World of Psychology

Archive for March, 2007

Ever Wonder What a Visual or Auditory Hallucination Was Like?

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

It’s one thing to be told that schizophrenia often involves a person who hears or sees things that aren’t there. It’s another to ‘experience’ it …

Children on the Edge

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Furious Seasons has a fantastic blog entry about children who fall in-between normal kid behavior, and serious mental illness, children he refers to as …

J&J Pays for Health Bloggers’ Meal, Drinks

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

It’s funny how you can spin something pretty much any way you want, by just using different words and phrasing for a headline.

For instance, to …

Bipolar Disorders and the Clock gene

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

New research identifies the Clock gene involvement in mania. Mice without the gene exhibited mania-like behaviour. Up to now there has been no animal …

Wandering Minds

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

A recent study shows that people are not thinking about what they are doing, on average 30% of the time.

The Wandering Mind

The researcher says …

The Ongoing Child Bipolar Diagnosis Controversy

Monday, March 19th, 2007

As we and others reported last month, a very early diagnosis of bipolar disorder was one of the probable factors that led …

Doctors and Fallacies in Logic

Monday, March 19th, 2007

I was a philosophy minor in college because one aspect of philosophy appealed to me — logic. People unintentionally make logical fallacies nearly every day. …

Good People Can Turn Evil

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Eminent social psychologist Phil Zimbardo has made a career on the study of coercion, obedience, and evil. After years of research he has developed a …

Children & Antipsychotic Medication

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

As bipolar disorder diagnoses increase for younger children and more kids are being prescribed antipsychotic drugs, a debate has emerged on whether or not kids …

Exercise to Quit Smoking

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Doing some sort of physical exercise as a way to help quit smoking isn’t a new idea, but there is an exciting new study …

Slowing Down in a Culture of Distraction

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Well, it’s good to be back in DC again, a town I’ve grown fonder and fonder of as I grow older and spend more time …

Another reason why exercise benefits your mental health

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

I can’t get up early. I’m too tired. I had a long day. I have too much work to do. I don’t feel good. Sound …

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