Out of fairness I couldn't put us in the top ten list, but PsychCentral tweeps have some great Twitter accounts. @docjohng (our fearless leader) @aliciasparks (glamorous author, Celebrity Psychings editor, World ...

Microblogging service Twitter is maximizing in popularity. Though there are naysayers who don't understand the medium and dismiss it as shallow and narcissistic (just like early blog ...

A new service launched this week by a web developer named Dan Zarrella called TweetPsych. Zarrella is also a marketing manager for HubSpot, an online marketing firm. Zarrella calls himself a "scientist," because I guess ...

After taking a look at a few of the mood trackers that have long been available online, ...

It's always interesting to me to see technology data trends repeat themselves, even when the technologies themselves are seemingly completely different and designed for different purposes. Case in point: blogging versus Twitter. Although Twitter is often ...

Many people suffer from depression or anxiety at some point in their lives. They may turn to a variety of sources for help including family, friends and health professionals. Online support groups, sometimes called online discussion ...

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

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 ...

At the International Conference on the Use of the Internet in Mental Health in Montreal earlier this month, I discussed how far we've come in 15 ...

Although it may be pretty obvious that allowing a user to customize their avatar would lead them to enjoy whatever service they're ...

There are some scientists who are becoming increasingly concerned about the negative effects of long-term, widespread computer usage, brought about primarily by the rise of the Internet and immersive video games. The only problem is that ...

As a person starts upon his or her road in recovery from a mental health concern, a common question arises -- how will I ...