Child clinical psychologyJan 31, 2016
Day 14: James Maddux on Positive Clinical Psychology
The following interview is part of a “future of mental health” interview series that will be running for 100+ days.
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AddictionJan 27, 2016
Neurobiologic Advances from the Brain Disease Model of Addiction
This article reviews scientific advances in the prevention and treatment of substance-use disorder and related developments in ...
ResearchJan 27, 2016
The “Is Psychology a Science?” Debate
If one is a psychologist or even has a passing interest in the field, one has likely encountered the question about whether ...
ResearchJan 25, 2016
A state-of-the-art degree in research
Currently, there are 68 IMPRS. The research schools are established by one or several Max Planck Institutes. However, these IMPRS ...
Bulimia nervosaJan 21, 2016
Psychological techniques help reduce body dissatisfaction in women with bulimia nervosa
Researchers from the University of Granada have proven that there are two psychological techniques that help reducing body ...
Compulsive shoppingJan 6, 2016
Can Compulsive Internet Use Affect Adolescent Mental Health?
The Internet is everywhere these days. Or at least it seems to be. With over three billion current users (nearly half the world's ...
HIPAA & PrivacyJan 4, 2016
HIPAA Privacy Rule Modified for Gun Background Checks
A modification to the HIPAA Privacy Rule designed to help identify those who are prohibited, for specific mental health reasons ...
School & EducationJan 4, 2016
The Life and Times of James S. Coleman
This article is part of a new Education Next series commemorating the 50th anniversary of James S. Coleman’s groundbreaking ...
Health PsychologyDec 31, 2015
Why Being Normal Isn't Always Healthy
Western medicine is based on an allopathic paradigm that includes three fundamental assumptions. So is western psychology.
WorkplaceDec 21, 2015
Workplace Stressors & Health Outcomes: Health Policy for the Workplace
Goh, Joel, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Stefanos A. Zenios. "Workplace Stressors & Health Outcomes: Health Policy for the Workplace.
Moral injuryDec 9, 2015
Betrayal of Trust Can Result in Moral Injury
I’m indebted to Jonathan Shay for showing me a new dimension of moral injury, or a wounded soul, as I prefer to call it.
Positive PsychologyNov 22, 2015
Why Resilient Leaders Need To Embrace Gratitude
If you are familiar with my work, you know that I strongly believe resilience is an essential attribute for modern leaders.
Forensic PsychologyNov 18, 2015
Forensic Psychology: Exciting New Career Opportunities
I (Jonathan) have been a faculty member in psychology at the University of Kentucky for over 27 years, and one of the most ...
Giftedness and twice-exceptionalityNov 12, 2015
The Twice-Exceptional Adult
Although the word “gifted” has been used to describe people of higher levels of intelligence for decades, the term twice ...
ResearchNov 8, 2015
About Frontiers
Frontiers is one of the world’s largest and most impactful research publishers, dedicated to making peer-reviewed, quality ...
ResearchNov 8, 2015
Research Topics
Frontiers’ Research Topics are open, collaborative article collections focused on an emerging research theme. Defined and ...
Child PsychologyOct 8, 2015
Is Autism a Mental Illness?
There was an interesting exchange this past Tuesday on CNN’s Anderson Cooper show about whether autism is a mental illness ...
Social MediaOct 7, 2015
Social Media Usage: 2005-2015
Nearly two-thirds of American adults (65%) use social networking sites, up from 7% when Pew Research Center began systematically ...
NeuropsychologyOct 6, 2015
Best Global Universities for Neuroscience and Behavior in the United States
See the U.S. News rankings for Neuroscience and Behavior among the top universities in United States. Compare the academic programs at the world's best universities.
Psychology journalismOct 6, 2015
Journalists Can Be Nearly as Prone to PTSD as Combat Vets
There’s yet another research study out that confirms what Charlotte Porter told us recently: Reporters and photojournalists ...
Diversity & CultureSep 20, 2015
National Institutes of Health addresses the science of diversity
The US biomedical research workforce does not currently mirror the nation’s population demographically, despite numerous ...
Mental HealthSep 19, 2015
EXCLUSIVE: Shadow minister Luciana Berger warns of mental health crisis as budgets dwindle
Sunday Mirror: Labour MP Luciana Berger, who is the new Shadow Mental Health Secretary and the youngest member of Jeremy Corbyn's ...
Psychology of languageSep 17, 2015
Why There Is No Gene for Language
The question of whether psychological traits like intelligence and personality are innate or learned goes at least as far back as ...
Clinical PsychologySep 16, 2015
Understanding Recovery in the Context of Lived Experience of Personality Disorders: A Collaborative, Qualitative Research Study
In this paper we found it necessary to understand first our interviewees' lived experiences of personality disorders as the ...
Diversity & CultureSep 6, 2015
The Link Between Racism and PTSD
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – the diagnosis conjures up images of hollow-eyed combat veterans or terrified rape ...
Body dysmorphic disorderAug 13, 2015
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Over the last few years, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) has become the focus of increasing media attention particularly in ...
AddictionAug 6, 2015
The Cognitive Psychology of Gambling
One of the proudest moments of my academic career was when my 1994 study on the role of cognitive bias in slot machine gambling ...
AddictionJul 28, 2015
The Psychology Of Live Online Casino Gambling
This empirical research also chimes with my own personal psychology of online gambling. One of the main reasons I don’t like gambling at Internet casinos is that I believe the majority of game outcome ...
Positive PsychologyJul 26, 2015
Positive Psychology of Mindfulness
Thoughts are open for interpretation. Feelings are the interpreters. And, teachers are the translators of both thoughts and feelings.
AddictionJun 26, 2015
Your Porn Addiction Isn’t Real
The last time neuroscientists Nicole Prause (Liberos LLC at UCLA) and Vaughn Steele (Mind Research Network) published on porn ...