I wrote at the beginning of the Andrea Yates retrial about the public opinion shift on mental health that defense attorneys were banking on …

As I’m going through the past few months of accumulated email (yes, it’s been that kind of summer!), I ran across a submission about a …

Study suggests TV watching lowers physical activity

Not surprising to any American, when you watch TV, you aren’t as active and the more you watch, …

The unbelievable popularity of violent video games (first-person shooters, etc) has led many researchers and government officials to be concerned about the psychological effects of …

Via The Trouble With Spikol (great mental health blog!):

Hungarian mental health stakeholders from the group Sötét Nappalok, Fényes Éjszakák Egyesület (Darkest Days, Brightest …

The number of factors implicated in the growing obestity problem in the United States seems to have no limit. Air conditioning and lack of sleep …

AP had a story Monday about how being distracted can lower the quality of learned information. They discuss how watching TV while you study …

Someday I’m going to write a nice article about flying with children, tips and suggestions on how to minimize the disturbance to others, distraction techniques, …

There have been more frequent stories of late about neurosurgical procedures for various mental disorders. The most written about appears to be deep brain …

A challenging new book by psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, Going Sane, criticizes the many products, therapies and lifestyle enhancements peddled to consumers as the means …

The Design for Our Future Selves awards 2006 from the Royal College of Art offered seven awards for ‘An architecture, design or communication project …

The Anxiety, Addiction and Depression Treatments blog highlights another study indicating the benefits of psychotherapy (CBT) with antidepressants:

In the field, it is virtually impossible …

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