Naomi Klein uses her frequent confusion with ‘doppelganger’ Naomi Wolf to spark an exploration of doubles, mirror-worlds, and the gulf between left and right.
- Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
Humans have attempted to understand and treat mental illness for centuries – from ancient Greek medicine, Middle Ages exorcisms and the rise of asylums, to modern medical breakthroughs.
Freud doing cocaine. Psychologist William James experimenting with nitrous oxide. A new history tells of the Romantic rebels who first sampled psychoactive substances.
The idea that the poor are impoverished morally as well as materially, that they lack humanity as well as means, has a long history.
A lucid, demanding book on the psychology and neurobiology of trauma has become a publishing phenomenon. It resonates, writes Nick Haslam, with an age in which people are seeing trauma everywhere.
A new book argues that bias is at the root of many social divisions and inequalities, but remains optimistic about our capacity to change.
A youth-focussed exhibition about experiences of mental health is interactive and expansive, kicking down the barriers between science and art.
Popular psychology is all over book shops, podcasts and Netflix specials. The value of these ideas is hotly debated but even unguided, self-administered bibliotherapy may bring mental health benefits.
Cut yourself some slack. For most people, the pandemic has been a unique challenge.
A new study finds no evidence of diagnostic inflation in the last four editions of the DSM.
The COVID-19 lockdown will affect people differently depending on their personality.
Menyebut orang lain sebagai binatang berarti merendahkan derajat mereka: memandang mereka primitif dan bukan manusia.
Hay evidencias que sugieren que existe una crisis de la mediana edad, aunque es difícil definir qué es eso de la mediana edad. Y quizá las crisis que ocurren durante esta etapa también podrían haber ocurrido antes o después.
An analysis of billions of words in the Google Books database shows the way society has valued moral principles such as compassion, respect for authority, community values and fairness over time.
S'il y a des raisons de penser que la crise de la quarantaine existe, les malaises survenant à cette période auraient pu se produire aussi bien avant qu’après cet « âge mûr » difficile à cerner.
There’s good evidence to suggest a midlife crisis exists, though it’s hard to define what the midlife is. And perhaps crises that occur during midlife might equally have occurred before or after.
The process of grieving can happen in stages. But these stages are rarely experienced in the same way by one bereaved person and another.
Gender essentialists who think “men are from Mars and women are from Venus” are more likely to accept gender discrimination and respond negatively when women seek power.
Unaffordable home loans, poor financial advice and unmanageable consumer credit may have serious consequences for many Australians, beyond bankruptcy and debt. Here’s what the research says.
There is no clear-cut definition of what mindfulness actually is. This has potentially serious implications.
In the terrible aftermath of the Las Vegas massacre people have been urgently trying to explain it. Some have put race at the centre of their explanations. Mass shootings, they argue, reveal something…
As the Australian same-sex marriage debate heats up it may be time for cool reflection on the sources of our polarised views. Recent research shines a revealing light on the roots of pro- and anti-marriage…
“To thine own self be true”, the saying goes. It is often taken as sage advice, a remnant scrap of Elizabethan life coaching, but Shakespeare may have meant it to be heard as a stale platitude. He puts…
People tend to hold inflated impressions of their own intelligence: most people think they are above average.
The symptoms of depression, PTSD, or social anxiety don’t point to an underlying disorder. They are the disorder.
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