Cyberbullying and Teen Suicide The headline took my breath away. In a town close to mine, a 15-year-old had committed suicide due to cyberbullying. Described as a charming and well-liked young girl, she nonetheless crumbled when targeted ...
What’s the Matter with Kids Today? The word of the year seems to be “entitled.” Get a group of older adults together and you’ll hear a fair amount of grumbling about the self-centeredness and selfishness of the 20- and 30-somethings. They’re ...
Facebook: Enough Already! I have now heard it said by a few different people: Facebook is over. The social networking tool that the world fell in love with has become so thoroughly embraced that it is ...
Psych Central’s Online Resources Review Guidelines We've been indexing and reviewing online resources since 1992, beginning with Internet newsgroups in psychology and support topics (like support groups for depression). In 1995, we expanded my efforts to include websites and in 1996, ...
Evaluating the Quality of Mental Health Websites Since the advent of the Web in the early 1990s, tens of thousands of consumer-oriented mental health Web sites have been created. Over 12 million results come up in the Google search engine when searching ...
Neurofeedback Training for Your Brain Neurofeedback is a relatively new biofeedback technique that focuses on helping a person train themselves to directly affect brain function. Although it sounds like science-fiction in nature, it's actually a reputable and scientifically-proven technique practiced ...
My Genes Made Me Do It Americans are increasingly likely to attribute their own — and others' — behavior to innate biological causes. At best that may relieve guilt about behavior we want to change but can't. The quest for genetic ...
Types of Brain Imaging Techniques Brain imaging techniques allow doctors and researchers to view activity or problems within the human brain, without invasive neurosurgery. There are a number of accepted, safe imaging techniques in use today in research facilities and ...
What is Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)? Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, is a technique for measuring brain activity. It works by detecting the changes in blood oxygenation and flow that occur in response to neural activity – when a brain ...
Coping with Video Game Addiction While it has long been suspected that video games can cause problems in a person's life if they play them for too long, too often, more recent research confirms that video games do have ...
Coping with Cell Phone Addiction As cellphones have become prevalent in modern society, some people have a significant issue with not being able to disengage from their cell phone. So-called "smart phones," which combine functionality of an organizer, browsing the ...
Lt. Data, Locutus and the Future of Psychology Are we prepared for a future alongside robots?
Robots are no longer just science fiction; they are real, and this is an area where views regarding fact and fiction are particularly confused. How will they affect ...
Hey, It’s 2007! Let’s Rate Doctors! Most people gain value from reading reviews about products and videos and such online. We read a review of a book on Amazon.com and believe we can trust most of the reviews to provide a ...
Reliability and Validity in a Web 2.0 World We all know reality from fiction, and we would all like to think we recognize “information” when we see it. But do we really?
The world of Web 2.0 is making such differentiation increasingly difficult, as ...
The Quality of Online Support Communities: People not Posts The popularity of online communities has never been stronger, with the growth of new groups (such as YouTube) skyrocketing past those of old. But sometimes people and companies confuse what makes a popular community, well, ...
Unraveling the Biology of Emotions There's a lot of discussion about love, happiness and contentment on university campuses, but much of it is coming from academic researchers in their labs, not romantically inclined college students on the lawns.
More importanty, much ...
Psychotherapy Treatment for PTSD Psychotherapy is an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and survivors of trauma. There are a variety of psychotherapies available, but they all share a number of common attributes:
Therapy always is individualized to meet ...
Communication Addiction Disorder: Concern over Media, Behavior and Effects By Joseph B. Walther
Dept. of Communication, Cornell University
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association
Boston August, 1999
Abstract
Recent attention to Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) raises concerns about conceptualization and etiology of such a ...
Confessions of a Woman on Online Dating: Reflections I have a confession to make.
I pay hard-earned money to meet virtual men.
What’s wrong with me?!
Absolutely nothing. I’m cute (I swear!), in shape, have an interesting job, have interesting ...
Thinking About Using Match.com? It can be a big decision to start online dating. Some people still see it as a service for losers who can’t meet people in real life. In reality, it’s a good option ...
Top 10 Suggestions for Online Startups I wrote this article after having been involved with -- as employee, management, or consultant -- a number of (mostly) Internet startups over the past decade. You see a lot of the same patterns and ...
Web 2.0: Consistency, Relevancy and Reliability Implications for Health and Mental Health Information Online
I've seen this question from varying folks over the past year or so as the next obvious evolution in the "tagging" craze -- "Why don't we just ...
The Road Online to Empowered Clients and Providers This chapter focuses on how the provider's changing role, combined with psychoeducational Web sites, online support groups, and emerging modalities like e-therapy, can open the door to providing clients with a higher-quality level of ...
