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Are You Launching a College Freshman? Ideas for embracing the milestone transition between high school and college.read more . by: (Elisabeth J. LaMotte LICSW) 👥 Join Discussion Board

Can GLP-1s Cure Addiction? Several addiction scientists have suggested GLP-1 weight-loss drugs could cure addiction. We've heard similar claims before, only to be disappointed. Here’s why history matters.read more . by: (Ted Beauchaine Ph.D.) 👥 Join Discussion Board

The Psychology of True Crime and Emotional Regulation Exposure to true crime may be helpful in reducing symptoms of anxiety, fear, and insecurity in a way that mimics the cognitive behavioral concept of exposure therapy.read more . by: (Lindsay Weisner Psy.D.) 👥 Join Discussion Board

3 Ways Jealousy Can Threaten Your Relationship Most people would agree that wanting exclusivity with your partner is fundamental to commitment, making jealousy a natural fear. New research shows three ways to keep it in bounds.read more . by: (Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP) 👥 Join Discussion Board

The Humanistic and Scientific Trajectories of Modern Psychiatry Modern psychiatry is adopting a biopsychosocial model that blends a humanistic approach with a systems-based model that promises better explanations for mental disorders.read more . by: (Robert C. Smith MD, MACP) 👥 Join Discussion Board

Moving Beyond Wellness to Empowerment For resilience and wellness programs to be effective, it may be necessary to integrate two powerful public health promotion strategies designed to foster personal power.read more . by: (George S. Everly, Jr. PhD, ABPP, FACLP) 👥 Join Discussion Board

Clinical Wisdom: More Secrets of the Therapeutic Alliance Exploring the tension between sharing and therapeutic abstinence in clinical work.read more . by: (Stephen A. Diamond Ph.D.) 👥 Join Discussion Board

How to Deal With Bullsh*t Bullsh*t can be more persuasive than lying because it exploits the way that minds build good-enough truth. Recognizing the trap helps us respond without spreading it.read more . by: (Grant Hilary Brenner MD, DFAPA) 👥 Join Discussion Board

What to Do When You’re Caught in the Middle of a Breakup It's common to be caught in the middle of a divorce or breakup and feel pressure to take sides. How to navigate these awkward situations.read more . by: (Robert Taibbi L.C.S.W.) 👥 Join Discussion Board

What Type of People Are Popular at First Sight? How do some people manage to captivate every room they enter? The answer may be connected with their display of certain dominant behaviors.read more . by: (Wendy L. Patrick, J.D., M.Div., Ph.D.) 👥 Join Discussion Board

The More Your Adult Child Panics, the More You Pay When financial emergencies keep ending in rescue, urgency itself can become part of the family pattern.read more . by: (Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D.) 👥 Join Discussion Board

The Madness of the Modern World Are you stressed and overwhelmed? What if there is nothing actually wrong with you? What if you simply haven't evolved enough to cope with the demands of life in the 21st century?read more . by: (Daniel Fryer M.Sc., MBSCH) 👥 Join Discussion Board

How Nolan Wells and Tyler Smith Stir Black Mistrust The tragedies of Nolan Wells and Tyler Smith underscore the painful reality that Black families experience. Racial socialization is an important survival strategy for Black youth.read more . by: (Kevin Cokley Ph.D.) 👥 Join Discussion Board

Can Getting Naked With Strangers Improve Body Image? It turns out that most of what we think our bodies "mean" was never true, just taught.read more . by: (Amy Campbell MClinPsych) 👥 Join Discussion Board

5 Reasons the Emotional Lives of Parents Matter Discover why your emotional life matters as a parent and how understanding your feelings can deepen your connection with your children.read more . by: (Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW) 👥 Join Discussion Board

Are You Afraid of Your Violent Thoughts? Our retaliatory impulses when we are threatened, scared, or humiliated can be violent and cause alarm and distress. But expressing ourselves in a safe place can help free us from trauma.read more . by: (Michael Guilding) 👥 Join Discussion Board

'Yearning’ Has Become a Dating Trend "Yearning" has been earning some more attention on the dating scene of late, calling for more learning about what yearning might really mean.read more . by: (Bruce Y. Lee M.D., M.B.A.) 👥 Join Discussion Board

3 Ways to Stop Your Over-Apologizing Habit Over-apologizing shrinks you instead of endearing you to anyone.read more . by: (Mark Travers Ph.D.) 👥 Join Discussion Board

4 Questions for When You Don't Know What to Do Next Sometimes, when we slow down enough to really check in with ourselves and see the situation from a wider perspective, greater clarity has a way of finding us.read more . by: (Robyne Hanley-Dafoe Ed.D.) 👥 Join Discussion Board

Why Universities Keep Lowering Their Standards Higher education has an incentive problem: As universities compete for students, the pressure to accommodate and retain them can come into tension with academic standards.read more . by: (Mark Horowitz Ph.D.) 👥 Join Discussion Board