Clinical Psychology & Mental Health

Psychopaths Don't Care About Cute Animals

Psychopaths Don’t Care About Cute Animals

Above is a picture of a very cute kitten. Surely that picture warms your heart. If you don’t look at that picture and go "aww," what kind of person are you, a ...
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/ / Animals, Antisocial, Clinical Psychology, Personality
The Mental Health Unknowns of COVID-19

The Mental Health Unknowns of COVID-19

For people around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant a major disruption to familiar ways of life. With changes being implemented rapid-fire in response to the immediate need to slow the ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, COVID, Health Psychology, Mental Health, Television
Crochet, Crafts and Mental Health

Crochet, Crafts and Mental Health

If you’re looking for a new hobby to take up, consider crochet. Why? The results of a recently published study from researchers in Australia give some possible reasons. In that study, the ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Crafts, Mental Health
Internet Haters Might Be Psychopaths

Internet Haters Might Be Psychopaths

Spend much time on the internet, and you’ll see that online comment sections can easily degenerate into a swirling, toxic stew of humanity’s worst impulses. Which makes them a perfect subject of ...
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/ / Antisocial, Clinical Psychology, Internet, Media Psychology & Technology, Personality
4 Factors That Link Stress to a Decline in Work Ability

4 Factors That Link Stress to a Decline in Work Ability

Some amount of stress is often a part of work, but too much stress can start to interfere with people’s ability to get their work done. An important question is under what ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Performance Psychology, Stress & Trauma, Work
Five Hours of Sleep a Night Biases People Toward Negative Interpretations

Five Hours of Sleep a Night Biases People Toward Negative Interpretations

We all know that nothing good comes from cutting sleep out of your life. First, there are the cognitive effects. Sleep deprivation influences people’s performance in ways similar to alcohol consumption, which ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Emotion-Affective Psychology, Health Psychology, Sleep
Perfectionism Can Interfere With Seeking Psychological Help

Perfectionism Can Interfere With Seeking Psychological Help

As I’ve written about before, a desire to be perfect can bring many imperfect consequences, from insomnia to binge eating. Now, a new study suggests that perfectionistic tendencies may exacerbate mental health ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Perfectionism, Personality, Treatment
The Dangers of Tying Your Self-Worth to Money

The Dangers of Tying Your Self-Worth to Money

We’ve all heard that money can’t buy happiness, but that doesn’t mean that people’s ideas of "self-worth" and "net worth" don’t start to overlap sometimes. A newly published study gives a warning ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Money, Relationships, Self-Efficacy, Self-Worth
Happiness Is Possible With a History of Anxiety

Happiness Is Possible With a History of Anxiety

Mental health conditions like anxiety can interfere in almost any aspect of people’s lives, with real consequences. And yet, in the long-run, that doesn’t mean happiness is unobtainable. I’m not saying that ...
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/ / Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, Happiness, Positive Psychology
Resources and Studies on the Psychological Impact of Coronavirus

Resources and Studies on the Psychological Impact of Coronavirus

It seems like one can’t check the headlines these days without some disconcerting bit of news about novel coronavirus, aka COVID-19, popping up. At least, that’s true in my hometown of San ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, COVID, Health Psychology, Stress & Trauma