Archives of Old Psych Central Essays
Past editorials by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. that
have appeared on Psych Central.
- Gambling Addiction or Greed?
- Harvard Medical School has an ethical conundrum (6 Nov 00)
- When Is It Ethical to Research Online?
- A look into the ethical issues surrounding this issue (5 Aug 03)
- Another Chapter Closes...
- A new one begins (22 May 02)
- Movin' Mode
- Life Changes Track Internet Changes (19 Jun 00)
- Safety Tips in an Insecure World
- Cutting Through the Hype and Hyperbol (16 May 00)
- The Rise and Fall of e-Health
- It Was Coming All Along (3 Apr 00)
- Some Interesting Numbers
- Sexual Misconduct Is the Number One Misbehavior (20 Feb 00)
- NAMI's Misinformation Campaign
- Why Does NAMI Continue to Misinform the Public? (9 Jan 00)
- Johnny Come Lately
- What Are They Bringing to the Table? (18 Dec 99)
- Did You Ever Notice?
- Observations About E-Health (17 Nov 99)
- Life, Love & Meaning
- Making Sense of It All (22 Oct 99)
- Moving On
- (7 Sep 99)
- Sadness
- (1 Sep 99)
- Eddies & Whirlpools
- Becoming Stuck Online (2 Jun 99)
- When Tragedy Provides
- (1 May 99)
- Who's To Blame?
- The Answer May Surprise (28 Apr 99)
- Your Trust
- It's Being Violated in Subtle Ways (1 Mar 99)
- Detecting Decption
- A quick review of the psychological research (2 Feb 99)
- Enjoying The Moment
- It's Harder Than It Seems (13 Jan 99)
- The Holiday Train
- Stress, Depression, Overeating, & Family... It's That Time Again! (4 Dec 98)
- Relationships Reprise
- Don't Forget Them (28 Oct 98)
- Stress, Pressure, & Studying
- Tips to Make it All Work For You (23 Sep 98)
- Understanding Choices
- Mental Health Care is Available in Varied Forms (25 Aug 98)
- The Great Psychology Prescription Debate
- It's About Money, Not Patient Care (14 Jul 98)
- A Questionable New Trend
- Fee-for-service Self-Help Sites (11 Jun 98)
- Secrets Confessed
- The Larry Froistad Case (12 May 98)
- Changes & Illusions
- (8 Apr 98)
- The Birth of A New Society
- The International Society for Mental Health Online (20 Mar 98)
- Changes & Happiness
- (24 Feb 98)
- Choices
- How Do You Make Them? (28 Jan 98)
- As Good As It Gets
- Go See This Movie (9 Jan 98)
- The Trouble With Technology
- How Come It Doesn't Work? (11 Dec 97)
- Why Online Psychotherapy?
- Because there is a need (24 Oct 97)
- What's Normal?
- How Much is Too Much When Spending Time Online? (3 Oct 97)
- American Psychological Association
- Musings on power (27 Aug 97)
- Summertime Reflections
- Catching up on life (29 Jul 97)
- Reflections of Early 1997
- The first half is over (3 Jul 97)
- The Prevalence of Multiples Online
- Multiple Personality Disorder or DID Seems Prevalent Online (1 Jul 97)
- Making Online Therapy Safer
- A new credentialing service is launched (22 May 97)
- Privacy Online
- If professionals abuse the rules... (29 Apr 97)
- Looking Beyond the Label
- Why diagnoses are and are not important (4 Apr 97)
- Scientists' Agendas
- The unspoken politics behind the CDC, NEJM, JAMA & others (12 Mar 97)
- Self-Help Works
- Powerful resources available online (25 Feb 97)
- The Drugging of Our Children
- Over-diagnosis leads to over-prescription of Ritalin (8 Feb 97)
- Physician-Assisted Suicide
- Why it is needed & necessary (24 Jan 97)
- Thanksgiving
- "Popularity" ratings and the book (20 Nov 96)
- This and That
- Mental Health Net, NAMI-Watch, Information online, VOTE!, and WBS... (1 Nov 96)
- My Life
- (15 Oct 96)
- Needs of One
- In Memory of Jana Marie (25 Sep 96)
- Where Are All the Professionals Online?
- Volunteers wanted! (1 Sep 96)
- The Political Season
- Not just political convention season! (8 Aug 96)
- Stigmatization of Borderline Personality Disorder
- Medicalization of mental disorders online (22 Jul 96)
- Watch Out!
- My intentions are clear (8 Jul 96)
- Synergy Online
- RealAudio chats & Prodigy (21 Jun 96)
- Creating a "Big 8" Newsgroup Hell
- Corporate bureaucracy and the weekly chats (7 Jun 96)
- May is Mental Health Month
- And American Psychiatric Association annual convention highlights (11 May 96)
- Beware!
- (22 Apr 96)
- E-mail!
- Read the FAQ, new mailing lists (25 Mar 96)
- Being Suicidal Online
- And miscellaneous other stuff (8 Mar 96)
- Helping You Help Yourself
- And where to get started (26 Feb 96)
- Communications Decency Act Madness
- (12 Feb 96)
- Legalization of Drugs
- How to Start a Support Group Online - Part 2 (5 Feb 96)
- Self Help Online!
- How to Start a Support Group Online - Part 1 (26 Jan 96)
- Seek Out Help
- Amateur writers, still the best (10 Jan 96)
Last reviewed:
By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on
18 Jul 2009
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
-- Sir Francis Bacon