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 […]
Chasing The High
An excerpt from Chasing The High.
The Swipe-Happy Road to Debt
Stuart Vyse warns us about the dangers of buying on credit.
Choose Hope: Resources
Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide by DeQuincy A. Lezine, PH.D with David Brent, M.D., is both the touching memoir of how Lezine survived the desire to commit suicide and a useful guide that will ease the isolation and hopelessness caused by the thoughts of suicide. Earlier today we posted an excerpt. […]
Eight Stories Up: A Letter to the Reader
Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide by DeQuincy A. Lezine, PH.D with David Brent, M.D., is both the touching memoir of how Lezine survived the desire to commit suicide and a useful guide that will ease the isolation and hopelessness caused by the thoughts of suicide. The excerpt below, the preface to […]
Helpful Parenting Strategies for Your Bipolar Child
An excerpt from Living With Bipolar Disorder: A Guide For Individuals and Families.
Everybody’s Happy Now? Prozac and Happiness
An extract on Prozac, from Happiness by Daniel Nettle
What Does Your Credit Limit Say About You?
It’s a wonderful feeling. You apply for your first MasterCard, hoping to be accepted. Finally it arrives in the mail, and you feel like a million bucks. It’s shiny and new, and it comes with a letter that tells you your credit limit. In most cases, this happy event occurs when you are quite young.
Going Broke: Podcast
A podcast with Stuart Vyse author of Going Broke: Why Americans Can’t Hold On To Their Money.
A New Year, A New You?
Learning how to assert yourself.
Feeling Unreal: Trisha’s Experience
An excerpt from Feeling Unreal.
Lights, Camera, Action!
A look at the film Numb.