotions override their calm and they may react to their child in ways they regret. Here are three simple steps you can take to maintain equilibrium.
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What Is Mindful Parenting and Can It Help You?. All parents have times when emotions override their calm and they may react to their child in ways they regret. Here are three simple steps you can take to maintain equilibrium.
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All parents have times when emotions override their calm and they may react to their child in ways they regret.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 5, 15:25
The Ethical Conditions of Dialogue-Play and Understanding
In my first post of this series, I introduced Hans-Georg Gadamer’s way of seeing human understanding as a process of play—a back-and-forth communicative movement in which human beings reach a shared…
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In my first post of this series, I introduced Hans-Georg Gadamer’s way of seeing human understanding as a process of play—a back-and-forth communicative movement in which human beings reach a shared grasp of some subject matter of their world together. In this post, I want to show how those ethical conditions emerge from Gadamer’s description of play.
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The process of genuine dialogue and understanding can only function if certain ethical conditions are met.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 5, 10:58
Love and Resentment: Why They Coexist in Close Relationships
Most unconscious guilt and shame rise from violating our own values. But they are not punishments; they’re motivations to honor our values.
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Love and Resentment: Why They Coexist in Close Relationships. Most unconscious guilt and shame rise from violating our own values. But they are not punishments; they’re motivations to honor our values.
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Most unconscious guilt and shame rise from violating our own values.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 5, 10:29
Who Am I Without the Mask?
Years of camouflaging can leave autistic people questioning who they are. Discover how curiosity, not pressure, can help you reconnect with your identity.
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Who Am I Without the Mask?. Years of camouflaging can leave autistic people questioning who they are. Discover how curiosity, not pressure, can help you reconnect with your identity.
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Years of camouflaging can leave autistic people questioning who they are.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 5, 10:01
Some People Are the Last to Know How They're Being Perceived
We live inside the story of ourselves. Others don't.
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Some People Are the Last to Know How They're Being Perceived. We live inside the story of ourselves. Others don't.
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We live inside the story of ourselves.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 5, 09:42
When Your Adult Child Blames You for Their Struggles
When adult children blame parents for their struggles, guilt and rescuing can keep everyone stuck. Here are three ways parents can respond more effectively.
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When Your Adult Child Blames You for Their Struggles. When adult children blame parents for their struggles, guilt and rescuing can keep everyone stuck. Here are three ways parents can respond more effectively.
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When adult children blame parents for their struggles, guilt and rescuing can keep everyone stuck.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 5, 09:36
How to Help Children Through Divorce and Build Resilience
How parents handle divorce can shape their child's future. Practical, age-specific strategies can help children adjust with confidence.
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How to Help Children Through Divorce and Build Resilience. How parents handle divorce can shape their child's future. Practical, age-specific strategies can help children adjust with confidence.
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How parents handle divorce can shape their child's future.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 5, 09:06
Don’t Wear Mascara to Therapy and Other Tips
Therapy looks different for everyone, but there are some general suggestions for approaching therapy effectively.
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Don’t Wear Mascara to Therapy and Other Tips. Therapy looks different for everyone, but there are some general suggestions for approaching therapy effectively.
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Therapy looks different for everyone, but there are some general suggestions for approaching therapy effectively.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 5, 08:20
7 False Beliefs That Keep You From Real Closeness
If you often keep your feelings to yourself, you may be living by beliefs that feel protective but quietly block closeness. Here are seven of them, and the truth behind each.
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7 False Beliefs That Keep You From Real Closeness. If you often keep your feelings to yourself, you may be living by beliefs that feel protective but quietly block closeness. Here are seven of them, and the truth behind each.
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If you often keep your feelings to yourself, you may be living by beliefs that feel protective but quietly block closeness.
Bbc
Jul 5, 06:26
'Lung scan in supermarket car park saved my life'
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Sandra Champkins, from Banbury in Oxfordshire, had not smoked for a decade and was symptom-free when she…
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Sandra Champkins was symptom-free but a CT scan at Banbury's Tesco car park detected she had cancer.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 4, 19:25
Much of the Good You Do for Others Will Remain Obscure
Much of the help we give or receive can go unacknowledged. We may even be unaware of how we have helped others. Proceed, nonetheless, knowing that our good influence is likely.
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Much of the Good You Do for Others Will Remain Obscure. We may even be unaware of how we have helped others. Proceed, nonetheless, knowing that our good influence is likely.
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Much of the help we give or receive can go unacknowledged.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 4, 16:13
Who's the Real Creator in the New Creative Process?
In Part 1 of this series, I described the delicious experience of a new idea appearing in my mind, a fresh curiosity that I wanted to spend time with and possibly build out into an article or more.
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In Part 1 of this series, I described the delicious experience of a new idea appearing in my mind, a fresh curiosity that I wanted to spend time with and possibly build out into an article or more. I noticed that with AI's "help," I'd stopped surrendering to my own curiosity and stopped allowing my curiosity to lead the way and show me what it wanted to follow.
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Personal Perspective: Is AI turning the creative process into an exercise in mental gymnastics?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 4, 13:28
Growing Children by Stepping Back
What has quietly disappeared from childhood? "Toy Story 5" explores why free play remains one of the most important foundations of healthy development.
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Growing Children by Stepping Back. What has quietly disappeared from childhood? "Toy Story 5" explores why free play remains one of the most important foundations of healthy development.
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What has quietly disappeared from childhood?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 4, 13:04
5 Reasons I Do Not Offer Free Phone Consultations
The Internet has rendered many services both free and worthless. Patients now expect things from psychotherapists such as free consultations that Freud would have frowned upon.
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5 Reasons I Do Not Offer Free Phone Consultations. The Internet has rendered many services both free and worthless. Patients now expect things from psychotherapists such as free consultations that Freud would have frowned upon.
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The Internet has rendered many services both free and worthless.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 4, 13:01
Why Psychiatry Is Not an Exact Science
A little-known, rarely described condition, pseudologia fantastica, could be more prevalent and influential than anyone suspects.
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“Isn’t it true, doctor, that medicine is an inexact science?” Anyone testifying in court as an expert witness can expect that question at some point in their cross-examination. This starts with deciding what the disease should be named.
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A little-known, rarely described condition, pseudologia fantastica, could be more prevalent and influential than anyone suspects.
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Jul 4, 11:21
Could "Roster Dating" Be Right for You?
"Roster dating" or "rostering" is when you keep dating multiple people simultaneously without choosing one to date exclusively. Is it for you? Consider the pros and cons.
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"Roster dating" or "rostering" is when you keep dating multiple people simultaneously without choosing one to date exclusively. Is it for you? Consider the pros and cons.
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"Roster dating" or "rostering" is when you keep dating multiple people simultaneously without choosing one to date exclusively.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 4, 11:12
What You Need to Know About Donor Siblings
After working with thousands of donor-conceived families, I have found concerns about donor siblings to be very common and manageable.
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The news is full of stories about donor-conceived children unknowingly dating in high school or feeling overwhelmed about the number of donor siblings they have. The questions for many recipients of egg or sperm donation are: Will it hurt my child to have many donor siblings, and is it possible to track donors?
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After working with thousands of donor-conceived families, I have found concerns about donor siblings to be very common and manageable.
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Jul 4, 10:37
On Narcissism and Romantic Relationships
A common occurrence in psychotherapy is seeing the patient who seems unable to form any lasting or satisfying long-term romantic relationships .
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A common occurrence in psychotherapy is seeing the patient who seems unable to form any lasting or satisfying long-term romantic relationships . One of the major difficulties with relationships is that there are always two individuals, sometimes with two different agendas, each bringing their own emotional “baggage” into the mix.
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Neurotic narcissism can wreak havoc with romantic relationships.
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Jul 4, 07:57
Does Academic Culture Support Addiction?
Personal Perspective: Alcohol and drug use in academia aren't new. Recent press coverage suggests the problem may run deeper than we've admitted.
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Does Academic Culture Support Addiction?. Personal Perspective: Alcohol and drug use in academia aren't new. Recent press coverage suggests the problem may run deeper than we've admitted.
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Personal Perspective: Alcohol and drug use in academia aren't new.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 3, 19:44
Rules for Respectful Break-Ups
Your partner may feel like a life anchor has been yanked away from them. So be clear, direct, and respectful. And trust that they will be able to handle this.
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Rules for Respectful Break-Ups. So be clear, direct, and respectful. And trust that they will be able to handle this.
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Your partner may feel like a life anchor has been yanked away from them.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 3, 19:13
Your Anxious Child Isn't the Problem. Your Reassurance Is
Answering "what if" questions with reassurances won't calm your child's brain. It trains them to ask more. Here are three ways to break the cycle.
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Your Anxious Child Isn't the Problem. Answering "what if" questions with reassurances won't calm your child's brain. Here are three ways to break the cycle.
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Answering "what if" questions with reassurances won't calm your child's brain.
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Jul 3, 17:58
Health or Hoax?
Although GLP-1s may cultivate confidence and belonging among gay and bisexual men, they can also reinforce idealized body types that can be unhealthy and socially exclusionary.
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Few medications spark as much public attention as GLP-1s. Originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes, these medications are reshaping conversations about obesity, health, and body image standards. In particular, the GLP-1 social trends have intensified the existing toxic body image standards within queer communities.
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Although GLP-1s may cultivate confidence and belonging among gay and bisexual men, they can also reinforce idealized body types that can be unhealthy and socially exclusionary.
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Jul 3, 16:32
Autistic Self-Compassion Begins Here
Many autistic people's mental health difficulties are rooted in years of self-judgment. Discover how a new perspective on the past can support healing and moving forward.
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Autistic Self-Compassion Begins Here. Many autistic people's mental health difficulties are rooted in years of self-judgment. Discover how a new perspective on the past can support healing and moving forward.
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Many autistic people's mental health difficulties are rooted in years of self-judgment.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 3, 15:32
What Do I Do When I Cannot Walk Outside?
Walking is the number one exercise for older adults. It boosts physical well-being and social connections. What happens when it is too dangerous to go outside?
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What Do I Do When I Cannot Walk Outside?. It boosts physical well-being and social connections. What happens when it is too dangerous to go outside?
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Walking is the number one exercise for older adults.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 3, 15:29
When Every Doctor Got It Wrong
Personal Perspective: A psychiatrist handed me a diagnosis of major depression. I had never been depressed a day in my life.
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When Every Doctor Got It Wrong. Personal Perspective: A psychiatrist handed me a diagnosis of major depression. I had never been depressed a day in my life.
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Personal Perspective: A psychiatrist handed me a diagnosis of major depression.
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Jul 3, 14:33
What Is the Story of Your Life, and What Stories Capture It?
Whatever themes dominate your life or personality, there are parallels—as well as insights and inspiration—in myths and fairy tales. Consider studying them.
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What Is the Story of Your Life, and What Stories Capture It?. Whatever themes dominate your life or personality, there are parallels—as well as insights and inspiration—in myths and fairy tales. Consider studying them.
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Whatever themes dominate your life or personality, there are parallels—as well as insights and inspiration—in myths and fairy tales.
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Jul 3, 14:13
Why Social Media Affects Body Image Differently
Why does social media hurt some people's body image more than others? A new study suggests life strategy, sex, and digital comparison all matter.
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Why Social Media Affects Body Image Differently. Why does social media hurt some people's body image more than others? A new study suggests life strategy, sex, and digital comparison all matter.
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Why does social media hurt some people's body image more than others?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 3, 13:49
How Personal Prayer Promotes Positivity
Not all types of prayer are equally effective, efficient, or therapeutic. Research explains why emotional authenticity is key to reaping the positive benefits of praying.
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How Personal Prayer Promotes Positivity. Not all types of prayer are equally effective, efficient, or therapeutic. Research explains why emotional authenticity is key to reaping the positive benefits of praying.
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Research explains why emotional authenticity is key to reaping the positive benefits of praying.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 3, 11:56
When Your Child Is Spewing Some Serious Sass
Kids start sassing as early as age 3. As horrifying as this is, big reactions often reinforce it. This response may seem counterintuitive, but it is the most powerful correction.
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When Your Child Is Spewing Some Serious Sass. As horrifying as this is, big reactions often reinforce it. This response may seem counterintuitive, but it is the most powerful correction.
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Kids start sassing as early as age 3.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 3, 11:46
The Illusion of Loyalty in Generational Trauma
Personal Perspective: Healing asks us to rethink loyalty, love, and family patterns and choose a different path forward.
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This is part 2 of a 3-part series (When Parts Merge). As I write this, I find myself reflecting on the work that still remains with the parts of me that continue to heal. It struck me that perhaps the deepest work of healing is not simply escaping the cage trauma built for us.
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Personal Perspective: Healing asks us to rethink loyalty, love, and family patterns and choose a different path forward.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 3, 11:20
Do Seasoned Therapists Become Less Effective Over Time?
What are a few of the key characteristics of truly effective therapy? This question goes beyond the typical “evidence-based” argument commonly employed by researchers and clinicians to tout the super…
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What are a few of the key characteristics of truly effective therapy? For instance, some courses of psychoanalytic or cognitive-behavioral therapy are more or less successful than others, and the same may be said of all the other therapy types. And, more generally, what makes some courses of psychotherapy successful from the patient’s perspective and others not so successful?
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Do more experienced psychotherapists really become less effective over time?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 3, 10:37
Parentification and the Emotional Sandwich Generation
Women in midlife often find themselves sandwiched between kids and aging parents. Growing up parentified can add another emotional layer to that sandwich—one that may make it likelier to topple. Here's why.
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Parentification and the Emotional Sandwich Generation. Women in midlife often find themselves sandwiched between kids and aging parents. Growing up parentified can add another emotional layer to that sandwich—one that may make it likelier to topple.
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Women in midlife often find themselves sandwiched between kids and aging parents.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 3, 10:33
Stop Beating Yourself Up: Rewrite Your Inner Story
A pickleball lesson from my mom reveals how the stories we tell ourselves after a setback help decide what we do next, and how to change them.
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So there’s a throughline: we run a story, the story drives our behavior, and our behavior drives our outcome. Which means if you want to change your outcome, you need to change your behavior. And if you want to change your behavior, you need to change your story.
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A pickleball lesson from my mom reveals how the stories we tell ourselves after a setback help decide what we do next, and how to change them.
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Jul 3, 09:49
ChatGPT, Why Do I Feel This Way?
Why do we trust ChatGPT for advice, and what do we lose when it always agrees with us instead of challenging our blind spots?
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The more I thought about it, the less this seemed like a story about AI and the more it became a story about relationships. We disappoint one another. One says, “You were too harsh.” Another says, “I understand why you reacted that way.” A third says, “I think you both handled it badly.
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Why do we trust ChatGPT for advice, and what do we lose when it always agrees with us instead of challenging our blind spots?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 3, 09:16
1 Habit Most Intelligent People Have In Common
Intelligent individuals don't know how to be right—they know how to be wrong.
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1 Habit Most Intelligent People Have In Common. Intelligent individuals don't know how to be right—they know how to be wrong.
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Intelligent individuals don't know how to be right—they know how to be wrong.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 20:02
5 Values That Reduce Anxiety
Personal Perspective: My mother understood how staying true to your values creates hope and reduces anxiety. Here are five values-based principles I learned from her.
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5 Values That Reduce Anxiety. Personal Perspective: My mother understood how staying true to your values creates hope and reduces anxiety. Here are five values-based principles I learned from her.
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Personal Perspective: My mother understood how staying true to your values creates hope and reduces anxiety.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 19:38
'Imposter Syndrome' Is Not a Syndrome
Feeling like an imposter is more common than you think, and could even signal something positive. Learn when it's a problem, when it's not, and what to do.
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'Imposter Syndrome' Is Not a Syndrome. Feeling like an imposter is more common than you think, and could even signal something positive. Learn when it's a problem, when it's not, and what to do.
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Feeling like an imposter is more common than you think, and could even signal something positive.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 18:18
Media Psychology and the Streaming Services Boom
The most successful streaming platforms have been created using media psychology in designs that keep viewers immersed, loyal and habituated. MP is a key specialty in psychology.
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The most successful streaming platforms have been created using media psychology in designs that keep viewers immersed, loyal and habituated. MP is a key specialty in psychology.
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The most successful streaming platforms have been created using media psychology in designs that keep viewers immersed, loyal and habituated.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 18:15
Does Therapy Make Us Better or Worse?
Can the failures and human limitations of psychotherapy and psychotherapists really be blamed for our current cultural chaos? For our raging mental health crisis here in America?
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Can the failures and human limitations of psychotherapy and psychotherapists really be blamed for our current cultural chaos? For our raging mental health crisis here in America? I am referring to psychotherapy rather than psychopharmacology , though in practice today these two different but potentially complementary treatment approaches have become inextricably intertwined.
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Does psychotherapy make us and our culture better or worse?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 18:13
When Does National Pride Become National Narcissism?
Is your patriotism secure or superficial? As the U.S. turns 250, we break down the crucial difference between a healthy national identity and dangerous national narcissism.
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When Does National Pride Become National Narcissism?. Is your patriotism secure or superficial? turns 250, we break down the crucial difference between a healthy national identity and dangerous national narcissism.
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turns 250, we break down the crucial difference between a healthy national identity and dangerous national narcissism.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 17:36
The Price of Flexibility
Today, roughly 35 million Americans log into work without ever leaving their houses. At first glance, the setup looks like an absolute dream come true.
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Today, roughly 35 million Americans log into work without ever leaving their houses. The perks seem completely undeniable: You get to delete exhausting daily commutes from your life, permanently evade overbearing bosses, and wave goodbye to a massive chunk of workplace headaches.
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Remote work sounds like a dream, but new data reveals a quiet epidemic of isolation and psychological distress.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 17:16
Structure That Sustains but Then Constrains Must Be Broken
Structure can help provide stability, but to be constant and present within your life across time requires continual change.
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When we create or build something, we often need temporary supports to help guide us and keep things in place. Sometimes those supports that at one time helped us set something up subsequently prevent us from growing. Adherence to a set mold is a key idea to help guide our training.
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Structure can help provide stability, but to be constant and present within your life across time requires continual change.
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Jul 2, 16:58
When AI Becomes Your Relationship Advisor, You Might Lose
AI tends to validate us, reshaping how we interpret our conflicts and partners, and turning small tensions into perceived patterns that may nudge us toward ending things.
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As loneliness reaches record levels and more of our lives move online , people are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for something more than information. At its best, AI can help us think more clearly. In other words, AI validates us in the moment, which entrenches us into a “I’m right, you're wrong” perspective, making us less open to reconciliation.
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AI tends to validate us, reshaping how we interpret our conflicts and partners, and turning small tensions into perceived patterns that may nudge us toward ending things.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 16:49
Are You Actually Here?
Not depressed? Not anxious? Just strangely disconnected from your own life? Kierkegaard described this hidden form of despair more than 175 years ago.
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Just strangely disconnected from your own life? Kierkegaard described this hidden form of despair more than 175 years ago.
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Kierkegaard described this hidden form of despair more than 175 years ago.
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Jul 2, 15:15
No, Overthinking Isn't the Real Problem
Overthinking looks like it's only a thinking problem. It's not. Understanding that changes everything about how to stop it.
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No, Overthinking Isn't the Real Problem. Overthinking looks like it's only a thinking problem. Understanding that changes everything about how to stop it.
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Overthinking looks like it's only a thinking problem.
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Jul 2, 14:21
New Research on How Mindful Hope Can Support Well-Being
Paying attention to where you are now can empower you to think about where you would like to be and set goals to get there.
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New research on hope and mindfulness by Feldman, Shapiro, and Dreher (2026) sheds fresh light on complementary connections between two behaviors that are consistently linked to psychological well-being. These findings suggest that mindfulness and hope are both associated with aspects of psychological well-being. Mindfulness helps us learn how to pay attention .
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Paying attention to where you are now can empower you to think about where you would like to be and set goals to get there.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 14:06
How Can I Explain My Adult ADHD to People I Know?
In my work with adults with ADHD, I've often been asked if there is something clients can give to loved ones to explain their experiences with adult ADHD. Here is my offering.
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1 There’s no fix for ADHD: The treatments for ADHD are among the most effective in behavioral healthcare. The slipups are frustrating for those in the life of someone with ADHD to witness. ADHD is annoying: Most adults with ADHD know firsthand that their ADHD symptoms are annoying and frustrating.
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In my work with adults with ADHD, I've often been asked if there is something clients can give to loved ones to explain their experiences with adult ADHD.
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Jul 2, 13:09
Maximizing Resilience—Same Problem, Different Cures
Two people can carry identical struggles and need opposite things to recover. Here's how personalized care beats prescriptive solutions every time.
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Maximizing Resilience—Same Problem, Different Cures. Two people can carry identical struggles and need opposite things to recover. Here's how personalized care beats prescriptive solutions every time.
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Two people can carry identical struggles and need opposite things to recover.
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Jul 2, 12:47
A Celebration of Self-Care
Personal Perspective: Do you ever worry that taking care of your own needs will set you apart from other people? Here’s why it’s so important to do it anyway, regardless of your fears.
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A Celebration of Self-Care. Personal Perspective: Do you ever worry that taking care of your own needs will set you apart from other people? Here’s why it’s so important to do it anyway, regardless of your fears.
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Personal Perspective: Do you ever worry that taking care of your own needs will set you apart from other people?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 12:35
How to Turn Problems Into a Path to What Matters
What if your biggest challenges could become your greatest teachers? Learn five ACT-based ways to work with problems instead of against them.
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How to Turn Problems Into a Path to What Matters. What if your biggest challenges could become your greatest teachers? Learn five ACT-based ways to work with problems instead of against them.
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What if your biggest challenges could become your greatest teachers?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 12:14
The Best Habits Have a Way Back
Fresh starts help us begin, but fun helps us return.
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The Best Habits Have a Way Back. Fresh starts help us begin, but fun helps us return.
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Fresh starts help us begin, but fun helps us return.
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Jul 2, 11:56
Is AI the New Creator in the Creative Process?
Personal Perspective: Is AI imprisoning us inside our heads?
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Is AI the New Creator in the Creative Process?. Personal Perspective: Is AI imprisoning us inside our heads?
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Personal Perspective: Is AI imprisoning us inside our heads?
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Jul 2, 11:37
Why Human Connection Matters More in the Age of AI
In an AI-saturated inbox, your brain still knows the difference between a message that was sent to you and one that was sent at you.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has made it easier than ever to reach more people. It has not made people trust you more. Through his experience, he provides insight on what still builds real trust when most professional communication no longer feels genuine.
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In an AI-saturated inbox, your brain still knows the difference between a message that was sent to you and one that was sent at you.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 11:00
Why Our Culture Is Obsessed With Blame
Do you find that the issue of blame causes frequent conflict in your relationships? You may be dealing with people struggling with shame.
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Why Our Culture Is Obsessed With Blame. Do you find that the issue of blame causes frequent conflict in your relationships? You may be dealing with people struggling with shame.
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Do you find that the issue of blame causes frequent conflict in your relationships?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 10:38
Attachment as Prediction, Development, and Mind Building
A new active-inference account reframes attachment styles as calibrated models of the world—with consequences for how we raise children and how I engineer AI.
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It is tempting to describe attachment styles as emotional residue—the good-enough or not-good-enough caregiving of the early years, laid down and carried forward. Secure attachment, here, is a model with high precision and positive content: I can confidently predict that reaching out will be met, and that confidence is exactly what frees a child to stop monitoring the relation…
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A new active-inference account reframes attachment styles as calibrated models of the world—with consequences for how we raise children and how I engineer AI.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 10:08
AI's Body Bias: When Artificial Beauty Becomes the Standard
AI doesn't just generate images—it mirrors our biases. New research shows it reinforces unrealistic body ideals, shaping how athletes and everyone else may see themselves.
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AI's Body Bias: When Artificial Beauty Becomes the Standard. AI doesn't just generate images—it mirrors our biases. New research shows it reinforces unrealistic body ideals, shaping how athletes and everyone else may see themselves.
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AI doesn't just generate images—it mirrors our biases.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 2, 08:21
How Leisure Activities Can Promote You Professionally
All work and no play will not boost your business. Research reveals the value of sharing your personal pursuits as well as your resume.
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How Leisure Activities Can Promote You Professionally. All work and no play will not boost your business. Research reveals the value of sharing your personal pursuits as well as your resume.
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Research reveals the value of sharing your personal pursuits as well as your resume.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 20:57
The Dad Nobody Screens For
I had a traumatic birth and postpartum anxiety. My husband withdrew and got quieter for months after. Only one of us got screened. Here's what I've learned since.
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The Dad Nobody Screens For. Only one of us got screened. Here's what I've learned since.
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I had a traumatic birth and postpartum anxiety.
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Jul 1, 20:24
What Visions and Emotions Can We Expect Just Before Dying?
Near-death experiences often show common features. However, according to a new theory, specific aspects of our life also shape the script.
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What Visions and Emotions Can We Expect Just Before Dying?. Near-death experiences often show common features. However, according to a new theory, specific aspects of our life also shape the script.
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Near-death experiences often show common features.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 19:41
How to Spot an Emotionally Available Person
You know the red flags, but do you know the green ones? Emotional availability is crucial when seeking a healthy and meaningful relationship. Here are five signs to look for.
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How to Spot an Emotionally Available Person. Emotional availability is crucial when seeking a healthy and meaningful relationship. Here are five signs to look for.
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You know the red flags, but do you know the green ones?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 19:13
Our Inner Poet’s Path to Personal Growth
A Roman physician, Soranus in the first century A.D., was known to prescribe drama—composed of poetry—for healing.
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A Roman physician, Soranus in the first century A.D., was known to prescribe drama—composed of poetry—for healing. For many centuries the connection between poetry and medicine remained in people’s consciousness. Writing poetry can also be a pathway of spiritual growth, emotional growth, and healing.
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My clients and I have benefited over the years from examining an issue in therapy by writing a poem about it.
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Jul 1, 17:53
Some Introverts Think Best by Writing
Not all thinking happens in conversation. For some introverts, writing is where thought begins—slowly, privately, and with surprising depth.
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Some Introverts Think Best by Writing. Not all thinking happens in conversation. For some introverts, writing is where thought begins—slowly, privately, and with surprising depth.
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Not all thinking happens in conversation.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 17:31
Why Lying Persists Despite the Consequences
Falsehood and dissimulation, problematic in the criminal justice system, are ubiquitous in nature. Understanding the psychological origins of lying may help us to guard against it.
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Why Lying Persists Despite the Consequences. Falsehood and dissimulation, problematic in the criminal justice system, are ubiquitous in nature. Understanding the psychological origins of lying may help us to guard against it.
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Falsehood and dissimulation, problematic in the criminal justice system, are ubiquitous in nature.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 17:28
Politician's Leave of Absence Highlights a Systemic Problem
Congressman Tom Kean's recent leave of absence for depression reveals a staggering inequity in how the powerful receive mental health benefits compared to how the layperson does.
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In my decade as a clinical social worker, I have helped many clients secure mental health-related benefits, in the form of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or through their companies’ human resources departments.
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Congressman Tom Kean's recent leave of absence for depression reveals a staggering inequity in how the powerful receive mental health benefits compared to how the layperson does.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 17:22
Accepting a Changing Body
It is natural for bodies to change over time. Yet, we often expect our bodies to stay the same, which can lead to insecurity and feeling unworthy in the face of a changing body.
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Accepting a Changing Body. It is natural for bodies to change over time. Yet, we often expect our bodies to stay the same, which can lead to insecurity and feeling unworthy in the face of a changing body.
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It is natural for bodies to change over time.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 17:18
A Midlife Awakening: Seeing Things Anew in Our 50s and 60s
In midlife, after parents die, children leave, and careers plateau, some people do an emotional audit: They set boundaries, repair what can be repaired, and forgive themselves.
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As I have coached clients in their struggles with siblings, I have found that many come to me in their 50s and 60s when they suddenly see themselves and their relationships from a fresh perspective. The awakening prompts a reorganization of relationships, purpose, and identity , During a midlife awakening, many say that they feel like they have just come out of a long sleep.
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In midlife, after parents die, children leave, and careers plateau, some people do an emotional audit: They set boundaries, repair what can be repaired, and forgive themselves.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 16:57
Corporate Change and the Power of Founding Stories
In the first half of the 21st Century, we are living in the "Best of Times Worst of Times." How Boards and CEOs can help move their companies forward.
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In his classic novel about the French Revolution, Charles Dickens wrote, “It was the best of times. In A New Age of Reason, Larry Weber (2024) acknowledges both the best and worst of times but places emphasis on how corporate leaders can harness the positives.
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In the first half of the 21st Century, we are living in the "Best of Times Worst of Times." How Boards and CEOs can help move their companies forward.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 16:57
Why Meaningful Coincidences Cluster During Life Changes
What if meaningful coincidences reveal hidden patterns rather than mere chance? Synchronicity may involve coherence emerging through relationships in complex systems.
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Why Meaningful Coincidences Cluster During Life Changes. What if meaningful coincidences reveal hidden patterns rather than mere chance? Synchronicity may involve coherence emerging through relationships in complex systems.
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What if meaningful coincidences reveal hidden patterns rather than mere chance?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 16:37
Trade Screen Time for a Creative Hobby
Last weekend on stage, I pretended to be a live and sentient pot of chili with my improv class during a show about finding love in quick-service restaurants.
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People wonder how they could add one more thing to their lives. But the most common American hobby is watching TV (the average American adult spends almost 4 hours a day passively watching TV). They feel like they’re tossed back and forth between work obligations, fights with their siblings, and their own negative mental self-talk .
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From improv to painting, creative hobbies can strengthen your mind, build self-esteem, and make life more meaningful.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 16:20
AI, the Chip and the Good-Enough Clinical Question
Nobody saw this coming, at least I didn't. Midjourney, the company built on generating images that never existed is now trying to generate images of what's actually inside you .
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Medical imaging has generally operated on the premise that better pictures make better medicine. X-rays gave way to CT. CT gave way to MRI.
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At the Midjourney Spa, you go for the warm water and leave with images about the inside of your body.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 16:14
A World Beyond Erotic Excitement
Listen carefully. That faint buzzing you hear just might be the woman—or couple—next door enjoying one or more vibrators. Today, more than half of adult American women own at least one.
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A recent study shows that it also improves users’ sexual and mental health. The researchers used standard questionnaires to assess the women’s sexual health and function. The researchers concluded: “Vibrator use was associated with improved sexual, genitourinary, and mental health.”
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How to help women enjoy orgasms and improve their mental health.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 15:37
How to Talk With Patients About Their AI Use
A patient reports feeling like she's falling apart after losing her AI chatbot. Grief? Depression? Dependence? Here's how clinicians can move past the label and actually help.
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How to Talk With Patients About Their AI Use. A patient reports feeling like she's falling apart after losing her AI chatbot. Here's how clinicians can move past the label and actually help.
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A patient reports feeling like she's falling apart after losing her AI chatbot.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 15:33
Therapy's Divided Legacy
Here is a secret: Not all psychotherapies (or psychotherapists) are created equal. In reality, there is no consistent generic process called " psychotherapy " but rather a somewhat motley and diverse…
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The important thing, in most cases, is for the patient to feel they no longer need therapy. Alpert in Therapy Nation suggests? The ultimate judge of therapy's efficacy is always the client or patient and whether they feel they have benefitted from the process, though there may be those that disagree based on their behavior and attitude.
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Can psychotherapy be blamed for the breakdown of American society?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 15:31
Don't Let Parenthood Cost You Your Relationship
Two-thirds of couples struggle after the baby arrives. The other third shows us the way out.
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Don't Let Parenthood Cost You Your Relationship. Two-thirds of couples struggle after the baby arrives. The other third shows us the way out.
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Two-thirds of couples struggle after the baby arrives.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 15:09
This Is, Hands Down, the Most Important Parenting Skill
Accepting your child's big and seemingly irrational feelings, especially in the heat of a stressful moment, is the most important way you help kids learn to manage their feelings.
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After 30-plus years providing parent consultation to moms and dads of kids who are wired to be big reactors, it has become clear that the most important skill that helps parents be loving and supportive is distress tolerance. Parents can still set clear limits and boundaries that kids need to thrive.
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Accepting your child's big and seemingly irrational feelings, especially in the heat of a stressful moment, is the most important way you help kids learn to manage their feelings.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 14:32
Avoidant or Neurodivergent?
For neurodivergent clients, their lack of follow through is often misinterpreted as avoidance. This often leads to poor experiences in therapy for this population.
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Avoidant or Neurodivergent?. For neurodivergent clients, their lack of follow through is often misinterpreted as avoidance. This often leads to poor experiences in therapy for this population.
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For neurodivergent clients, their lack of follow through is often misinterpreted as avoidance.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 13:47
How Aparna Nancherla Learned to Live with Her Anxiety
Comedian and author Aparna Nancherla shares how the anxious mind can become a powerful source of observation, insight, and humor.
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Since first watching the documentary "Anxiety Club," I have written several articles inspired by both the film itself and the amazing conversations it has sparked. The documentary examines how anxiety impacts people's lives, relationships, careers, and sense of self. "My anxiety is on its own journey," she explained, noting that its manifestation continues to change over time.
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Comedian and author Aparna Nancherla shares how the anxious mind can become a powerful source of observation, insight, and humor.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 13:26
Psychopathy in Children: What Can Be Done?
When children show a prevalence of psychopathic traits or callous-unemotional behavior, what are we to do? Early diagnosis and treatment is key. How can schools help?
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Psychopathy in Children: What Can Be Done?. When children show a prevalence of psychopathic traits or callous-unemotional behavior, what are we to do? Early diagnosis and treatment is key.
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When children show a prevalence of psychopathic traits or callous-unemotional behavior, what are we to do?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 13:24
Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids in the Digital Age
How can we raise emotionally healthy kids in the digital age? Veteran educators offer some helpful tips.
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Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids in the Digital Age. How can we raise emotionally healthy kids in the digital age? Veteran educators offer some helpful tips.
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How can we raise emotionally healthy kids in the digital age?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 12:41
Why Does Marriage Seem to Benefit Men More Than Women?
Marriage is often said to benefit men more than women—but the real story is how gender shapes emotional support and connection.
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This week, my partner scheduled two medical appointments in the same week. But it also points to something I notice often in relationships—not just wives reminding husbands to schedule dentist appointments or medical visits, but a broader pattern in which one partner becomes the organizer, planner, and emotional manager of the relationship’s day-to-day functioning.
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Marriage is often said to benefit men more than women—but the real story is how gender shapes emotional support and connection.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 12:27
How Happiness Leads to Heart Health
Recent field research is authenticating the age-old association people make between the psychological (feelings) and the biological (the heart).
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Recent field research is authenticating the age-old association people make between the psychological (feelings) and the biological (the heart). The health benefits of happy moods are boosted when positive feelings are shared with others and enhanced even more when the mood is shared between people who feel good about the relationship.
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New research illuminates how happiness can lead to improved heart health.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 11:33
Do You Feel Dignity in Your Relationship?
Dignity-sensitive communication protects basic needs, prevents humiliation from turning into rage, and allows conflict without contempt.
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Imagine a partner who responds to every expression of hurt with the same three words: “You’re too sensitive.” At first, this sounds like a disagreement about interpretation—one person feels injured, the other finds the reaction exaggerated. Autonomy is narrowed because one person is told how they are allowed to feel. From: “What happened between us?
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Dignity-sensitive communication protects basic needs, prevents humiliation from turning into rage, and allows conflict without contempt.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 11:02
Acceleration and Alienation
In a culture obsessed with productivity, we’re told that the answer is to become more efficient. But what if the real problem isn't a lack of time, but a lack of connection?
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Acceleration and Alienation. In a culture obsessed with productivity, we’re told that the answer is to become more efficient. But what if the real problem isn't a lack of time, but a lack of connection?
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But what if the real problem isn't a lack of time, but a lack of connection?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 09:50
Why Your Body Freezes, Flees, or Fights Under Stress
Why does anxiety hit your body so fast? Explore how fight, flight, and freeze responses shape your physical symptoms and why they’re not as dangerous as they feel.
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Why Your Body Freezes, Flees, or Fights Under Stress. Why does anxiety hit your body so fast? Explore how fight, flight, and freeze responses shape your physical symptoms and why they’re not as dangerous as they feel.
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Why does anxiety hit your body so fast?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 09:37
Is Your Identity Keeping You From Making Positive Changes?
Why is making positive change difficult? If we were really in charge, it would be easy. But when our sense of self blocks change, present awareness gets you past the roadblocks.
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Is Your Identity Keeping You From Making Positive Changes?. If we were really in charge, it would be easy. But when our sense of self blocks change, present awareness gets you past the roadblocks.
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Why is making positive change difficult?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 09:20
Jaret Reddick and the Power of “Almost”
Bowling for Soup founding member Jaret Reddick shares his struggle with physical and mental health and how the song "Almost" may have evolved in its meaning over time.
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Bowling for Soup is considered by many to be one of the best pop punk bands of all time. Reddick founded the non-profit organization Punk Rock Saves Lives and recently appeared in the movie Heavy Healing , which focuses on how music helps people cope with health issues.
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Bowling for Soup founding member Jaret Reddick shares his struggle with physical and mental health and how the song "Almost" may have evolved in its meaning over time.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jul 1, 09:19
The Worst Scorecards Are the Ones We Keep in Our Heads
If “keeping up with the Joneses” is your jam, learn why those tendencies will not make you happier and what you can do about it.
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I keep score every time I play a round of golf. Like many naturally competitive people, I wanted to see if I was playing better than my friends. I’m happier, and I’m playing better golf as a result.
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If “keeping up with the Joneses” is your jam, learn why those tendencies will not make you happier and what you can do about it.
Bbc
Jun 30, 23:04
Women with PMOS should have yearly NHS checks, says health watchdog
Women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) should have annual checks so doctors can spot the wide-ranging health issues that can come with this complex condition, says new advice for…
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Women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) should have annual checks so doctors can spot the wide-ranging health issues that can come with this complex condition, says new advice for the NHS. The draft guidance issued by health regulator NICE , external urges faster diagnosis along with better monitoring.
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Despite affecting millions of women in the UK, PMOS is still under-diagnosed and inconsistently managed, say experts.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 20:51
Every Mandated Reporter Should Have to Walk in Their Shoes
Personal Perspective: I spent a morning as a fictional mother racing to meet impossible demands to get my daughter back. I ran out of time and money.
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Every Mandated Reporter Should Have to Walk in Their Shoes. Personal Perspective: I spent a morning as a fictional mother racing to meet impossible demands to get my daughter back. I ran out of time and money.
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Personal Perspective: I spent a morning as a fictional mother racing to meet impossible demands to get my daughter back.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 19:21
AI Gives Fast Answers, Which Can Turn Into False Confidence
AI has transformed our lives, and in many ways for the good. But we have to be aware when it gives us false confidence.
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AI Gives Fast Answers, Which Can Turn Into False Confidence. AI has transformed our lives, and in many ways for the good. But we have to be aware when it gives us false confidence.
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AI has transformed our lives, and in many ways for the good.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 17:10
The Silent Struggle of Student-Athletes
College athletics demands a great deal from the people who compete: early mornings, relentless performance pressure, constant public evaluation, and the expectation that mental toughness is simply pa…
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College athletics demands a great deal from the people who compete: early mornings, relentless performance pressure, constant public evaluation, and the expectation that mental toughness is simply part of the job.
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The strongest athletes are often the ones suffering in silence, and the reasons why go deeper than you might think.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 16:59
The Power of Developing Executive Function
Myron sits across from me in the booth, his pancakes mostly untouched, his face smirking in reflection on his seventh-grade self. “I was such a mess back then,” he laughs.
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Myron sits across from me in the booth, his pancakes mostly untouched, his face smirking in reflection on his seventh-grade self. Seventh-grade Myron, however, was a different story. “It all started with a binder party,” his post begins, “and it was the first time I learned that I could learn how to learn and do school.”
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Let's explore and celebrate the ways executive function skills change our children's lives.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 16:22
When Scrolling Becomes a Problem
While recent verdicts have set legal precedents, growing evidence has documented the health risks of problematic social media use among youth.
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In a landmark decision earlier this year, a California jury found Meta and Google liable for designing social media platforms (namely Instagram and YouTube) that harmed the mental health of a young woman. The word " addiction " is often used loosely, and, in fact, social media addiction is not recognized as an official disorder in the DSM .
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While recent verdicts have set legal precedents, growing evidence has documented the health risks of problematic social media use among youth.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 15:35
Should We Be Glad Australia’s Social Media Ban Failed?
Australia banned social media for adolescents in 2025. New research looks at the effectiveness of this policy.
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Should We Be Glad Australia’s Social Media Ban Failed?. Australia banned social media for adolescents in 2025. New research looks at the effectiveness of this policy.
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Australia banned social media for adolescents in 2025.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 15:04
AI Slop and the End of Knowledge
As an early fan of the internet, I was amazed that all the knowledge of the world was becoming available to everyone, everywhere, all the time. But things have changed.
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As an early fan of the internet, I was amazed that all the knowledge of the world was becoming available to everyone, everywhere, all the time. But things have changed.
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As an early fan of the internet, I was amazed that all the knowledge of the world was becoming available to everyone, everywhere, all the time.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 14:16
What It’s Like When Your Partner Is a Conspiracy Theorist
Research identifies four key challenges of being in a relationship with someone who holds conspiracy beliefs.
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What It’s Like When Your Partner Is a Conspiracy Theorist. Research identifies four key challenges of being in a relationship with someone who holds conspiracy beliefs.
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Research identifies four key challenges of being in a relationship with someone who holds conspiracy beliefs.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 13:27
What Birds Teach Us About Stress and Resilience
Many birds survive the night by burning through their reserves. We’re doing something similar. Here’s how to stop living on fumes and build real “stopover” space in your life.
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What Birds Teach Us About Stress and Resilience. Many birds survive the night by burning through their reserves. We’re doing something similar.
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Here’s how to stop living on fumes and build real “stopover” space in your life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 13:25
Why Oversharing Costs More Than You Think
Sharing insights, opinions, and concerns has legitimacy, up to a point. There's a high price to pay when you overshare. Caution required.
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Why Oversharing Costs More Than You Think. Sharing insights, opinions, and concerns has legitimacy, up to a point. There's a high price to pay when you overshare.
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Sharing insights, opinions, and concerns has legitimacy, up to a point.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 13:03
Watching the World Cup? It Might Be Good for Your Mental Health
If you are getting into the World Cup action, you are not alone. And there is evidence that it may have benefits for wellness and mental health.
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Watching the World Cup? It Might Be Good for Your Mental Health. If you are getting into the World Cup action, you are not alone.
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And there is evidence that it may have benefits for wellness and mental health.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 12:58
We Can (and Must) Find Meaning in Pain
Pain is inevitable, but despair isn't. Discover how spiritually intelligent people transform suffering into resilience, purpose, and personal growth.
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We Can (and Must) Find Meaning in Pain. Pain is inevitable, but despair isn't. Discover how spiritually intelligent people transform suffering into resilience, purpose, and personal growth.
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Discover how spiritually intelligent people transform suffering into resilience, purpose, and personal growth.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 12:42
Are You Ready for Your Prime Time?
As people near or pass through their midlife years, they may wonder what’s left for them. A new psychology book shows there are all kinds of reasons for optimism.
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Are You Ready for Your Prime Time?. As people near or pass through their midlife years, they may wonder what’s left for them. A new psychology book shows there are all kinds of reasons for optimism.
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As people near or pass through their midlife years, they may wonder what’s left for them.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 12:24
Lithium, Bipolar Disorder, and Heat Sensitivity
Personal Perspective: A beautiful Italian trip turned risky when heat, dehydration, and lithium collided. Here’s what I learned about listening to my body.
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Lithium, Bipolar Disorder, and Heat Sensitivity. Personal Perspective: A beautiful Italian trip turned risky when heat, dehydration, and lithium collided. Here’s what I learned about listening to my body.
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Personal Perspective: A beautiful Italian trip turned risky when heat, dehydration, and lithium collided.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 12:22
Why Modern Couples Need Rituals More Than Ever
Some couples do not need another conversation about the relationship. They need a way back into it.
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Why Modern Couples Need Rituals More Than Ever. Some couples do not need another conversation about the relationship. They need a way back into it.
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Some couples do not need another conversation about the relationship.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 12:07
Life Lessons From a Roman Philosopher
Is skepticism a good guide for living well? And why are human beings 'obligatorily gregarious?'
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Life Lessons From a Roman Philosopher. Is skepticism a good guide for living well? And why are human beings 'obligatorily gregarious?'
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Is skepticism a good guide for living well?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 12:02
Caregiving During Retirement: A Likelihood for Many of Us
Retirement overlaps with other major life events, and three or four major changes can occur simultaneously. One of these is caretaking. Are you prepared for this likely role?
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Caregiving During Retirement: A Likelihood for Many of Us. Retirement overlaps with other major life events, and three or four major changes can occur simultaneously. Are you prepared for this likely role?
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Retirement overlaps with other major life events, and three or four major changes can occur simultaneously.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 11:28
RFK Jr. Launches Dangerous Mental Health Plan
A federal mental health initiative has the potential to chill the work of prescribers and points to the need for a renewed focus on expertise throughout all layers of government.
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announced a plan to address the country’s mental health crisis. While overprescription can occur across medical specialties, medication compliance is particularly vital to those with serious mental health diagnoses. Historically, the complexities of mental illness have not deterred public figures from weighing in on psychiatric treatment.
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A federal mental health initiative has the potential to chill the work of prescribers and points to the need for a renewed focus on expertise throughout all layers of government.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 11:06
Fibromyalgia and the Gut-Brain Axis
Fibromyalgia is a painful syndrome that also affects the psyche. Fortunately, improving the gut microbiome can significantly improve pain and mood. Learn how to heal your gut.
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Fibromyalgia and the Gut-Brain Axis. Fibromyalgia is a painful syndrome that also affects the psyche. Fortunately, improving the gut microbiome can significantly improve pain and mood.
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Learn how to heal your gut.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 10:54
Four Freedoms: What Rockwell Knew About Human Flourishing
Freedom must be honored with intention and never taken for granted. As America turns 250, Rockwell's Four Freedoms offer a masterclass in courageous optimism.
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Four Freedoms: What Rockwell Knew About Human Flourishing. Freedom must be honored with intention and never taken for granted. As America turns 250, Rockwell's Four Freedoms offer a masterclass in courageous optimism.
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Freedom must be honored with intention and never taken for granted.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 10:46
The Great Inversion: AI, Ozempic and Human Nature
Technology once bent the world to us. Now it bends us to the world.
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The Great Inversion: AI, Ozempic and Human Nature. Technology once bent the world to us. Now it bends us to the world.
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Technology once bent the world to us.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 10:45
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Decision-Making
Do you have difficulty choosing between two job offers?
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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Decision-Making. Do you have difficulty choosing between two job offers?
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Do you have difficulty choosing between two job offers?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 10:40
What Dog-Parent Guilt Can Teach Us About Human-Animal Bonds
As companion animals become part of the family, understanding dog-parent guilt can help mental health professionals recognize both the strengths and challenges of these bonds.
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A growing number of people live with and share their lives with a pet. These relationships can have a significant impact on the decisions people make in their lives, including small everyday choices such as where to work, where to live, or where to travel.
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As companion animals become part of the family, understanding dog-parent guilt can help mental health professionals recognize both the strengths and challenges of these bonds.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 10:38
The Contagion of Worry: A Tale of Collective Anxiety
Worry and fear are bedmates. Fear is a physiological reaction focused on a perceived immediate threat; worry is a thought process; worry is our brain thinking about what it fears.
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The Contagion of Worry: A Tale of Collective Anxiety. Worry and fear are bedmates. Fear is a physiological reaction focused on a perceived immediate threat; worry is a thought process; worry is our brain thinking about what it fears.
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Worry and fear are bedmates.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 10:23
How to Handle High-Conflict, Rude Professionals
Trying a case—or doing a job—isn't personal. So why do so many professionals treat you like it is? Dive into the psychology behind everyday hostility and how to deal with it.
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How to Handle High-Conflict, Rude Professionals. So why do so many professionals treat you like it is? Dive into the psychology behind everyday hostility and how to deal with it.
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Trying a case—or doing a job—isn't personal.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 10:14
How to React If You Don't Like a Gift
A Personal Perspective: How do you react when someone gives you a gift you don't like? Here are some options.
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A Personal Perspective: How do you react when someone gives you a gift you don't like? Here are some options.
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A Personal Perspective: How do you react when someone gives you a gift you don't like?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 09:42
Understanding and Navigating Prolonged Grief Disorder
Grief is the intense pain that follows a profound loss. Grieving is an unavoidable, painful, and profound reaction and process in the aftermath of the loss of someone or something deeply meaningful a…
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Grief is the intense pain that follows a profound loss. At some point in our lives, we will all experience loss. How we process our loss can have a profound impact on our health, our relationships, and our ability to reintegrate and return to living a full and meaningful life.
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Symptom recognition, self-awareness, and practical steps to moving beyond prolonged grief.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 09:41
Are We Good Enough for AI to Learn From Us?
AI is often described as a mirror of humanity. A mirror can flatter, distort, or expose. But do we like what we put in front of it to begin with? If not, it is time to change, offline.
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Are We Good Enough for AI to Learn From Us?. But do we like what we put in front of it to begin with? If not, it is time to change, offline.
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AI is often described as a mirror of humanity.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 09:40
Before You Hit Record, the Consequences of Filming Others
Filming others has become so normalized that it's often carried out casually, without a thought to its impact on the self, the person being filmed, and society.
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Filming other people has become one of the most ordinary yet consequential acts of modern life. When people believe their appearance is being observed or judged, it triggers anxiety ; however, just the awareness of being filmed generates anxiety, separate from any explicit judgment.
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Filming others has become so normalized that it's often carried out casually, without a thought to its impact on the self, the person being filmed, and society.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 09:32
Not All Stress Is Trauma
Not all stress is trauma, but lately we've been overusing the latter term. Distinguishing between the two matters.
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Not all stress is trauma, but lately we've been overusing the latter term. Distinguishing between the two matters.
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Not all stress is trauma, but lately we've been overusing the latter term.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 30, 09:05
Healing from Complicated Grief in Fiction
Grief is a universal human experience, but sometimes it can be complicated. Author Ethan Joella explores the complexities of grief in his latest novel, The Top of the World.
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Healing from Complicated Grief in Fiction. Grief is a universal human experience, but sometimes it can be complicated. Author Ethan Joella explores the complexities of grief in his latest novel, The Top of the World.
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Grief is a universal human experience, but sometimes it can be complicated.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 20:36
The Ethics of Microlooting
The concept of "microlooting" has been roundly condemned in recent media as vicious behavior. But does virtue ethics jump to this conclusion?
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The Ethics of Microlooting. The concept of "microlooting" has been roundly condemned in recent media as vicious behavior. But does virtue ethics jump to this conclusion?
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The concept of "microlooting" has been roundly condemned in recent media as vicious behavior.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 17:44
Why We Become Closer Right Before Goodbye
There is a familiar social pattern many of us experience but rarely stop to question. A colleague announces they are leaving, and suddenly everyone wants to organise coffee before their last shift.
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There is a familiar social pattern many of us experience but rarely stop to question. Most relationships exist under an assumption of continuity: There will be another lunch break, another conversation, another weekend together.
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The strongest connections sometimes emerge only when we realize that time is running out.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 17:09
When the Smoke Clears
Personal Perspective: What physicians witnessed during the LA fires will change how you think about disaster preparedness.
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I remember standing in my front yard watching the warm, golden Southern California sky as the sun set. Among those who lost everything were physicians and residents, people who had dedicated their lives to caring for others. Others lost their practices, the rooms where relationships and trust with their patients had been built over years.
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Personal Perspective: What physicians witnessed during the LA fires will change how you think about disaster preparedness.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 17:07
The Space Between
Life's quiet seasons can leave us questioning ourselves. Understanding why uncertainty feels so personal may help us move through periods of transition with greater self-compassion.
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The Space Between. Life's quiet seasons can leave us questioning ourselves. Understanding why uncertainty feels so personal may help us move through periods of transition with greater self-compassion.
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Understanding why uncertainty feels so personal may help us move through periods of transition with greater self-compassion.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 16:42
5 Misdiagnoses of Autism and Why They Happen
If a mental health or psych diagnosis feels wrong, there may be a reason: 5 common autism misdiagnoses, why they happen, and how patients and families can tell the difference.
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Why is autism so often misdiagnosed? And how can autism be mistaken for something like borderline personality or schizophrenia, which seem so very different from autism? While some researchers speculate that certain autism traits can be mistaken for ADHD traits—for example, social difficulties being attributed to inattention—most of the misdiagnosis research focuses on co-occu…
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If a mental health or psych diagnosis feels wrong, there may be a reason: 5 common autism misdiagnoses, why they happen, and how patients and families can tell the difference.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 16:32
When a Friend Is Always Busy and Something Feels Off
When a friendship feels uneven, it can be hard to know what's changed. Is your friend truly busy or are you carrying the connection alone?
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When a Friend Is Always Busy and Something Feels Off. When a friendship feels uneven, it can be hard to know what's changed. Is your friend truly busy or are you carrying the connection alone?
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When a friendship feels uneven, it can be hard to know what's changed.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 16:12
Forgiveness Is Emotional
Often, we intend to forgive someone for a transgression to try to stay connected. Since forgiveness is largely emotional, it is often easier said than done. Evolution explains why.
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Often, we intend to forgive someone for a transgression to try to stay connected. Since forgiveness is largely emotional, it is often easier said than done.
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Often, we intend to forgive someone for a transgression to try to stay connected.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 15:53
Unresolved Longing and Reproductive Choices
I have been grappling for a long time with the social and personal perception of voluntary abortion, about how women process their decision to terminate their pregnancy.
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Personal questions such as what were her (any woman's) thoughts and feelings about her abortion at the time? Does she ever think about it now? This is an important discourse as statistics say that more than 1 in 4 women in the US have had an abortion during their life 1 and the vast majority of these are in the voluntary category 2 .
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I have been grappling for a long time with the social and personal perception of voluntary abortion, about how women process their decision to terminate their pregnancy.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 15:44
Why We Root for the Villain
Why do we sympathize with villains and admire antiheroes? Psychology, neuroscience, and Stoicism reveal how our heroes quietly shape who we become.
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Why We Root for the Villain. Why do we sympathize with villains and admire antiheroes? Psychology, neuroscience, and Stoicism reveal how our heroes quietly shape who we become.
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Psychology, neuroscience, and Stoicism reveal how our heroes quietly shape who we become.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 15:13
Misunderstandings of Mindfulness
The word mindfulness is everywhere—but so are misunderstandings of it. Learning common misconceptions will help you make more use of mindfulness practices.
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Misunderstandings of Mindfulness. The word mindfulness is everywhere—but so are misunderstandings of it. Learning common misconceptions will help you make more use of mindfulness practices.
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Learning common misconceptions will help you make more use of mindfulness practices.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 15:08
Who Fears Public Speaking? I Do
Personal Perspective: I'm making my first professional presentation and my fear of being judged by colleagues is pervading every pore.
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It is in a way comforting to know that, according to another study, more than three out of four people fear public speaking. It is not comforting to know that, per the same study, “ fear of public speaking is usually diagnosed as social anxiety disorder (SAD), nongeneralized type.” As far as I know, I’ve never even come close to having social anxiety disorder.
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Personal Perspective: I'm making my first professional presentation and my fear of being judged by colleagues is pervading every pore.
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Jun 29, 15:00
2 Weird Quirks Most Intelligent People Have
There is a version of intelligence most people find easy to recognize: the person who is decisive , measured, and rarely rattled by things outside their control.
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There is a version of intelligence most people find easy to recognize: the person who is decisive , measured, and rarely rattled by things outside their control. Research on high cognitive ability has produced a more complicated picture — one in which some of the habits most associated with intelligence look, on the surface, like the opposite.
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Here’s why the most intelligent person you know falters with trivial tasks.
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Jun 29, 14:53
Man Up or Open Up?
Male stubbornness is deeply ingrained but not beyond reach. With the right approach, men can become more open to prioritizing their mental and emotional well-being.
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Man Up or Open Up?. Male stubbornness is deeply ingrained but not beyond reach. With the right approach, men can become more open to prioritizing their mental and emotional well-being.
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With the right approach, men can become more open to prioritizing their mental and emotional well-being.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 14:45
The Psychology of Institutional Erasure
The same anti-trans law doesn't hurt the same way everywhere. Explore how culture shapes the psychological impact of institutional erasure
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The Psychology of Institutional Erasure. The same anti-trans law doesn't hurt the same way everywhere. Explore how culture shapes the psychological impact of institutional erasure
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The same anti-trans law doesn't hurt the same way everywhere.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 14:42
A Quick Look at Laughter Yoga
Laughter yoga is a practice that fosters a transition from feigned laughter to genuine laughter. When successful, it can help reduce the negative effects of stress in our lives.
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A Quick Look at Laughter Yoga. Laughter yoga is a practice that fosters a transition from feigned laughter to genuine laughter. When successful, it can help reduce the negative effects of stress in our lives.
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Laughter yoga is a practice that fosters a transition from feigned laughter to genuine laughter.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 14:25
The Importance of Quick Connections at Work
Leaders need to build trust — it's foundational to productivity , collaboration , and thriving. We often heard in our research about the positive impact trusted leaders have on their teams.
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Leaders need to build trust — it's foundational to productivity , collaboration , and thriving. We often heard in our research about the positive impact trusted leaders have on their teams. Building quick connections helps leaders reduce the risk of misconceptions.
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Prioritizing building relationships can make a big difference for your team, reducing miscommunication and conflict.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 14:24
Study of the Humanities Needs to be Reprioritized
Universities need to reprioritize humanities courses to help students become effective communicators, have better career performance, and improve their mental health.
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The idea to write this blog post came to me during a peer grading assignment on a paper in my university Science and Social Choice seminar course. When I opened up my partner’s feedback, I was thoroughly annoyed and disappointed in the vacuous, very clearly AI written, feedback the other student gave me.
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Universities need to reprioritize humanities courses to help students become effective communicators, have better career performance, and improve their mental health.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 14:19
Artificial Intelligence and the Trust Equation
AI is becoming our working partner, coach and confidant. But could those perfectly crafted conversations be quietly changing what we expect from real human relationships?
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Artificial Intelligence and the Trust Equation. AI is becoming our working partner, coach and confidant. But could those perfectly crafted conversations be quietly changing what we expect from real human relationships?
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But could those perfectly crafted conversations be quietly changing what we expect from real human relationships?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 14:08
Invisible Neglect: What Didn’t Happen to You Still Matters
What did not happen in your childhood may still be shaping your life today. Learn how emotional neglect hides in plain sight and how recognizing it can change everything.
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Invisible Neglect: What Didn’t Happen to You Still Matters. What did not happen in your childhood may still be shaping your life today. Learn how emotional neglect hides in plain sight and how recognizing it can change everything.
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What did not happen in your childhood may still be shaping your life today.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 13:35
Serving LGBTQ Youth in Crisis
The Trevor Project, founded in 1998 by the people who created "Trevor," which won the 1995 Academy Award for short film, provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay,…
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The Trevor Project, founded in 1998 by the people who created "Trevor," which won the 1995 Academy Award for short film, provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender , and questioning (LGBTQ) youth under the age of 25.
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Restoring option 3 to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline isn’t a solution, but it’s a start.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 13:18
9 Ways Therapists Cope With Burnout—And How You Can, Too
Burnout is a serious public health challenge that affects a whopping 76 percent of workers worldwide.
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Burnout is a serious public health challenge that affects a whopping 76 percent of workers worldwide. While people can flourish in jobs in which they feel valued, feel appreciated, and have purpose, burnout can take root when stress increases and support and reward decrease. So how do mental health professionals manage burnout?
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When stress outweighs feeling valued, appreciated, and purpose-driven at work, what can we do to restore it?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 13:02
Anomaly Puzzles: How the Brain Detects the Unexpected
These short anomaly-detection puzzles are designed to illustrate how reasoning often depends on identifying inconsistencies between expectations and observed details.
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The human brain is highly attuned to detecting patterns, becoming especially alert when those patterns are violated. Holmes deduces that the thief must have been someone the dog knew, and thus that it was an inside job, which turned out to be true.
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These short anomaly-detection puzzles are designed to illustrate how reasoning often depends on identifying inconsistencies between expectations and observed details.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 12:56
Do We Ban Social Media? Maybe Not
The UK announced last week that they are joining Australia in imposing a social media ban for children under 16 years old.
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The UK announced last week that they are joining Australia in imposing a social media ban for children under 16 years old. This announcement comes at a time when mental health and social media use have become inexorably linked in public discourse.
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We can put online users in the driver's seat instead.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 12:44
4 Principles for a Healthy Prenup Conversation
Prenuptial agreements can have a positive impact, but the way you communicate makes all the difference. Read further for guidance on cultivating a healthy conversation.
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4 Principles for a Healthy Prenup Conversation. Prenuptial agreements can have a positive impact, but the way you communicate makes all the difference. Read further for guidance on cultivating a healthy conversation.
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Prenuptial agreements can have a positive impact, but the way you communicate makes all the difference.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 12:34
The Summer Experiment: A Season Without Scrolling
I've given this summer a nickname: The Summer Experiment . It's not about disappearing into a silent retreat, renouncing modern technology, or embracing the latest wellness trend.
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My eyes often felt tired. My attention felt fragmented. In many ways, the quality of our lives reflects the quality of our attention.
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An experiment in attention, presence, and a little more peace.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 12:28
Why I Transitioned From Psychotherapist to Executive Coach
Personal Perspective: Going from psychotherapist to executive coach meant learning about leadership, understanding systemic rather than intrapsychic complexity, and changing identity.
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After 15 years with a private psychotherapy practice as a licensed clinical psychologist, my days followed a familiar rhythm. The work was meaningful, my clients were engaging, and I genuinely enjoyed helping people.
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Personal Perspective: Going from psychotherapist to executive coach meant learning about leadership, understanding systemic rather than intrapsychic complexity, and changing identity.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 12:27
How Physicians Manage Bearing Witness to Trauma
What doctors witness at the bedside doesn't always stay there. Here's what vicarious trauma really costs, and the small practices that can protect us.
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How Physicians Manage Bearing Witness to Trauma. What doctors witness at the bedside doesn't always stay there. Here's what vicarious trauma really costs, and the small practices that can protect us.
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Here's what vicarious trauma really costs, and the small practices that can protect us.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 12:13
Are Children Learning Basic Skills Later Because of Screens?
Many basic life skills seem harder for children to master now compared to the past. Some teachers think this is because of an increase in screen time. What can parents do to help?
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Are Children Learning Basic Skills Later Because of Screens?. Many basic life skills seem harder for children to master now compared to the past. Some teachers think this is because of an increase in screen time.
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Many basic life skills seem harder for children to master now compared to the past.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 12:00
How AI-Generated Bodies Affect How We Feel About Our Own Bodies
Soon, a majority of online content will be created by gen-AI. Is there reason to worry? A new experiment tests how gen-AI imagery can affect how people feel about their bodies.
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How AI-Generated Bodies Affect How We Feel About Our Own Bodies. Soon, a majority of online content will be created by gen-AI. A new experiment tests how gen-AI imagery can affect how people feel about their bodies.
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A new experiment tests how gen-AI imagery can affect how people feel about their bodies.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 11:42
I Must Be Inspired by Others if I Am Ever Going to Learn
Learning is not all about the other. At the purest level, teachers, coaches, and instructors “simply” present information. It is up to the learner to be motivated, wanting to learn.
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I Must Be Inspired by Others if I Am Ever Going to Learn. At the purest level, teachers, coaches, and instructors “simply” present information. It is up to the learner to be motivated, wanting to learn.
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At the purest level, teachers, coaches, and instructors “simply” present information.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 11:12
Why Is My Child Still Refusing to See Me Five Years After Divorce?
When parents and their children suffer estrangement during and after gray divorce, discover what can help them repair their ruptured relationships.
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Why Is My Child Still Refusing to See Me Five Years After Divorce?. When parents and their children suffer estrangement during and after gray divorce, discover what can help them repair their ruptured relationships.
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When parents and their children suffer estrangement during and after gray divorce, discover what can help them repair their ruptured relationships.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 10:47
Can Contemporary Psychotherapy Be Blamed for Our Societal Ills?
How much influence does the practice of psychotherapy truly exert on society today?
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Can Contemporary Psychotherapy Be Blamed for Our Societal Ills?. How much influence does the practice of psychotherapy truly exert on society today?
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How much influence does the practice of psychotherapy truly exert on society today?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 10:21
The Overlooked Happiness of Anticipation
Positive psychology suggests that some of life's happiest moments happen before the event itself. Here's why anticipation is such a powerful source of joy.
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The Overlooked Happiness of Anticipation. Positive psychology suggests that some of life's happiest moments happen before the event itself. Here's why anticipation is such a powerful source of joy.
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Positive psychology suggests that some of life's happiest moments happen before the event itself.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 10:15
How to Have the Right Mindset—Free of Judgment—When Traveling
Is criticism bad for your mental health when you travel?
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How to Have the Right Mindset—Free of Judgment—When Traveling. Is criticism bad for your mental health when you travel?
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Is criticism bad for your mental health when you travel?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 09:59
What the World Cup Reveals About Human Nature
The World Cup isn't just about soccer. It taps into ancient instincts for tribalism, status, leadership, and cooperation that have shaped human societies for millennia.
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What the World Cup Reveals About Human Nature. The World Cup isn't just about soccer. It taps into ancient instincts for tribalism, status, leadership, and cooperation that have shaped human societies for millennia.
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The World Cup isn't just about soccer.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 09:59
Why AI Feels Human and Even Conscious
For over a century, the heart of psychoanalysis has been free association— the practice of suspending censorship and allowing the mind to wander, revealing the hidden patterns of the unconscious .
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For over a century, the heart of psychoanalysis has been free association— the practice of suspending censorship and allowing the mind to wander, revealing the hidden patterns of the unconscious .¹ Today, a parallel has emerged in the digital world of artificial intelligence .
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Learn how AI can sound human by linking ideas like our minds do, without actually being conscious.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 09:55
How to Do Special Time With Your Child, Even When It Seems Hard
Special Time is 10 minutes of one-on-one time where your child leads. Here's exactly how to do it and how to stay present even when sitting down to play is harder than it sounds.
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How to Do Special Time With Your Child, Even When It Seems Hard. Special Time is 10 minutes of one-on-one time where your child leads. Here's exactly how to do it and how to stay present even when sitting down to play is harder than it sounds.
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Special Time is 10 minutes of one-on-one time where your child leads.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 09:17
4 Things the Therapy Profession Ignores About Its Own Future
Fundamental shifts in mental health care are unfolding in real time, yet we respond with silence.
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4 Things the Therapy Profession Ignores About Its Own Future. Fundamental shifts in mental health care are unfolding in real time, yet we respond with silence.
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Fundamental shifts in mental health care are unfolding in real time, yet we respond with silence.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 09:07
Rethinking Self-Esteem: From “I Am Great” to “I Am Human”
What if the pursuit of self-esteem is actually making us feel worse? Self-acceptance and self-compassion may offer a healthier path.
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Rethinking Self-Esteem: From “I Am Great” to “I Am Human”. What if the pursuit of self-esteem is actually making us feel worse? Self-acceptance and self-compassion may offer a healthier path.
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What if the pursuit of self-esteem is actually making us feel worse?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 09:03
What Do People Want to Talk About Most?
We bond with each other through disclosure. Authentically indulging disclosure can help us make fast friends and build relationships.
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What Do People Want to Talk About Most?. We bond with each other through disclosure. Authentically indulging disclosure can help us make fast friends and build relationships.
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Authentically indulging disclosure can help us make fast friends and build relationships.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 08:23
The Pre-Parenting Checklist
How much do finances actually matter when it comes to deciding to have children? Research shows it’s not the first item.
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The Pre-Parenting Checklist. How much do finances actually matter when it comes to deciding to have children? Research shows it’s not the first item.
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How much do finances actually matter when it comes to deciding to have children?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 08:20
Stop Boosting Your Child's Confidence, It Backfires
When kids are anxious, parents often find themselves solving the wrong problem. Here's an approach that fixes that.
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Stop Boosting Your Child's Confidence, It Backfires. When kids are anxious, parents often find themselves solving the wrong problem. Here's an approach that fixes that.
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When kids are anxious, parents often find themselves solving the wrong problem.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 08:08
Do Telephone Calls Make You Anxious? You’re Not Alone
People can be paralyzed by phone calls, which may lead to serious consequences including missed appointments and neglected work duties.
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Generally, people with telephobia fear what someone else (the person calling or leaving a voicemail; or picking up one’s call) might think of them. Some experience telephobia because of traumatic past phone experience(s), but most with telephobia are simply apprehensive they won’t know what to say, how to ask for what they need, or that they’ll be found wanting in some way.
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People can be paralyzed by phone calls, which may lead to serious consequences including missed appointments and neglected work duties.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 29, 07:52
Can Learning a Musical Instrument Later in Life Help Memory?
An intriguing new study shows positive cognitive effects for older people playing an instrument for the first time.
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Can Learning a Musical Instrument Later in Life Help Memory?. An intriguing new study shows positive cognitive effects for older people playing an instrument for the first time.
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An intriguing new study shows positive cognitive effects for older people playing an instrument for the first time.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 17:58
AI Advice Is Undermining Couples
It feels great when an AI chatbot validates your side of a conflict. But it ignores the empathy and accountability relationships actually require.
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AI Advice Is Undermining Couples. It feels great when an AI chatbot validates your side of a conflict. But it ignores the empathy and accountability relationships actually require.
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It feels great when an AI chatbot validates your side of a conflict.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 17:23
What Does Allyship Look Like Right Now?
How is allyship defined? In what ways do we need to expand which groups we include in our consideration of being an ally? How does this relate to Jewish identity?
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What Does Allyship Look Like Right Now?. In what ways do we need to expand which groups we include in our consideration of being an ally? How does this relate to Jewish identity?
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How does this relate to Jewish identity?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 16:56
How to De-escalate Your Heightened Emotions at Work
The workplace is a unique caldron of stress, due to long hours and the effort to maintain a persona and livelihood. These low-key mindfulness techniques help.
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How to De-escalate Your Heightened Emotions at Work. The workplace is a unique caldron of stress, due to long hours and the effort to maintain a persona and livelihood. These low-key mindfulness techniques help.
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The workplace is a unique caldron of stress, due to long hours and the effort to maintain a persona and livelihood.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 16:19
What Personality Reveals About Musical Choices
Do you prefer music written in a major or a minor key? Your preference is likely linked to your own personality traits.
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What Personality Reveals About Musical Choices. Do you prefer music written in a major or a minor key? Your preference is likely linked to your own personality traits.
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Do you prefer music written in a major or a minor key?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 15:58
Peer Support May Be the Answer to the Mental Health Crisis
In previous books and papers, I’ve asserted that a tectonic shift in the delivery of mental health services is required, especially in the delivery of psychological support during and in the wake of…
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In previous books and papers, I’ve asserted that a tectonic shift in the delivery of mental health services is required, especially in the delivery of psychological support during and in the wake of crises and disasters (Everly, 2020, 2023; Everly and Lating, 2026).
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Peer support is the sleeping giant that may help us overcome the social and mental health crises we currently face.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 15:12
The Two Sides of Music Therapy
The use of music for healing has been understood since time immemorial. By 5000 BC, music was already used for healing by Egyptian priest-physicians.
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The use of music for healing has been understood since time immemorial. "Music therapy ," as it is formally known, is the evidence-based practice that uses music to work on functional goals . It is provided by music therapists who are usually trained musicians themselves and have completed an accredited music therapy programme.
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Evidence supports tailored use of music therapy for brain rehabilitation, though risks remain for some patients.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 14:14
The Slippery Slope From Preaddiction to Addiction
Preaddiction proposes that some addiction -related changes emerge before full substance use disorder develops—and before consequences become severe.
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Preaddiction proposes that some addiction -related changes emerge before full substance use disorder develops—and before consequences become severe. Historically, addiction has often been viewed as a progression from experimentation to misuse and finally dependence.
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Our ability to stop risky behavior based on experience can decline well before full-blown addiction.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 13:40
When Doggedness Doesn't Work, Is It Time to Give Up?
Personal Perspective: When you've tried everything, it may be best to pivot.
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When Doggedness Doesn't Work, Is It Time to Give Up?. Personal Perspective: When you've tried everything, it may be best to pivot.
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Personal Perspective: When you've tried everything, it may be best to pivot.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 13:24
AI and the Uber of Thought
There's a new kind of thinker out there, and I'm sure you've bumped into a few. They arrive, thoughts formed and fully confident, with the vocabulary of a seasoned expert and the cadence of an accomp…
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It's real, but the exposure and navigation are different cognitive acts, and only one of them changes you. Those cognitive bumps and bruises provide something beyond the static map. And what they left behind was a person with that cognitive geography internalized—not just the address memorized.
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What happens when AI delivers brilliance without the cognitive work that actually creates it?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 13:05
The Incomplete Stories That Hold Families Together
We create narratives to help us make sense of experiences we're not yet equipped to understand. Families often do the same.
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The Incomplete Stories That Hold Families Together. We create narratives to help us make sense of experiences we're not yet equipped to understand. Families often do the same.
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We create narratives to help us make sense of experiences we're not yet equipped to understand.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 12:57
Zen and the Art of Psychedelic Psychotherapy
Zen and psychedelic psychotherapy both point toward the benefits of cultivating patience and awareness as a way of meeting our own suffering for the sake of healing and growth.
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Most of us can barely tolerate a little anxiety or sadness, or even just being quiet, let alone staying in those feelings “without purpose.” But in truth, it is this very tolerance that builds the resilience we hope to have as we traverse life.
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Zen and psychedelic psychotherapy both point toward the benefits of cultivating patience and awareness as a way of meeting our own suffering for the sake of healing and growth.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 12:50
Romantic Love Has Become Our New Religion
Romantic love inherited the role once played by religion. Here's what this remarkable shift reveals about the true meaning of love.
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Romantic Love Has Become Our New Religion. Romantic love inherited the role once played by religion. Here's what this remarkable shift reveals about the true meaning of love.
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Romantic love inherited the role once played by religion.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 12:26
How American English Has Changed Since 1776
What would a person in Revolutionary America sound like? Early letters, documents, and diaries help us listen in.
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How American English Has Changed Since 1776. What would a person in Revolutionary America sound like? Early letters, documents, and diaries help us listen in.
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What would a person in Revolutionary America sound like?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 12:10
The Importance of Empathy in Treating Seniors for Depression
When seniors seem like they're "losing it," depression, not dementia, may be at play. Listening to and empathizing with seniors and their loved ones can lead to an optimal outcome.
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The Importance of Empathy in Treating Seniors for Depression. When seniors seem like they're "losing it," depression, not dementia, may be at play. Listening to and empathizing with seniors and their loved ones can lead to an optimal outcome.
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When seniors seem like they're "losing it," depression, not dementia, may be at play.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 11:28
How Our Culture of Optimization Is Leading to Burnout
Social media trends extolling the virtues of "optimization" and "maximization" may contribute to increased rates of burnout.
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The irony should not be lost on us: optimizing and maximizing, two words we are hearing more and more in the current life-advice social media zeitgeist, are actually resulting in exhaustion and burnout, virtually defeating their intended purpose of increasing productivity and reaching a state of ultimate effectiveness.
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Social media trends extolling the virtues of "optimization" and "maximization" may contribute to increased rates of burnout.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 11:15
Heat Can Make Driving Deadly
Heat can cloud your thinking and lower impulse control. Behind the wheel, that is a recipe for accidents.
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Heat Can Make Driving Deadly. Heat can cloud your thinking and lower impulse control. Behind the wheel, that is a recipe for accidents.
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Heat can cloud your thinking and lower impulse control.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 10:51
Getting in Shape With Silence
Most of us are not bad at silence, we are out of shape with it. Why being alone with your own thoughts feels like a threat, and how to train your way back into tolerating it.
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Getting in Shape With Silence. Most of us are not bad at silence, we are out of shape with it. Why being alone with your own thoughts feels like a threat, and how to train your way back into tolerating it.
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Most of us are not bad at silence, we are out of shape with it.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 10:31
You Can Talk to Your Child About Anything
Parents avoid difficult conversations with children, but they don't have to.
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You Can Talk to Your Child About Anything. Parents avoid difficult conversations with children, but they don't have to.
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Parents avoid difficult conversations with children, but they don't have to.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 10:26
A Dream Deferred
Personal Perspective: You've been putting it off for years. Here's what finally happens when you stop waiting and choose your life on purpose.
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A Dream Deferred. Personal Perspective: You've been putting it off for years. Here's what finally happens when you stop waiting and choose your life on purpose.
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Personal Perspective: You've been putting it off for years.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 28, 10:25
7 Ways to Make Yourself Happy While Saving the Planet
Climate change can trigger lots of negative emotions. But a new book suggests ways to make ourselves happier while saving the planet. Here are seven of them.
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7 Ways to Make Yourself Happy While Saving the Planet. Climate change can trigger lots of negative emotions. But a new book suggests ways to make ourselves happier while saving the planet.
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Climate change can trigger lots of negative emotions.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 16:15
Music Performance Anxiety: Putting the Child in the Spotlight
“My mind becomes blank, I feel a surge of warmth overtaking my body, my heart races, my breathing almost stops, and my muscles become weak.
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“My mind becomes blank, I feel a surge of warmth overtaking my body, my heart races, my breathing almost stops, and my muscles become weak.” This is a description offered by a seasoned musician of the physical experience of anxiety during a performance. I can’t identify what causes it to happen in some situations and not in others.
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Break the cycle of stage fright by healing the "critical parent" within through honest, systematic self-analysis.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 15:47
3 Key Patterns in Toxic Friendships
What is it like to have a toxic friend? Recent research reveals three subtle emotional traps.
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3 Key Patterns in Toxic Friendships. What is it like to have a toxic friend? Recent research reveals three subtle emotional traps.
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What is it like to have a toxic friend?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 15:12
How the Nazis Stymied Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Scientist Oskar Fischer made major contributions to Alzheimer’s disease research, but antisemitism led to his marginalization and tragic murder.
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German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer is widely credited with having identified the eponymous disease. However, a lesser-known Czech scientist, Oskar Fischer, separately identified the disease in a 1907 publication, the same year that Alzheimer’s findings were published.
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Scientist Oskar Fischer made major contributions to Alzheimer’s disease research, but antisemitism led to his marginalization and tragic murder.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 14:55
The Trouble With Therapy Today
In recent decades, critics have questioned psychotherapy's effectiveness and broad reach, as well as the proliferating array of available treatments. Has the field gone astray?
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In recent decades, critics have questioned psychotherapy's effectiveness and broad reach, as well as the proliferating array of available treatments. Has the field gone astray?
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In recent decades, critics have questioned psychotherapy's effectiveness and broad reach, as well as the proliferating array of available treatments.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 14:11
Why You Feel Less Than, and How to Remember You’re Enough
Consumer culture tells us to measure our worth by comparing ourselves to others, and this leaves us feeling less than. The way back is through less comparison and more connection.
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Why You Feel Less Than, and How to Remember You’re Enough. Consumer culture tells us to measure our worth by comparing ourselves to others, and this leaves us feeling less than. The way back is through less comparison and more connection.
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Consumer culture tells us to measure our worth by comparing ourselves to others, and this leaves us feeling less than.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 13:52
6 Signs Your Partner Isn’t Ready for Commitment
Committing to a new relationship first requires that a person can make decisions. These six signs signal there could be trouble ahead.
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6 Signs Your Partner Isn’t Ready for Commitment. Committing to a new relationship first requires that a person can make decisions. These six signs signal there could be trouble ahead.
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Committing to a new relationship first requires that a person can make decisions.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 13:37
Will Voting Lead to a Longer Life? It's Possible
Voting doesn't just benefit our democracy; it also benefits those who vote, and in some surprising ways, with special benefits for seniors.
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But, as we approach the upcoming elections, it’s a good time to challenge that cynicism by reflecting on how voting can affect not only the health of our democracy but also our personal health. I’ve previously described research showing that voting can have numerous health benefits, including both better physical and mental health.
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Voting doesn't just benefit our democracy; it also benefits those who vote, and in some surprising ways, with special benefits for seniors.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 13:29
Superconstruction: How Your Brain Imagines the Future
Ever wonder why you can’t imagine a sensation you’ve never felt? Your mind constructs visions of the future using only the fragments of real experiences.
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Superconstruction: How Your Brain Imagines the Future. Ever wonder why you can’t imagine a sensation you’ve never felt? Your mind constructs visions of the future using only the fragments of real experiences.
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Ever wonder why you can’t imagine a sensation you’ve never felt?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 13:05
Addressing Trauma-Driven Negative Relationship Cycles
Some couples become trapped in interlocking traumatic cycles that neither partner recognizes. Identifying these patterns can reduce conflict and strengthen relationships.
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Addressing Trauma-Driven Negative Relationship Cycles. Some couples become trapped in interlocking traumatic cycles that neither partner recognizes. Identifying these patterns can reduce conflict and strengthen relationships.
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Some couples become trapped in interlocking traumatic cycles that neither partner recognizes.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 12:45
Why Pathological Demand Avoidance Isn’t Permanent
This is part 2 of a two-part series. In part 1 , I discussed how pathological demand avoidance (PDA) might be a measurable personality pattern marked by high reactivity, low agreeableness , and low c…
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Parents may hear "a personality pattern" and think their child’s personality might be permanent. But research tells us that personality traits can look very different over time and can be changed. For children with PDA profiles, that means the story is not simply, “This is who they are and always will be.
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Families—and the right treatment—can gently reshape and improve a child's PDA‑linked patterns.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 12:38
Very Awkward: AI Prompt Slips in the Age of 'Chatfishing'
As more and more people are using AI apps daily, reports of an embarrassing new phenomenon pop up all over social media : Accidentally texting other people prompts that were meant to go to an AI app.
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As more and more people are using AI apps daily, reports of an embarrassing new phenomenon pop up all over social media : Accidentally texting other people prompts that were meant to go to an AI app. There can be different reasons why people resort to chatfishing. Also, AI messages are generally free of typos, which may be a plus to people who have issues with proper spelling.
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Getting caught using AI apps to write text messages to a lover can be embarrassing, but is there more to it?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 12:07
Why Some People Feel Safer in Chaos Than in Calm
We assume that adults who experienced traumatic childhood events will be reactive to triggers and cope by avoiding them.
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We assume that adults who experienced traumatic childhood events will be reactive to triggers and cope by avoiding them. Avoidance is, in fact, a key feature of post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ).
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Growing up in a chronically unstable home can lead some adults to seek chaos in order to feel calm.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 11:43
Is Falling in Love Quickly a Red Flag?
“I love you. I knew it the minute I met you.” —Pat, Silver Linings Playbook Falling in love is exhilarating. The real danger is not speed, but illusion.
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Attractiveness —often including sexual desire—is an immediate magnet that draws people together. This imbalance often produces halo effects. Thus, people who confer social status—such as the wealthy or powerful—often appear more sexually desirable as well (Ben-Ze’ev, 2019).
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When early excitement obscures essential romantic needs, speed becomes a risky substitute for clarity.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 11:05
A 21st-Century Luddite Critique of Digital Work
The Luddites were early theorists of the psychological consequences of technology, asking: Who benefits, and at what human cost?
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The Luddites are often portrayed as irrational, reactionary machine-breakers, but psychological consideration reveals something far more nuanced and relevant for the digital age. Reconsidered in the context of digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI), the Luddite critique appears less like hostility to progress, and more like an early warning about the psychological…
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The Luddites were early theorists of the psychological consequences of technology, asking: Who benefits, and at what human cost?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 27, 10:20
What We Told Boys About Fertility (and What We Didn’t)
Why do so many men only think about fertility when there is a problem? Perhaps the answer lies in our societal scripts.
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What We Told Boys About Fertility (and What We Didn’t). Why do so many men only think about fertility when there is a problem? Perhaps the answer lies in our societal scripts.
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Why do so many men only think about fertility when there is a problem?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 21:06
Are We Still Friends? The Importance of Memory Updating
Knowing the status of a relationship, as well as the current state of the world, depends on the ability to track changes. Will AI be able to match this critical human capability?
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The Importance of Memory Updating. Knowing the status of a relationship, as well as the current state of the world, depends on the ability to track changes. Will AI be able to match this critical human capability?
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Knowing the status of a relationship, as well as the current state of the world, depends on the ability to track changes.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 18:41
What Can Pride Do for Straight People?
Personal Perspective: The psychological benefits of authenticity extend far beyond sexual orientation. Pride may offer everyone a roadmap for taking up space more openly.
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What Can Pride Do for Straight People?. Personal Perspective: The psychological benefits of authenticity extend far beyond sexual orientation. Pride may offer everyone a roadmap for taking up space more openly.
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Personal Perspective: The psychological benefits of authenticity extend far beyond sexual orientation.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 17:25
Living in a Delusional World
People who embrace rumors and myths may develop delusional perspectives about the world, their lives, and what causes good and bad things to happen.
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I’ve written about why people embrace misinformation, rumors, and myths, i.e., why they accept things as true without evidence or substantive support from experts. Stephen Colbert saw the rise in this phenomenon in 2005, and coined the term “truthiness.” [i] This describes a quality of things that seem like they should be true, which people just believe due to a "gut feeling.
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People who embrace rumors and myths may develop delusional perspectives about the world, their lives, and what causes good and bad things to happen.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 17:07
When Anxiety Runs the Room
On a recent flight, I did what I often do: I put on a children's movie. I'm not subtle about it. I laugh out loud. I've been known to tear up.
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On a recent flight, I did what I often do: I put on a children's movie. In the first Inside Out , Joy is the one running Riley's emotional control panel. Joy doesn't see her as useful.
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When Anxiety Runs the Room. (via Psychology Today: The Latest)
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 16:48
Why Nostalgia Is Reshaping Pop Culture
Why nostalgia feels so good right now, what it’s doing to our mental health, and how to use it as a tool instead of an escape.
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If you’ve recently rewatched an older rom-com, found yourself singing along to an early 2000s song, or felt a strange sense of excitement seeing a familiar cast reunite on your screen, you’re not alone. From a psychological perspective (and according to the American Psychological Association ), nostalgia is a bittersweet emotional experience normally triggered by our senses.
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Why nostalgia feels so good right now, what it’s doing to our mental health, and how to use it as a tool instead of an escape.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 16:42
Columbine, Shared Trauma, and Being a Survivor-Teacher
Columbine survivors-turned-teachers carry a hidden burden. Explore why treating educators as shields fails, and discover the systemic changes needed to restore true safety.
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Columbine, Shared Trauma, and Being a Survivor-Teacher. Columbine survivors-turned-teachers carry a hidden burden. Explore why treating educators as shields fails, and discover the systemic changes needed to restore true safety.
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Columbine survivors-turned-teachers carry a hidden burden.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 14:37
New Insurance Policy on Limited Licensed Therapists
Personal Perspective: A new insurance policy limiting reimbursement for limited licensed therapists may shrink training opportunities and reduce access to care.
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As mental health professionals, we spend a great deal of time talking about access to care. This change is likely to affect patients, clinics, and the next generation of mental health professionals in ways that extend far beyond billing. This apprenticeship model has long been a cornerstone of the mental health profession.
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Personal Perspective: A new insurance policy limiting reimbursement for limited licensed therapists may shrink training opportunities and reduce access to care.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 14:14
How Science and Music Blurred Politics One Day Back Home
What to expect when you talk and play music to people you grew up with but have not seen for decades and have different political views from you. Turns out it was fabulous.
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How Science and Music Blurred Politics One Day Back Home. What to expect when you talk and play music to people you grew up with but have not seen for decades and have different political views from you. Turns out it was fabulous.
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What to expect when you talk and play music to people you grew up with but have not seen for decades and have different political views from you.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 14:06
What Education's 250-Year Problem Is Costing Every One of Us
Personal Perspective: Every major institution has been transformed by technology and culture, except the one that's supposed to prepare us for both.
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An authoritarian teacher stands in the front of the room. Now update the mental image: add fluorescent lights, a whiteboard, a laptop, and artificial intelligence . Academics who successfully navigated the old system go on to design and orchestrate the new system, based on their own myopic image.
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Personal Perspective: Every major institution has been transformed by technology and culture, except the one that's supposed to prepare us for both.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 13:25
When Your Success Makes Other People Uncomfortable
Success can inspire people- or quietly unsettle them. Learn why this happens and how to navigate changing relationships without dimming your light.
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When Your Success Makes Other People Uncomfortable. Success can inspire people- or quietly unsettle them. Learn why this happens and how to navigate changing relationships without dimming your light.
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Success can inspire people- or quietly unsettle them.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 12:56
What We've Been Calling Productivity Might Be Brain Fry
You’re not tired from doing too much. You’re tired from supervising a machine that was supposed to do it for you.
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What We've Been Calling Productivity Might Be Brain Fry. You’re not tired from doing too much. You’re tired from supervising a machine that was supposed to do it for you.
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You’re not tired from doing too much.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 12:34
Couples: The Cost of Growing Stronger Individually
Over time, power imbalances and differing coping styles can take their toll on relationships, increasing conflict. Here’s how to find balance by managing anxiety and compromises.
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Couples: The Cost of Growing Stronger Individually. Over time, power imbalances and differing coping styles can take their toll on relationships, increasing conflict. Here’s how to find balance by managing anxiety and compromises.
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Over time, power imbalances and differing coping styles can take their toll on relationships, increasing conflict.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 12:23
Life Crafting: How Writing Helps You Get the Life You Want
Stop letting daily distractions derail your focus and learn how targeted writing can help you get what you want out of life.
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The world tugs on our attention , rerouting our focus throughout the day, leaving an ever-growing mountain of unfinished tasks and lingering feelings of malcontent. Writing, however, offers one solution for getting us back on track and into the life we desire.
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Stop letting daily distractions derail your focus and learn how targeted writing can help you get what you want out of life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 12:02
Neurodiversity: Beyond "Differently Wired"
Neurodiversity has offered many people dignity and belonging, but its emphasis on neurological differences reproduces the problematic assumptions of the medical model.
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Over the past decade, the neurodiversity movement has transformed the mental health discourse. Originally developed as a challenge to pathologizing narratives around such psychiatric diagnoses as autism and ADHD , its “umbrella” has come to cover an increasingly large and diverse portion of the population.
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Neurodiversity has offered many people dignity and belonging, but its emphasis on neurological differences reproduces the problematic assumptions of the medical model.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 11:06
The Relationships Your Future Brain Is Counting On
Many of us understand the importance of protecting our brains from too much stress, poor sleep, and unhealthy diets.
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Many of us understand the importance of protecting our brains from too much stress, poor sleep, and unhealthy diets. Our brains weren’t designed to choose between having healthy solitude and having healthy community.
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It's great if your financial accounts are growing as you get older, but what about your social relations account?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 10:44
Did We Prepare Men for Modern Millennial Marriages?
Millennial couples overwhelmingly value equality, shared parenting, and mutual support. So why are so many struggling? A therapist explores the gap no one prepared millennials for.
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Did We Prepare Men for Modern Millennial Marriages?. Millennial couples overwhelmingly value equality, shared parenting, and mutual support. A therapist explores the gap no one prepared millennials for.
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Millennial couples overwhelmingly value equality, shared parenting, and mutual support.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 26, 10:20
Overthinking's 3 Darkest Disguises
Many people waste years fighting the wrong battle for their mental health because they don't see this emotionally draining problem lurking below the surface.
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One psychological process is running the show in people's lives more than most therapists realize. If you have ever wondered why therapy often helps with one issue only to have another one surface, this may be why. It doesn't always look like overthinking—it looks like your problem.
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Many people waste years fighting the wrong battle for their mental health because they don't see this emotionally draining problem lurking below the surface.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:22
Screening and treating maternal psychological health key to improving cardiovascular health
Identifying and treating risk factors for depression, anxiety and other psychological health conditions during pregnancy and postpartum may improve short- and long-term health outcomes for both mother and child, according to a new scientific statement.
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Integrating routine psychological health screening and treatment during and after pregnancy may reduce the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and improve maternal cardiovascular health, according to a new scientific statement published today in a Go Red for Women® spotlight issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association , an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the Am…
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Identifying and treating risk factors for depression, anxiety and other psychological health conditions during pregnancy and postpartum may improve short- and long-term health outcomes for both mother and child, according to a new scientific statement.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:22
Nasal spray shows preclinical promise for treating traumatic brain injury
A new study suggests a nasal spray developed to target neuroinflammation could one day be an effective treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI). By studying the effects of the nasal anti-CD3 in a mouse model of TBI, researchers found the spray could reduce damage to the central nervous system and behavioral deficits, suggesting a potential therapeutic approach for TBI and other acute forms of brain injury.
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A new study suggests a nasal spray developed to target neuroinflammation could one day be an effective treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI). By studying the effects of the nasal anti-CD3 in a mouse model of TBI, researchers found the spray could reduce damage to the central nervous system and behavioral deficits, suggesting a potential therapeutic approach for TBI and ot…
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A new study suggests a nasal spray developed to target neuroinflammation could one day be an effective treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:22
Research indicates effects of PTSD on body vary by culture
Anthropologists, social scientists and veterans are analyze the relationship between the hormones cortisol and testosterone and PTSD in a non-industrialized society.
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According to the World Health Organization, about 3.9% of the world's population has had post-traumatic stress disorder at some point during their lives. But there is a lot that is still not understood about this mental health condition. The studies showed the majority of people diagnosed with PTSD had very little change in their cortisol levels throughout the day.
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Anthropologists, social scientists and veterans are analyze the relationship between the hormones cortisol and testosterone and PTSD in a non-industrialized society.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:22
Evidence expanding that 40Hz gamma stimulation promotes brain health
A decade of studies from labs around the world provide a growing evidence base that increasing the power of the brain's gamma rhythms could help fight Alzheimer's, and perhaps other, neurological diseases.
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A decade after scientists in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT first began testing whether sensory stimulation of the brain's 40Hz "gamma" frequency rhythms could treat Alzheimer's disease in mice, a growing evidence base supporting the idea that it can improve brain health -- in humans as well as animals -- has emerged from the work of labs all over the wor…
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A decade of studies from labs around the world provide a growing evidence base that increasing the power of the brain's gamma rhythms could help fight Alzheimer's, and perhaps other, neurological diseases.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:22
For some, childhood adversity can promote resilience to anxiety disorders
Research has shown that young people who face adversity such as traumatic or stressful events during brain development are 40% more likely to develop anxiety disorders by adulthood. But most people who endure these experiences during childhood and adolescence prove to be resilient to these mental health effects. A new study finds that when this adversity occurs during brain development may affect how susceptible people are to anxiety and other psychiatric problems as adults. According to the study experiencing low-to-moderate levels of adversity during middle childhood (between the ages of 6 and 12) and adolescence may foster resilience to anxiety later in life.
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For some, childhood adversity can promote resilience to anxiety disorders. But most people who endure these experiences during childhood and adolescence prove to be resilient to these mental health effects.
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Research has shown that young people who face adversity such as traumatic or stressful events during brain development are 40% more likely to develop anxiety disorders by adulthood.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:22
Does getting ADHD drugs via telehealth increase addiction risk?
A study of people who started ADHD stimulant treatment via telehealth vs in-person visits shows no difference in risk of new substance use disorders except for young adults age 26-34.
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For nearly five years, people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder have had the option of getting their stimulant medications prescribed and renewed by doctors they see only over a computer screen, despite the risks that these stimulant drugs can pose if misused.
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A study of people who started ADHD stimulant treatment via telehealth vs in-person visits shows no difference in risk of new substance use disorders except for young adults age 26-34.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:22
Robotics and spinal stimulation restore movement in paralysis
Scientists have developed an approach that combines rehabilitation robotics with spinal cord stimulation to restore movement in people with spinal cord injuries. The technology enhances rehabilitation and enables activities like cycling and walking outdoors.
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Robotics and spinal stimulation restore movement in paralysis. Scientists have developed an approach that combines rehabilitation robotics with spinal cord stimulation to restore movement in people with spinal cord injuries. The technology enhances rehabilitation and enables activities like cycling and walking outdoors.
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Scientists have developed an approach that combines rehabilitation robotics with spinal cord stimulation to restore movement in people with spinal cord injuries.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:22
Study finds unique brain changes linked to witnessing trauma
Researchers discovered distinct molecular differences in how the brain processes directly experienced versus witnessed trauma -- a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments for PTSD.
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For years, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been studied primarily in people who experience trauma firsthand. New research from Virginia Tech, published in PLOS ONE, reveals that witnessing trauma triggers unique brain changes, distinct from those caused by experiencing trauma firsthand.
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Researchers discovered distinct molecular differences in how the brain processes directly experienced versus witnessed trauma -- a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments for PTSD.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
Climate change fuelling mental health crisis in areas most affected by climate crisis
Climate change is not just an environmental issue -- it's a mental health crisis impacting on adolescent wellbeing right now in areas most affected by climate change, according to new research.
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The authors of the study published this week in the Journal of Climate Change and Health have called for mental health supports to be built into climate adaptation efforts to help young people facing an uncertain future.
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Climate change is not just an environmental issue -- it's a mental health crisis impacting on adolescent wellbeing right now in areas most affected by climate change, according to new research.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
ADHD may be associated with an increased risk of dementia
An adult brain affected by attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) presents modifications similar to those observed in individuals suffering from dementia. These are the findings of a study which shows that, compared with healthy individuals, patients with an ADHD diagnosis have more iron in certain regions of their brain along with higher levels of neurofilaments[1] (NfL) in their blood. These markers have been consistently reported to be characteristic of old age-related dementias such as Alzheimer's disease and can be measured in its early stages. The study confirms that ADHD may be linked to an increased risk of developing dementia later in life and it provides first evidence for a neurological mechanism possibly involved.
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ADHD may be associated with an increased risk of dementia. These are the findings of a study which shows that, compared with healthy individuals, patients with an ADHD diagnosis have more iron in certain regions of their brain along with higher levels of neurofilaments[1] (NfL) in their blood.
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An adult brain affected by attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) presents modifications similar to those observed in individuals suffering from dementia.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
PTSD can undermine healthy couple communication when people fear their emotions
People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms often have trouble communicating and resolving relationship difficulties with their romantic partners, according to previous research by Ste…
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People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms often have trouble communicating and resolving relationship difficulties with their romantic partners, according to previous research by Steffany Fredman, associate professor of human development and family studies at Penn State, and others.
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Fear of emotions among couples with PTSD is associated with unproductive communication, according to a new study.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
New study investigates effects of ADHD medications on the heart
A new study has found that medications for ADHD have overall small effects on blood pressure and heart rate after weeks or a few months of use. There have been concerns about the side effects of ADHD medications but the new findings, coupled with other studies, suggest that the benefits of taking these medications outweigh the risks, while highlighting the need for careful monitoring.
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A new study has found that medications for ADHD have overall small effects on blood pressure and heart rate after weeks or a few months of use. There have been concerns about the side effects of ADHD medications but the new findings, coupled with other studies, suggest that the benefits of taking these medications outweigh the risks, while highlighting the need for careful mon…
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A new study has found that medications for ADHD have overall small effects on blood pressure and heart rate after weeks or a few months of use.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy improve chronic low back pain
Eight weeks of mindfulness or cognitive behavioral therapy were associated with improved pain, physical function and quality of life and reduced daily opioid dose in adults with chronic low back pain that required treated with daily opioids, according to a new study. This is one of the largest studies to date to evaluate mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy as treatment for opioid-treated chronic pain.
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Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy improve chronic low back pain. Eight weeks of mindfulness or cognitive behavioral therapy were associated with improved pain, physical function and quality of life and reduced daily opioid dose in adults with chronic low back pain that required treated with daily opioids, according to a new study.
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This is one of the largest studies to date to evaluate mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy as treatment for opioid-treated chronic pain.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
Police officers face twice the risk of traumatic brain injuries and PTSD, survey finds
Police officers are more than twice as likely to have traumatic brain injuries compared to the general population.
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Officers who incur these injuries while on duty face more than double the risk of developing complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That's according to a new survey-based study from the University of Exeter, published in The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation , which found a connection between traumatic brain injuries and PTSD in police officers.
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Police officers are more than twice as likely to have traumatic brain injuries compared to the general population.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
LSD analogue with potential for treating schizophrenia developed
Researchers have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that harnesses the psychedelic's therapeutic power with reduced hallucinogenic potential.
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The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, highlights the new drug's potential as a treatment option for conditions like schizophrenia, where psychedelics are not prescribed for safety reasons. The compound also may be useful for treating other neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases characterized by synaptic loss and brain atrophy.
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Researchers have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that harnesses the psychedelic's therapeutic power with reduced hallucinogenic potential.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
Insomnia and sleep medication use connected to disability in older adults
For adults over the age of 65, higher levels of both insomnia symptoms and sleep medication use were associated with higher risk of disability a year later, according to a new study.
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Insomnia is a significant health and quality of life concern for older adults, with up to half of all adults over the age of 65 experiencing insomnia symptoms. Every year a person experienced an incremental increase in insomnia symptoms, their risk for becoming disabled in some aspect of their daily life increased by 20%, according to the researchers.
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For adults over the age of 65, higher levels of both insomnia symptoms and sleep medication use were associated with higher risk of disability a year later, according to a new study.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
Novel treatment approach for language disorder shows promise
Neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation helped induce neuroplasticity, the brain's capacity to continue to reorganize and learn.
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Novel treatment approach for language disorder shows promise. Neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation helped induce neuroplasticity, the brain's capacity to continue to reorganize and learn.
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Neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
Compelling new insights into dynamics of the brain's serotonin system
A new study sheds new light on these big questions, illuminating a general principle of neural processing in a mysterious region of the midbrain that is the very origin of our central serotonin (5-HT) system, a key part of the nervous system involved in a remarkable range of cognitive and behavioral functions.
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Our lives are filled with binary decisions -- choices between one of two alternatives. "The current dominating model is that individual 5-HT neurons are acting independently one from another. While it had previously been suggested that 5-HT neurons may rather be connected with one another, it had not been directly demonstrated.
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A new study sheds new light on these big questions, illuminating a general principle of neural processing in a mysterious region of the midbrain that is the very origin of our central serotonin (5-HT) system, a key part of the nervous system involved in a remarkable range of cognitive and behavioral functions.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
Focal brain damage leaves people more open to being influenced by impulsive others
People who have damage to a specific part of their brains are more likely to be impulsive, and new research has found that damage also makes them more likely to be influenced by other people.
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The team worked with 121 participants, with 33 having focal damage to the mPFC, 17 with lesions elsewhere on the brain and 71 participants who had no brain damage but were of the same age. The researchers showed participants a series of choices to test how impulsive people were in general.
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People who have damage to a specific part of their brains are more likely to be impulsive, and new research has found that damage also makes them more likely to be influenced by other people.
Sciencedaily
Jun 26, 03:09
Mechanism by which the brain weighs positive vs. negative social experience is revealed
Researchers have identified the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance between the two could lead to common neuropsychiatric disorders.
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The study, published April 30 in Nature , also describes how activating a serotonin receptor in the brain of a mouse model ofASD restored positive emotional value (also known as "valence"), with encouraging implications for the development of future therapies.
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Researchers have identified the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance between the two could lead to common neuropsychiatric disorders.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 20:33
A Study of 26,000 Students Shows the AI Learning Trap
A study of 26,000 students found AI boosted homework scores while eroding exam performance. The AI trap responsible may be at play in your own life.
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A Study of 26,000 Students Shows the AI Learning Trap. A study of 26,000 students found AI boosted homework scores while eroding exam performance. The AI trap responsible may be at play in your own life.
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A study of 26,000 students found AI boosted homework scores while eroding exam performance.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 19:24
Memoir as Medicine: Writing to Heal
Writing our stories can be healing, especially if we've encountered trauma. Writing your own emotional truth is important.
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Memoir as Medicine: Writing to Heal. Writing our stories can be healing, especially if we've encountered trauma. Writing your own emotional truth is important.
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Writing your own emotional truth is important.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 19:12
Why Wait? Wear the Shoes Now
Personal Perspective: Sometimes I get comments that I look too fancy when I go to the market. If I don’t wear special items today, when I want to, when will I?
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Wear the Shoes Now. Personal Perspective: Sometimes I get comments that I look too fancy when I go to the market. If I don’t wear special items today, when I want to, when will I?
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Personal Perspective: Sometimes I get comments that I look too fancy when I go to the market.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 18:51
Why Feeling Safe Can Be Complicated for Queer People
Despite being out and proud as an adult, if you had damaging experiences growing up, those wounds can stay with you until they’re examined and healed.
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As a psychologist and sex therapist, I often work with queer people who have done a tremendous amount of personal growth to be and express their authentic selves. "If I'm accepted now, why do I still feel this way?" It is a question I hear often, particularly during Pride season.
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Despite being out and proud as an adult, if you had damaging experiences growing up, those wounds can stay with you until they’re examined and healed.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 17:07
What a Nightmare's Spectrum of Fear Can Reveal
Faced with an ongoing problem with her mom and not sure which way to turn, Benita found herself inside an escalating nightmare.
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I asked Benita, "How did you feel when your attempt to kill the spider failed? Tell me more about those feelings." Benita replied, "I was anxious and afraid when I didn't kill the spider. I not only felt violated, but also very scared it would hurt me.
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Escalating nighttime terror can motivate the dreamer and help de-escalate a difficult problem in waking life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 16:20
When Narcissists Accuse You of Being Manipulative
Narcissists often falsely accuse others of manipulation. Discover the true difference between healthy, strategic communication and tactics meant to control and punish others.
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When Narcissists Accuse You of Being Manipulative. Narcissists often falsely accuse others of manipulation. Discover the true difference between healthy, strategic communication and tactics meant to control and punish others.
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Narcissists often falsely accuse others of manipulation.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 16:19
Why Men Pull Away When They're Struggling
Most men don't retreat into silence to be hurtful; they were raised that way. Understanding why—and knowing the cost of silence—helps change it.
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Why Men Pull Away When They're Struggling. Most men don't retreat into silence to be hurtful; they were raised that way. Understanding why—and knowing the cost of silence—helps change it.
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Most men don't retreat into silence to be hurtful; they were raised that way.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 15:36
How AI Is Spoiling Us
When a machine tells us what we want to hear, why would we want to hear a different opinion from a human? Why have relationships at all?
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When a machine tells us what we want to hear, why would we want to hear a different opinion from a human? Why have relationships at all?
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When a machine tells us what we want to hear, why would we want to hear a different opinion from a human?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 15:04
'Baditude' Exposed: Negative Beliefs, Emotions, and Behaviours
Being proactive is an aptitude and an attitude. It is a way of doing and a way of thinking, which, when combined, become a way of being.
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'Baditude' Exposed: Negative Beliefs, Emotions, and Behaviours. Being proactive is an aptitude and an attitude. It is a way of doing and a way of thinking, which, when combined, become a way of being.
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It is a way of doing and a way of thinking, which, when combined, become a way of being.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 14:50
Exploring the Experience and Benefits of Caffeinated Coffee
It’s not uncommon to encounter someone who likes the aroma of coffee but has never adapted themselves to the habit of drinking it.
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“I love the smell of fresh-ground coffee, especially in the morning, but I don’t like the taste,” is a typical self-description. This distinction between smell and taste depends on an array of anatomical, biological, and chemical factors. Other flavor compounds are larger and need higher temperatures to vaporize—you smell them less, or not at all.
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Recent research shows that caffeinated coffee provides greater cognitive benefits than decaf or tea.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 13:55
What Does Emotional Safety Actually Feel Like?
Emotional safety can feel unfamiliar for many, and it often feels quieter than danger. Safety involves emotional attunement, expression, and more.
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What Does Emotional Safety Actually Feel Like?. Emotional safety can feel unfamiliar for many, and it often feels quieter than danger. Safety involves emotional attunement, expression, and more.
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Emotional safety can feel unfamiliar for many, and it often feels quieter than danger.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 13:08
Mental Health and “Climate Crisis” Messaging
A new study indicates that using fear to communicate climate change’s impacts can negatively affect mental health, and it offers ways forward.
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A new study examines climate change messaging, indicating how fear -based approaches harm mental health while positive approaches can better engage people for action. Instead, climate change communication should support mental health for supporting action.
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A new study indicates that using fear to communicate climate change’s impacts can negatively affect mental health, and it offers ways forward.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 13:02
When Does a "Personality Hire" Truly Matter?
A job candidate may be equipped for the job, or just easy to imagine succeeding. Here's a practical way to view personality in the hiring process.
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When Does a "Personality Hire" Truly Matter?. A job candidate may be equipped for the job, or just easy to imagine succeeding. Here's a practical way to view personality in the hiring process.
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A job candidate may be equipped for the job, or just easy to imagine succeeding.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 12:31
How to Get Better at Anything: Influence, Leadership, and More
Repeating a task won't make you better, because "Practice makes perfect" is quietly wrong. Learn the scientifically validated way to get better at anything—including how you lead.
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How to Get Better at Anything: Influence, Leadership, and More. Repeating a task won't make you better, because "Practice makes perfect" is quietly wrong. Learn the scientifically validated way to get better at anything—including how you lead.
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Repeating a task won't make you better, because "Practice makes perfect" is quietly wrong.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 11:30
The Psychology of Flirting: What Actually Works
Most people think flirting is about confidence, good looks, or the perfect pickup line. But a study of nearly 1,000 people suggests otherwise.
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The Psychology of Flirting: What Actually Works. Most people think flirting is about confidence, good looks, or the perfect pickup line. But a study of nearly 1,000 people suggests otherwise.
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Most people think flirting is about confidence, good looks, or the perfect pickup line.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 11:19
Why You're Probably Not as Good a Listener as You Think
Think you’re a good listener? Research suggests most of us aren’t as skilled at listening as we believe. Conversations often fall short, but you can change that.
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Why You're Probably Not as Good a Listener as You Think. Research suggests most of us aren’t as skilled at listening as we believe. Conversations often fall short, but you can change that.
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Think you’re a good listener?
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 11:15
Hybrid FOMO: Why Are We So Afraid to Be Left Behind Amid AI?
The fear of being left behind amid AI is also the fear of becoming mentally passive in a world that rewards acceleration. The cure for hybrid FOMO is pragmatic, starting inside.
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Hybrid FOMO: Why Are We So Afraid to Be Left Behind Amid AI?. The fear of being left behind amid AI is also the fear of becoming mentally passive in a world that rewards acceleration. The cure for hybrid FOMO is pragmatic, starting inside.
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The fear of being left behind amid AI is also the fear of becoming mentally passive in a world that rewards acceleration.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 11:14
Meditation: The Mental Edge You Didn't Know You Needed
The benefits of meditation go far beyond stress reduction. It can increase cognitive performance and professional effectiveness.
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Meditation: The Mental Edge You Didn't Know You Needed. The benefits of meditation go far beyond stress reduction. It can increase cognitive performance and professional effectiveness.
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The benefits of meditation go far beyond stress reduction.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 11:01
A New Clue Linking Depression to the Immune System
A study linking accelerated immune-cell aging to emotional, but not physical, depressive symptoms strengthens evidence that mind and body are deeply interconnected.
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For hundreds of years, the central nervous system and the body have been assumed to be two distinct territories. Even physicians who specialize in either the brain or the body believe that medical conditions affecting these two distinct areas have different roots.
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A study linking accelerated immune-cell aging to emotional, but not physical, depressive symptoms strengthens evidence that mind and body are deeply interconnected.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 10:45
A Lesson From Getting Pantsed
Personal Perspective: When our 10-year-old son was pantsed at school, it sparked a deeper reflection on boundaries and why learning to say “no” can change a life.
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Whether because of culture, religion, or family dynamics, many parents are hesitant to teach their children how to establish and maintain healthy boundaries. Relational boundaries mean helping children understand that they have a right to express their needs, preferences, thoughts, and feelings.
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Personal Perspective: When our 10-year-old son was pantsed at school, it sparked a deeper reflection on boundaries and why learning to say “no” can change a life.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 09:58
Are We Really Living in a Simulation?
Heed the words of credible individuals who are experts in relevant fields, not speculative opinions because they’re popular.
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As I mention often on this blog, I have a great interest in the universe—astrophysics, quantum mechanics, cosmology, all that stuff. As I also often argue here, if most experts agree on something, then we should probably give them the benefit of the doubt when we’re not experts in that field.
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Heed the words of credible individuals who are experts in relevant fields, not speculative opinions because they’re popular.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 09:35
7 Signs You're in Bed With an Avoidant Partner
Avoidant attachment often allows for physical closeness while keeping emotional intimacy at arm's length.
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7 Signs You're in Bed With an Avoidant Partner. Avoidant attachment often allows for physical closeness while keeping emotional intimacy at arm's length.
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Avoidant attachment often allows for physical closeness while keeping emotional intimacy at arm's length.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 09:35
Genes and Size, You Can’t Turn a Labrador Into a Greyhound
Kristin learns from her therapist that body size is largely genetic and thinness isn’t always healthy. Her restrictive dieting harmed her health; recovery required re-nourishing.
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Genes and Size, You Can’t Turn a Labrador Into a Greyhound. Kristin learns from her therapist that body size is largely genetic and thinness isn’t always healthy. Her restrictive dieting harmed her health; recovery required re-nourishing.
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Kristin learns from her therapist that body size is largely genetic and thinness isn’t always healthy.
Psychology Today: The Latest
Jun 25, 09:18
Fathers: Looking Back Without Looking Away
As fathers reflect on the parents they have been, the regret that they encounter can set them on a pathway toward humility, compassion, growth, and meaningful relational healing.
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One thing that I have noticed in my years as a family psychologist is that it is not at all uncommon for me to hear mothers (often ruefully) ask themselves if they have been good enough parents to their children. But it is far less common for me to hear fathers ask themselves the same question.
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As fathers reflect on the parents they have been, the regret that they encounter can set them on a pathway toward humility, compassion, growth, and meaningful relational healing.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:43
Depression and other mental health conditions linked with immune response, study finds
Depression, schizophrenia and other mental health conditions affect 1 in 4 people in their lifetime, but mechanisms underlying these conditions are poorly understood. New research has linked the body's immune response with schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, depression, and bipolar disorder. The study demonstrates mental health conditions might be affected by the whole body as well as changes in the brain. The findings could pave the way for better treatments of some mental health conditions.
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Depression and other mental health conditions linked with immune response, study finds. The study demonstrates mental health conditions might be affected by the whole body as well as changes in the brain. The findings could pave the way for better treatments of some mental health conditions.
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Depression, schizophrenia and other mental health conditions affect 1 in 4 people in their lifetime, but mechanisms underlying these conditions are poorly understood.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
Study links childhood trauma to increased substance use and unexpected effects on heart rate and blood pressure in adolescents
Childhood trauma significantly increases the likelihood of engaging in harmful alcohol consumption, smoking and illicit drug use, by the age of 18.
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Study links childhood trauma to increased substance use and unexpected effects on heart rate and blood pressure in adolescents. Childhood trauma significantly increases the likelihood of engaging in harmful alcohol consumption, smoking and illicit drug use, by the age of 18.
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Childhood trauma significantly increases the likelihood of engaging in harmful alcohol consumption, smoking and illicit drug use, by the age of 18.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
PTSD patients show long-term benefits with vagus nerve stimulation
In a recent clinical study, patients with treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder were symptom-free up to six months after completing traditional therapy paired with vagus nerve stimulation.
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Michael Kilgard, the Margaret Fonde Jonsson Professor of neuroscience in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, said the outcome highlighted the potential of this approach. "In a trial like this, some subjects usually do get better, but rarely do they lose their PTSD diagnosis. It's very promising.
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In a recent clinical study, patients with treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder were symptom-free up to six months after completing traditional therapy paired with vagus nerve stimulation.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
Lab-on-a-chip devices take public health into home
Engineers created a new point-of-care test that measures cortisol in saliva to help doctors diagnose depression and anxiety.
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Mental health disorders affect more than 400 million people around the world. Prolonged cortisol elevation is linked to numerous mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety. "Mental health care can be an urgent situation.
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Engineers created a new point-of-care test that measures cortisol in saliva to help doctors diagnose depression and anxiety.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
New study raises concerns about the safety of long-term ADHD medication treatment in children
A recent study reveals that the average duration of ADHD medication for children and adolescents is more than three years. However, reliable, controlled data on the safety of marketed ADHD medicines in children are available for only one year of follow-up.
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New study raises concerns about the safety of long-term ADHD medication treatment in children. A recent study reveals that the average duration of ADHD medication for children and adolescents is more than three years. However, reliable, controlled data on the safety of marketed ADHD medicines in children are available for only one year of follow-up.
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A recent study reveals that the average duration of ADHD medication for children and adolescents is more than three years.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
Cyberbullying in any form can be traumatizing for kids
New research shows that cyberbullying should be classified as an adverse childhood experience due to its strong link to trauma. Even subtle forms -- like exclusion from group chats -- can trigger PTSD-level distress. Nearly 90% of teens experienced some form of cyberbullying, accounting for 32% of the variation in trauma symptoms. Indirect harassment was most common, with more than half reporting hurtful comments, rumors or deliberate exclusion. What mattered most was the overall amount of cyberbullying: the more often a student was targeted, the more trauma symptoms they showed.
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Cyberbullying in any form can be traumatizing for kids. Nearly 90% of teens experienced some form of cyberbullying, accounting for 32% of the variation in trauma symptoms. What mattered most was the overall amount of cyberbullying: the more often a student was targeted, the more trauma symptoms they showed.
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New research shows that cyberbullying should be classified as an adverse childhood experience due to its strong link to trauma.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
People with critical cardiovascular disease may benefit from palliative care
Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on easing symptoms, addressing psychological and spiritual needs, and helping patients and caregivers make critical decisions aligned with their personal beliefs and values.
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Palliative care may help relieve symptoms and improve quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease and ensure that treatment is aligned with the patient's personal beliefs and values throughout all stages of illness, whether they are hospitalized in a cardiac intensive care unit or receiving outpatient care, according to a new American Heart Association scientific st…
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Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on easing symptoms, addressing psychological and spiritual needs, and helping patients and caregivers make critical decisions aligned with their personal beliefs and values.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
Could personality tests help make bipolar disorder treatment more precise?
A new study suggests that it might be possible to personalize care for people with bipolar disorder, using the results of detailed personality tests. It finds that such tests might help identify people who have certain combinations of personality traits that could raise or lower their risk of repeated depressive episodes or poor functioning in everyday life.
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A new study suggests that it might be possible to personalize care for people with bipolar disorder, using the results of detailed personality tests. It finds that such tests might help identify people who have certain combinations of personality traits that could raise or lower their risk of repeated depressive episodes or poor functioning in everyday life.
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A new study suggests that it might be possible to personalize care for people with bipolar disorder, using the results of detailed personality tests.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
Common antidepressants could help the immune system fight cancer
SSRIs boosted the ability of T cells to kill cancer cells and suppressed tumor growth in both mouse and human tumor models.
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A widely used antidepressant drug could help the immune system fight cancer, according to a new UCLA research study. "It turns out SSRIs don't just make our brains happier; they also make our T cells happier -- even while they're fighting tumors," said Dr.
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SSRIs boosted the ability of T cells to kill cancer cells and suppressed tumor growth in both mouse and human tumor models.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
Increased risk of psychopathology found in offspring of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
A new study confirms that children of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk of developing psychopathology compared to children whose parents do not have these conditions. The study, examines how the clinical and social characteristics of parents influence the mental health of their offspring.
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A new study confirms that children of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk of developing psychopathology compared to children whose parents do not have these conditions. The study, examines how the clinical and social characteristics of parents influence the mental health of their offspring.
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A new study confirms that children of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk of developing psychopathology compared to children whose parents do not have these conditions.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
How brain stimulation alleviates symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Persons with Parkinson's disease increasingly lose their mobility over time and are eventually unable to walk. Hope for these patients rests on deep brain stimulation, also known as a brain pacemaker. In a current study, researchers investigated whether and how stimulation of a certain region of the brain can have a positive impact on ambulatory ability and provide patients with higher quality of life. To do this, the researchers used a technique in which the nerve cells are activated and deactivated via light.
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How brain stimulation alleviates symptoms of Parkinson's disease. In a current study, researchers investigated whether and how stimulation of a certain region of the brain can have a positive impact on ambulatory ability and provide patients with higher quality of life.
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Hope for these patients rests on deep brain stimulation, also known as a brain pacemaker.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
Sustained in the brain: How lasting emotions arise from brief stimuli, in humans and mice
Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, scientists find, opening a window to our emotions and, perhaps, neuropsychiatric disorders.
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We don't always understand our emotions, but we couldn't lead normal lives without them. They steer us through life, guiding the decisions we make and the actions we take. The lead co-authors of the study are postdoctoral scholars Isaac Kauvar, PhD, and Ethan Richman, PhD, and MD/PhD student Tony Liu.
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Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, scientists find, opening a window to our emotions and, perhaps, neuropsychiatric disorders.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:30
How a hidden brain circuit fuels fibromyalgia, migraines, and PTSD
What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain circuit that gives pain its emotional punch—essentially transforming ordinary discomfort into lasting misery. This breakthrough sheds light on why some people suffer more intensely than others from conditions like fibromyalgia, migraines, and PTSD. By identifying the exact group of neurons that link physical pain to emotional suffering, the researchers may have found a new target for treating chronic pain—without relying on addictive medications.
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How a hidden brain circuit fuels fibromyalgia, migraines, and PTSD. Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain circuit that gives pain its emotional punch—essentially transforming ordinary discomfort into lasting misery.
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What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable?
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:17
The silent threat: How hearing loss and loneliness are fueling memory decline
A massive European study has uncovered a powerful connection between hearing loss, loneliness, and memory decline. Researchers at the University of Geneva found that older adults with hearing impairments who also feel lonely—regardless of actual social isolation—experience faster cognitive decline.
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The silent threat: How hearing loss and loneliness are fueling memory decline. A massive European study has uncovered a powerful connection between hearing loss, loneliness, and memory decline. Researchers at the University of Geneva found that older adults with hearing impairments who also feel lonely—regardless of actual social isolation—experience faster cognitive decline.
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A massive European study has uncovered a powerful connection between hearing loss, loneliness, and memory decline.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:17
This new drug could help PTSD patients finally let go of trauma
Researchers discovered that PTSD may be driven by excess GABA from astrocytes, not neurons. This chemical imbalance disrupts the brain’s ability to forget fear. A new drug, KDS2010, reverses this effect in mice and is already in human trials. It could represent a game-changing therapy.
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This new drug could help PTSD patients finally let go of trauma. This chemical imbalance disrupts the brain’s ability to forget fear. A new drug, KDS2010, reverses this effect in mice and is already in human trials.
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Researchers discovered that PTSD may be driven by excess GABA from astrocytes, not neurons.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:17
Cannabis for coping? Why it may trigger paranoia
Using cannabis to self-medicate comes with hidden dangers—new research shows these users face higher paranoia and consume more THC. Childhood trauma further amplifies the risks, especially emotional abuse, which strongly predicts paranoia.
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Using cannabis to self-medicate comes with hidden dangers—new research shows these users face higher paranoia and consume more THC. Childhood trauma further amplifies the risks, especially emotional abuse, which strongly predicts paranoia.
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Using cannabis to self-medicate comes with hidden dangers—new research shows these users face higher paranoia and consume more THC.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:17
The sleep switch that builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts brainpower
UC Berkeley researchers mapped the brain circuits that control growth hormone during sleep, uncovering a feedback system where sleep fuels hormone release, and the hormone regulates wakefulness. The discovery helps explain links between poor sleep, obesity, diabetes, and cognitive decline, while opening new paths for treating sleep and metabolic disorders.
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UC Berkeley researchers mapped the brain circuits that control growth hormone during sleep, uncovering a feedback system where sleep fuels hormone release, and the hormone regulates wakefulness. The discovery helps explain links between poor sleep, obesity, diabetes, and cognitive decline, while opening new paths for treating sleep and metabolic disorders.
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UC Berkeley researchers mapped the brain circuits that control growth hormone during sleep, uncovering a feedback system where sleep fuels hormone release, and the hormone regulates wakefulness.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:17
Stress measured in hair could predict depression and anxiety in children
Researchers from the University of Waterloo discovered that measuring long-term stress through children’s hair samples can reveal early signs of mental health risks in those living with chronic physical illnesses. Children with persistently high cortisol were more likely to struggle with anxiety, depression, and behavioral challenges, while those whose stress markers declined showed fewer problems.
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Researchers from the University of Waterloo discovered that measuring long-term stress through children’s hair samples can reveal early signs of mental health risks in those living with chronic physical illnesses.
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Researchers from the University of Waterloo discovered that measuring long-term stress through children’s hair samples can reveal early signs of mental health risks in those living with chronic physical illnesses.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:17
Why so many young kids with ADHD are getting the wrong treatment
Preschoolers with ADHD are often given medication right after diagnosis, against medical guidelines that recommend starting with behavioral therapy. Limited access to therapy and physician pressures drive early prescribing, despite risks and reduced effectiveness in young children.
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Why so many young kids with ADHD are getting the wrong treatment. Preschoolers with ADHD are often given medication right after diagnosis, against medical guidelines that recommend starting with behavioral therapy. Limited access to therapy and physician pressures drive early prescribing, despite risks and reduced effectiveness in young children.
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Preschoolers with ADHD are often given medication right after diagnosis, against medical guidelines that recommend starting with behavioral therapy.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:17
Popular hair-loss pill linked to depression and suicide
Finasteride, a common hair-loss drug, has long been tied to depression and suicide, but regulators ignored the warnings. Prof. Mayer Brezis’s review exposes global data showing psychiatric harm and a pattern of inaction by Merck and the FDA. Despite its cosmetic use, the drug’s effects on brain chemistry can be devastating. Brezis calls for urgent regulatory reforms and post-marketing studies to protect public health.
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Popular hair-loss pill linked to depression and suicide. Despite its cosmetic use, the drug’s effects on brain chemistry can be devastating. Brezis calls for urgent regulatory reforms and post-marketing studies to protect public health.
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Finasteride, a common hair-loss drug, has long been tied to depression and suicide, but regulators ignored the warnings.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:17
Your brain’s power supply may hold the key to mental illness
Groundbreaking Harvard research is exposing hidden energy failures inside brain cells that may drive major psychiatric conditions. By studying reprogrammed neurons, scientists are revealing how cellular metabolism shapes mood, thought, and cognition. The work calls for abandoning rigid diagnostic categories in favor of biology-based systems that reflect true complexity. It marks a decisive shift toward preventive and precision mental healthcare.
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Your brain’s power supply may hold the key to mental illness. By studying reprogrammed neurons, scientists are revealing how cellular metabolism shapes mood, thought, and cognition. It marks a decisive shift toward preventive and precision mental healthcare.
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Groundbreaking Harvard research is exposing hidden energy failures inside brain cells that may drive major psychiatric conditions.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:17
Scientists discover a surprising way to quiet the anxious mind
Generalized anxiety disorder affects millions, often trapping sufferers in cycles of fear and isolation that conventional medications barely relieve. At UCSF, neuroscientist Jennifer Mitchell is testing a pharmaceutical form of LSD called MM120, which has shown striking results in reducing symptoms by promoting neuroplasticity and easing rigid thought patterns. In clinical trials, a single dose significantly outperformed standard treatments, offering hope to those who have found little relief elsewhere.
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Scientists discover a surprising way to quiet the anxious mind. At UCSF, neuroscientist Jennifer Mitchell is testing a pharmaceutical form of LSD called MM120, which has shown striking results in reducing symptoms by promoting neuroplasticity and easing rigid thought patterns.
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Generalized anxiety disorder affects millions, often trapping sufferers in cycles of fear and isolation that conventional medications barely relieve.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:17
Breakthrough brain discovery reveals a natural way to relieve pain
Using powerful 7-Tesla brain imaging, researchers mapped how the brainstem manages pain differently across the body. They discovered that distinct regions activate for facial versus limb pain, showing the brain’s built-in precision pain control system. The findings could lead to targeted, non-opioid treatments that use cannabinoid mechanisms instead of opioids, offering safer pain relief options.
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Breakthrough brain discovery reveals a natural way to relieve pain. They discovered that distinct regions activate for facial versus limb pain, showing the brain’s built-in precision pain control system. The findings could lead to targeted, non-opioid treatments that use cannabinoid mechanisms instead of opioids, offering safer pain relief options.
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Using powerful 7-Tesla brain imaging, researchers mapped how the brainstem manages pain differently across the body.
Sciencedaily
Jun 25, 03:17
Scientists find brain chemical tied to trauma and depression
Researchers identified SGK1 as a key chemical connecting childhood trauma to depression and suicidal behavior. High SGK1 levels were found in the brains of suicide victims and in people with genetic variants linked to early adversity. Drugs that block SGK1 could offer a new kind of antidepressant, especially for patients resistant to SSRIs.
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Scientists find brain chemical tied to trauma and depression. High SGK1 levels were found in the brains of suicide victims and in people with genetic variants linked to early adversity. Drugs that block SGK1 could offer a new kind of antidepressant, especially for patients resistant to SSRIs.
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Researchers identified SGK1 as a key chemical connecting childhood trauma to depression and suicidal behavior.