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Olivia Goldhill, Quartz: There will always be an endless list of chores to complete and work to do, and a culture of relentless productivity tells us to get to it right away and feel terribly guilty about any time wasted. But the truth is, a life spent dutifully responding to emails is a dull one indeed.
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Victoria Demos was working as a therapist in Greenwich Village, N.Y. And even during that fraught and terrifying time, she said, the patients she saw were not experiencing as much anxiety as the ones she's seeing now.
On Nov. 9, President-elect Donald Trump won the election, and the Dow Jones began its upward march from 18,332 in the wee hours after Hillary Clinton's concession call. The Dow rallied relatively uninterrupted straight through to Jan. 6, when it got within a fraction of a point of crossing the hurdle of 20K, peaking at 19,999.63.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact California's ban on "gay conversion" therapy aimed at turning youths under age 18 away from homosexuality, rejecting a Christian minister's challenge to the law asserting it violates religious rights. The justices, turning away a challenge to the 2012 law for the second time in three years, let stand a lower court's ruling that it was constitutional and neither impinged upon free exercise of religion nor impacted the activities of clergy members.
Before you run off to enjoy the last weekend of summer, take some time to enjoy the seriously random mix of mental health news and stories I've found for you this week! Read on to take a look at data on how psychiatric drug advertising affects prescriptions, a study related to how writing down your dreams and goals increases your chances of achieving them, reviews on various self-help books for pet parents , and more.
Fox News's Dr. Keith Ablow said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump showed "psychological strength" when he discussed his penis size on national television earlier this year. "He referred to my hands, 'if they're small, something else must be small,'" Trump complained.
According to Amy Kipp, a couples and family therapist in San Antonio, "Working through the ups and downs of a big project helps you hone your communication skills [] The sense of accomplishment and teamwork that results from a challenging shared experience strengthens a couple's bond. Thus, it seems working on this project is a way to strengthen our relationship.
NPR loves to imagine itself as an oasis of civility compared to nasty commercial talk radio. NPR host Diane Rehm has written haughty op-eds about how Rush Limbaugh et al are a blight on the radio.
On the organization's website APA president Maria A. Oquendo wrote : "The unique atmosphere of this year's election cycle may lead some to want to psychoanalyze the candidates, but to do so would not only be unethical, it would be irresponsible." Dr. Oquendo was referring to the "Goldwater Rule," a guideline adopted by the APA after a 1964 survey of psychiatrists found that nearly half of those polled felt that GOP presidential candidate Barry Goldwater was psychologically unfit to be president.
Amateur psychoanalysts have put Donald Trump on the couch, calling him a sociopath, unhinged, a narcissist. Amid all this psych-talk, there is one group of people who aren't talking as much: the professionals.
Facebook Live has only been available to the masses since January, and in that time we've pretty much witnessed the full scope of humanity. We laughed along with "Chewbacca Mask Lady" and delighted in the live stream of a childbirth.
Susan Pinker is a psychologist and author of The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make us Healthier and Happier. It's notoriously hard to predict the future.
A screenshot of Chris Murphy filibustering on the floor of the Senate Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. A screenshot of Chris Murphy filibustering on the floor of the Senate Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, June 15, 2016.
Donald Trump turns his attention to California and Hillary Clinton sharpens her attacks toward the presumptive republican nominee. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders continues to hang on in the race, saying he's not dropping out.