Psychology

If You Don't Get A Third COVID-19 Shot, Are You A Narcissist?

One thing that must annoy psychiatrists is that everyone will try to claim expertise in their field if they want to make a political point- in the case of a recent paper it is literally humanities scholars who want more mask and vaccine mandates. To achiev ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 15 2022 - 11:37am

Put Down Your Phone And Let Your Mind Wander

In the modern era, people are rarely not busy. When we have a free moment we are reading on a cell phone or playing a game. There are even jokes about someone sitting in a coffee shop and seeming bizarre because they just enjoy a coffee.  ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2022 - 9:14am

COVID-19: Paying People To Stay Home Helped Mental Health – But Not As Much As Working

In March 2020, a few days before lockdown was introduced, the UK government launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, widely referred to as “furlough”. This scheme provided employees who were unable to work due to the pandemic with 80% of their pay ( ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 9 2022 - 4:12pm

Investing Psychology: Specialty Exchange Traded Funds Still Exist Even Though They Almost Always Lose Money

Before every Marvel film premiere, comic books related to the characters almost always rise in value. People who speculate buy them from sellers. It's a bad idea. In other parts pf culture, people who read about trendy topics like working-from-home an ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2022 - 9:27am

Wine O’Clock': As 'Woo Girls' Reach Middle Age, What We Can Learn About Alcohol Culture And Why It's Hard To Stop

Many of us enjoy a drink at the end of a stressful day. But for some, this is less of a discretionary treat and more of a nightly must-have. While alcohol reduction campaigns ask us to check our relationship with alcohol, emphasising the role it can play ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 26 2022 - 8:14am

Digital Self-Harm Is A Mental Health Cry For Help

The teen years are a challenging time for people transitioning from adolescence to adulthood, especially if they have mental health issues. The online posting, sending or sharing of hurtful content is like being trapped in a small town, except possibly the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2022 - 9:01am

Even Before The Pandemic, 20% Of Kids Reported Depression Symptoms

Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, from school closures to lockdowns, were important for health officials and implemented even after factoring in concerns about long-term psychological effects. If results from 2015-2020 surveys are an indication, depressi ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2022 - 11:55am

Get Out Of Your Bubble: Why You Should Talk About Politics This Thanksgiving

After one of the most divisive presidential elections in American history, many of us may be anxious about dinner-table dialogue with family and friends this Thanksgiving. There is no denying that the way we communicate about politics has fundamentally ch ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 21 2022 - 11:20am

ASMR- It Isn't As Weird As You Might Think, Unless It Is

We are setting up a live streaming/video channel to do things like reviews of books, interviews, and then eventually we will do staff meetings as well.(1) But while it was once limited to something like Facebook live, with Restream we can go out to YouTube ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 4 2022 - 2:35pm

How To Recapture The Historical Spirit Of Christmas

If the media, popular entertainment, and retail habits are taken as indicators then the celebration of Christmas is no longer just the reserve of Christians. This has some consequences for the religious and non-religious alike. In popular culture and the ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 18 2022 - 11:48am