Friday Flashback for July 25, 2008
I’m off to Dayton, Ohio this weekend to help a friend celebrate getting older (isn’t it amazing the things we humans celebrate?), so I leave …
I’m off to Dayton, Ohio this weekend to help a friend celebrate getting older (isn’t it amazing the things we humans celebrate?), so I leave …
According to recently published research, yes.
Online support groups, available for more than two decades now, are an invaluable lifeline for millions of Internet users. They …
Although he doesn’t recommend it for others, Philip over at Furious Seasons describes what kind of year it’s been since he’s been off of his …
Hey there World of Psychology readers.
You’re probably saying to yourselves “This is NOT Dr. John Grohol. I detect a Southern accent.” …
On Sunday, USA Today published an article detailing the epidemic of suicide that is gripping Japan. Unfortunately, like many stories on suicide, the article is …
Often overlooked in the conversation about things that work for bipolar disorder is the old stand-by, lithium. Lithium is a naturally occurring salt that was, …
Daniel Carlat, M.D. is a psychiatrist in private practice in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He graduated from a psychiatric residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1995, and …
You know how I like to pick apart professionals who make all sorts of logical fallacies when suggesting new diagnoses off the cuff because they’ve …
Therese Borchard over at Beyond Blue wrote about the disconcerting “either/or” artificial dichotomy that some researchers and doctors set up about treatments for mental conditions …

Suicide is one of those problems that a lot of smart minds have thought about, yet few answers satisfy. Instead, we rely …
Some teens today are doing so much, they stress themselves out to the point of, well, engaging in unhealthy behavior. Is this “new” though, or …
“The ideal candidate will be skilled at multitasking and working in a fast-paced environment.”
Well, that’s more than enough to scare away the anxiety-disordered job-seeker, isn’t …