Some ‘thinks’ only a psychologist can believe!

Saplosky and for the determinists to be careful what you wish for

The counter argument to free will and the extension of deterministic perspective  relative to prediction...

MISBELIEF/Ariely’s new book and the role of religion as justification for status quo

Danile Ariely’s chilling account of conspiracy and its impact on his professional life and the role of religion in justifying ones social position

Keeping it real and balanced...back to psychedelics

Forgive the return, but want to keep it on point relative to previous concerns expressed.

How many ways can we speak of that which plagues our patients?

Diagnosis as an expanding front beyond the DSM tradition...

The what’s, why’s, and when’s of media use by kids

APA guidelines on media and teens

Useful thoughts for those working with couples

What does a-lot of checking in really mean, yours vs ours financially, use of COVID as excuse, and the utility of therapist pain in couples work

The latest on suicide assessment

Prediction relative to self-injury and suicide has recently been bolstered by proposals for a DSM designation and a new quantitative instrument 

The psychologization of courtship and some catch up on biological stuff

The increasing use of popular psychological terms in the online courtship business and a return to the serotonin-depression controversy, Ritalin and later substance abuse(?), and finally coffee vs. caffeine in performance enhancement

Plants Part II-The Attenborough Manifesto and its behavioural implementation

Bonnie Kaplan’s Better Brain book

Micro-nutrients in the light of food as mental health management part I