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Edited by Jill Wright,
The popular image of psychologists probably tends towards the old cliche of "rats and stats", and jolly fascination with salivating dogs. If so, you'll probably be astonished by a couple of articles in the latest edition of the British Psychological Society's journal, The Psychologist. One, headed "For those psychologists about to rock ...", explores whether insights from psychology could help...
Edited by Jill Wright,
In 1980, Denmark had one of the world's highest suicide rates, with 35 in 100,000 inhabitants taking their own lives. In the early 1990s, the country gathered the political will and commitment to focus on improving its system of mental health care. By 2005, the suicide rate had dropped by roughly two thirds, and last year, Denmark was rated by...
Edited by Jill Wright,
Relationships where the woman makes more - sometimes vastly more - than the male are becoming far more commonplace these days, and sadly, according to American finance journalist Farnoosh Torabi, they are much more likely to fall apart. According to Torabi's new book, When She Makes More: 10 Rules for Breadwinning Women, husbands of these uber-wives are five times more...
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As the Abbott government promises savage cuts in spending and increased charges next week with the introduction of what seems certain to be A Great Big Austerity Budget, the British Psychological Society's journal, The Psychologist provides us with a picture of the likely impact on Australians' health and wellbeing. Many economists have challenged the supposed benefits of austerity programs, and the...
Edited by Jill Wright,
I was fascinated by the aptness of one quote in a recent article in the Financial Times on the way major companies in high-finance world of the City of London are embracing mindfulness training as a way to relieve stress and improve clarity of thinking.With recent articles in the Financial Times and Harvard Business Review giving much more credibility to...
Edited by Jill Wright,
According to British psychotherapist Graham Music, consumerism and the pressures of modern life are spoiling our kids, turning them into selfish, uncaring creatures who don't care about others. If he's correct, it's pretty powerful poison, because children are born altruists who delight in helping others. While they also have selfish impulses, psychologists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology...
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I spent much of the Easter break catching up on my reading - a nice blend of fiction and work-related articles. If you're a psychologist, sometimes they can be equally fascinating. I couldn't help but smile, for instance, at a paragraph in an article in a US publication, Psychotherapy Networker, by Brent Atkinson, on some of the exciting implications for...
Edited by Jill Wright,
Psychologists in research labs all over the world, and for that matter economists and other disciplines, are constantly asking people if they are happy. Generally what they think they are measuring is whether or not people are satisfied with their lives. The responses throw up some paradoxical issues for those who try to judge happiness on a global scale, because...
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David Adam has a PhD in chemical engineering and works as a science writer and editor for Nature, but as he explains in a poignant confession in his former newspaper, The Guardian, he spent years tormented by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The article is an excerpt from Adam's book, The Man Who Couldn't Stop: OCD and the True Story of a...
Edited by Jill Wright,
It's probably fair to say that I am addicted to literary novels (and to reading them on an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, which is so much easier to hold in bed at night, and doesn't require a reading light), but I maintain that they provide us with the most revealing insights into the human condition. I am often struck by the...