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We are exposed to a multitude of contaminants that can have effects on our health. Different idiopathic diagnoses may have a root cause in our exposure history.

Discovering a personal meaning can completely change one’s perspective when living in fear and hopelessness.

Civil, medical, and religious authorities shored up their legitimacy by condemning the play of those whom they feared, belittled, or despised.

What a Roman emperor, behavioral psychologist, and World War II hero teach about effective leadership in hazardous industries, sports, parenting, and other stressful situations.

Creating behavioral changes requires repetition and a personal business plan can help. However, if you are in pain, you may be overwhelmed. Just begin with small steps. Any will do

The exploitation of the term "grooming" has risks.

A Personal Perspective: Effective future global policy will require a keen sensitivity to how different peoples often reside at quite different points in culture’s developmental story.

Think everyone expects you to get married? Think again.

An evolutionary functional perspective helps make sense of the big five personality traits.

The negative cognitive consequences of the former president’s long-term obesity and advancing age may be catching up with him.

Are you ever been blindsided by an intense, painful feeling? Everyone experiences it sometimes. Self-soothing is a vital skill that you can learn.

What does renewable energy have to do with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and our social anxiety?

Anyone working in fields in which psychology intersects with business—marketing, marketing research, or advertising—should be familiar with Ernest Dichter.

Narcissism and performance in job interviews.

Our longing for beauty is reflected in our early stories of development and in the creative lives of children.

Are gravity’s laws torture? Does it feel as though the cosmos has conspired to pull you down? There is hope when our hearts feel hopeless and heavy.

The recognition of prolonged grief disorder sparked emotionally reactive allegations that it just pathologized grief. An objective look shows it's not quite so simple.

Although personality disorders are usually diagnosed in adults, they present a developmental path and initial symptoms that can be detected at early ages.

Treatment of skin conditions through use of hypnosis is much more than skin deep.

Once resentment becomes part of an automatic defense system, resolving “issues” gives only the most temporary relief, before the resentment attaches to other behaviors.

Telepsychiatry exponentially increased due to the pandemic. This post discusses its challenges, and the enormous opportunities it has created.

Shared delusional disorder or “madness for two” involves a person with mental illness who spreads delusions to others. The condition is highly treatable by breaking up the dynamic.

How cognitive therapy can help clients accept who they are or how they are feeling.

A fascinating book 'Selfie Aesthetics' shows that narrow, popularized views stressing narcissism—"it's all about me"—sorely miss the point.

Are you feeling stuck? Do you want to accomplish more? Try these practical approaches to your goals.

Taking equal veto power, and focusing on gains.

Worry can sap us of our energy and focus, making work performance worse. But if we learn to work with our worry, we can use it to positive effect.

Extreme stress can lead to dissociative states, in which we may perceive and believe things which are completely untrue, and can also lead us to speak in very destructive ways.