In which one of my students takes a look at how the coincidental timing of vaccines, autism diagnoses, the DSM-IV, and the rise of online information created the conditions to give rise to the false autism-vaccine link.
Category Mental Health
In which one of my students takes a look at the medicalization of sexual behavior, and finds it suspect.
In which one of my students details what techniques have been found to be useful in helping treat FOD.
In which one of my students discusses what sort of diagnostic criteria changes happened in the Motor Disorders under the DSM-5.
In which I discuss trigger warnings in the context of fears, anxiety, and how we treat such, thereby showing some of the problems inherent with TWs.
I talk about the psychology of belief on this week’s “The Thinking Atheist” show.
In which I talk about some of the skepticism and religion related research my lab presented recently.
Check out my newest book, Psychology Gone Astray, with a look at the contents and an excerpt!
In which the question “Can people who aren’t soldiers get PTSD?” and answered with a resounding yes.
In which we take a look at the data to see if those with eating disorders are actually only young white females, as is commonly portrayed in the media.