World of Psychology

What if there were a simple measure that you could use to help gauge the probability of a person achieving future success in the sciences?
What if that measure already existed and was widely adm...

If you want a nice beach read (in November) that’s filled with light anecdotes, lots of “truthiness” and Wikipedia-based references, then I highly recommend Malcolm Gladwell’s new Outliers: The St...

Wow, can you believe November is nearly gone while the Thanksgiving turkey is digesting in our stomachs? Neither can we, and so we bring you another installment of our occasional Friday Flashback....

Here in the U.S., we’re celebrating Thanksgiving, a time to remember and give thanks for those people in our lives that matter most — our friends, family and those who’ve helped us along the way.
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Do you have plans for Thanksgiving dinner? And if so, is your plan to let loose and overindulge, eat a healthy platter beforehand and nibble on a few foods, have an escape route when it’s time for...

Last week, the American College of Physicians (ACP) released a practice guideline in the treatment of depression through the use of medications.
MedPage Today covered some reaction to it from so...

I’m sick today (sorry!), so I’ll keep this positively short — naps may help improve your memory, but nothing beats a full-night’s rest of uninterrupted sleep.
The Boston Globe has the full story:...

The trickle of incriminating evidence against Dr. Joseph Biederman, a Harvard world-renowned child psychiatrist known for his advocacy of “pediatric bipolar disorder,” has turned into a torrent — ...

As we come upon the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, many of you write us asking for tips on how to keep from losing it with your families, or in other get-togethers you may be partaking of.
We...

Sometimes, mental health treatment means having to go into a modern psychiatric hospital. Unlike psychiatric hospitals of old, modern facilities are meant to help stabilize an individual and provi...