Seasonal Affective Disorder
Symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder, or seasonal depression.
Controlling Trichotillomania
Suggestions to help control trichotillomania.
Trichotillomania Defined
Trichotillomania is defined.
Rewards Versus Bribery
Some guidance on how to use a rewards system to motivate your child.
OUP at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2008
OUP UK Publicity Manager Juliet Evans recounts her time at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Treatments that Work: Mastery of Anxiety and Panic
for Adolescents: Parental Involvement
A look at how parental involvement in therapy can help adolescents with anxiety disorders.
Overcoming Insomnia:
Sleep Improvement Guidelines
Some help for your insomnia.
Showers in Raincoats
Why is safe sex so difficult to encourage?
Sexual Pleasure- What a Concept!
What is sexual pleasure? The concept denoted here is a rather slippery creature, weighted down by considerable pop psychological baggage, and subject to cross-cultural and cross-historical variation. Nevertheless, it is desirable to have some definition of this concept, as an anchor for discussion.
Sports Aggression
A look at the role of competition in sports violence.
Understanding Religious Terrorism
Jones teaches us that a little understanding can go a long way.
The Effects of Video Game Violence
Psychologists Craig Anderson and Karen Dill talk about the effects of video game violence on children and adolescents.
The Limitations of Psychiatric Drugs: An Excerpt
Joel Paris, MD, is a Professor in the McGill University Department o Psychiatry, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. His new book, Prescriptions for The Mind: A Critical View of Contemporary Psychiatry provides a “state-of-the-field” assessment focusing on the diverging roles of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy in contemporary practice. In the excerpt below […]
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
An excerpt from Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa.
When Can You Say Thin Is Too Thin?
Alexander R. Lucas, M.D., author of Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and former Head of the Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic. For forty years he has been a recognized authority on anorexia, with a practice that drew patients from around the world. Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa defines anorexia, […]
Frequently Asked Questions about Substance Abuse
Earlier today we posted an excerpt form Chasing The High: A Firsthand Account of One Young Person’s Experience With Substance Abuse by Kyle Keegan and Howard B. Moss, M.D. In the excerpt below the authors answer some tough questions about living with substance abuse in your past. Should I tell everyone about my problems with […]