The defendant entered the courtroom, giving a thumbs-up to the judges and clapping mockingly at the spectators watching from a glass-walled gallery. His name: Ratko…
Social media have dramatically changed the way many of us connect with family and friends. Some are now proposing that online relationships, particularly online therapeutic…
Whether chuckling at a New Yorker cartoon or an episode of South Park, there is nothing wrong with a bit of laughter. But certain topics…
The emotional connection between a memory and an event can be powerful. A child rescued from a house fire or a soldier returning from Afghanistan…
The suicide of a celebrity comes as a shock to fans. In the wake of Robin Williams’ death, there was an outpouring of grief. But…
In May 2012, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) filed a complaint with the U.S. Justice Department for maltreatment of inmates in Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Prison…
Starting therapy can be an anxiety-provoking experience that is intensified by uncertainty about what happens during the actual sessions. In an interview with two clinical…
You’ve seen it a thousand times: the mysteriously sexy male protagonist…the lone wolf. He saunters into women’s lives, gives them a wink, and they trip…
Nyassa Navidzadeh, a psychiatrist from Montreal, Canada, spent several months overseas, providing aid to the victims of the Ebola outbreak. Based in Foya, Liberia, she…
Hearing voices is usually considered a sure sign of mental illness, but recent studies suggest that hearing voices is more common in the general population…
