10 Core Beliefs of Personality Disorders

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is considered the fourth most common mental illness in many Western countries. Patients or medics regularly fail to recognise the disorder's symptoms, especially in its very early stages. Individuals with OCD may often realise that their thinking and behaviour are not logical, but they still may find it...

Jean-Guy Beauvoir is a thirty-something Inspector in the Sûreté du Québec, once married, loyal to his boss Armand Gamache, shot in the line of duty, and addicted to OxyContin. Most importantly, Beauvoir is a fictional character in Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Gamache mystery series. His character sounds initially like a cliché: the wounded police officer, heroically refusing therapy, becoming an addict. Except that Penny explores the cliché in a multi-novel story arc, through all her characters' thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and interactions. She creates a seemingly stable character in Beauvoir and then, through novel after novel, unravels him. Through Beauvoir, I enter the mind of an arrogant, paranoid, traumatized addict with a severe case of literal self-centeredness, beloved by Gamache.

"Manifesting" is a powerful trend in the world of self-help that belongs to a much older tradition of "mind cure" writings. Manifesting massively overestimates our agency and ability to control the external world, advocating magical thinking. It also ignores socioeconomic and psychological reality and may leave people feeling ashamed and...

The impacts of narcissistic parenting can be unique to the individual who lives through it. An adult child of a narcissist may believe their worthiness depends on how they act and what they do, not on who they are. Learning what healthy boundaries are and how to set them with...

Middle-aged women (age 40-55) have been found to be at higher risk for depression. Part of it stems from the natural hormonal alterations of perimenopause and menopause. However, it tends to be about more than just hormone changes: Midlife can be a time marked with greater losses, like empty-nest syndrome, ailing and/or deceased parents, career changes, and a loss of former friendships, marital and love partnerships. Additionally, women in midlife have reported higher rates of pain and physical ailments.

Walking at a brisk pace for just 75 minutes every week could cut your risk of depression, a new study finds. The World Health Organization recommends everyone should exercise for at least two-and-a-half hours every seven days. But researchers at Cambridge University, England, found adults who got half as much...

Don’t assume that stiffer discipline always results in better behavior. When you have conflict with your child, empathy can help you better understand the situation and provide better discipline. Approaching kids with an empathic mindset can yield better outcomes. Today, I’ve asked Jason A. Okonofua to share his Tip...

Living things perform pattern-matching activities that call out differences. The perception of differences allows humans to predict and sort out cause and effect. Bias and prejudice seem to result from the impact of learning and experiences on the affect system. In a peaceful, secure world, differences can be a source...

To manage stress and difficult emotions, children use a mix of active and avoidant coping strategies. New research examined the amount of active and avoidant coping skills that children of divorced parents used and their mental health concerns.. A higher ratio of active to avoidant coping was associated with fewer...

Antone Martinho-Truswell's analysis of birds' behaviors shows that, in many ways, a human is "the bird without feathers." Four key traits that are essential to what it is to be human are shared with parrots and other birds. When a species, even one totally different from us, falls into one...

Technologies can worsen your work motivation. Psychology expertise should be used when designing and implementing technologies in work environments. Motivation that stems from meaning and enjoyment will be increasingly important in the future of work. Have you ever conducted a job interview through video?. Do you work remotely and mostly...

Someone embattled in court proceedings must understand that his or her present and prior mental state will be considered. This information also may be introduced in court, in motion papers, and even submitted as evidence during a custody trial. To fully understand a family situation, the court may order a...

Gardening has a positive effect on well-being, and the results seem to be enhanced when the gardening is communal. Gardening may also be a therapeutic intervention for disorders such as cognitive impairment. Repetitive tasks like watering and weeding may help prevent people from focusing on their problems or sources of...

Source: Cover of book reviewed here, authors (photo by Rob Ewing), and authors' children (photo by Doug Kenrick), all used with permission. If a family from a traditional hunter-gatherer society were transported into the modern urban world, they would think they’d landed in paradise: Self-driving cars, hand-held electronic devices that can prevent you from getting lost and even direct you to a nearby supermarket stocked with colorful, fresh blueberries, strawberries, and bananas, homes with air conditioning and plush mattresses, and refrigerators to store all that produce from the supermarket. Wow. Not to mention the ability to call in an order of fresh-baked pizza and some double-chocolate-fudge ice cream for dessert.

A study used machine learning to compare social, health, functional, and cognitive variables as risk or protective factors for depression. The strongest risk factors were self-reported social isolation and poor health. It may be valuable to screen for depression among older adults with those two risk factors. Depression is a...

Suicide has always been part of the human experience. Although suicide is believed to be a matter of pure choice, social and psychological factors suggest this might not always be the case. Motivations to suicide are typically lost to the ether. Of the eight billion people on our tiny blue...

The median age of onset for psychotic disorders extends from the late teens through the early 20s, when many are in college and graduate school. Recommendations from reformers like Fabienne Vailes encourage universities to prioritize mental health. Institutions like the University of Gloucestershire have implemented the University Mental Health Charter...

Charita Cole Brown addresses the stigma of mental health in people of color communities. Cole Brown stated that African-Americans and people of color have to know that it’s okay to seek mental health help. Cole Brown advocates that we have to be in communities that allow people to see...

From an evolutionary perspective, the cosmetics industry can be understood as helping to signal attractiveness, youth, and fertility. Ironically, many cosmetic products—as well as plastic surgery procedures—have harmful side effects. Sometimes, evolutionary adaptations to survive are at odds with adaptations that primarily benefit reproduction. So picture this: The...

The single most significant problem facing homed dogs is lack of adequate agency. Having a sense of control over one’s environment is fundamental to psychological integrity. There are countless creative ways to enhance a dog's agency. If I could identify the single most significant problem facing homed dogs right...