Psychologist Paul Ekman is a pioneer in deception research who heads a high profile consulting firm that works with the FBI and other big clients to solve ...

Why do we keep clinging to myths, even when research or other facts tell us the myths aren't true? That's the question posed by Newsweek's Sarah Kliff, discussing a new book put out by Vreeman ...

You may have had to memorize the mission statement of your corporation or school. But have you ever wondered what your own personal mission statement would say? After tutoring several midshipmen at the Naval Academy on this assignment, I decided to write one myself. Here's how you do it. Click through to watch the video.

I sometimes wonder if we're not living in a mirror world every 20 or 30 years. Because it seems like that's about ...

Brig. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, according to CNN, has "in effect ordered his soldiers Wednesday not to commit suicide" in the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell. Why? After nearly one soldier per week committed suicide at ...

It's supposed to be the most exciting time of your life... And everyone is telling you how lucky you are to have ...

Seven Steps To Accept A Compliment With Grace. Why is a compliment almost as hard to take as criticism? When I was a ...

The end of the psychotherapy relationship is a difficult phase of therapy. Perhaps the second most difficult one, next to actually making ...

At the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting last week, a presentation covered some of the likely major changes that will be incorporated into the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, ...

I always get a little irritated with articles like the one recently published in Time magazine: "Why Antidepressants Don't Live Up to the Hype" by John Cloud. Why? Because ...

This Memorial Day in the U.S. -- like every Memorial Day -- we commemorate and remember those who've given their lives for our freedoms and our nation. "Given their lives" is really not accurate, though, ...

Forced treatment is not a new topic here on World of Psychology, nor is this the first time we've discussed the unusual case of Ray Sandford. What did Mr. Sandford do wrong? Nothing. He's simply ...