Individuals With Low Incomes More Likely to Have Chronic Pain
Findings show that participants with lower levels of education and SES suffer from more chronic pain.
Video Games on a Psychoanalyst’s Couch
FromĀ Asia Times: In his new bookĀ The Playstation Dreamworld, Alfie Brown discusses the role of video games in both reinforcing and challenging capitalism through the...
Why We’ve Been Thinking About Madness All Wrong
In this interview forĀ Pacific Standard, David Dobbs, who profiled Nev Jones this month, discusses the ways that the mental health community is beginning to...
Protecting the LGBT Community is Good Health Policy
FromĀ The Hill: Research shows that LGBTĀ individuals experience higherĀ rates of physical and mental health problems than heterosexual people. Legislative policies that protect the rights of...
Freud in the Scanner: A Revival of Interest in Introspection
FromĀ Aeon: For the past several decades, mainstream mental health professionals as well as the general public have dismissed Freud's ideas, turning instead to neuroscience...
The Psychology of Inequality
FromĀ The New Yorker:Ā A number of studies show that much of the damage done by being poor comes not from the conditions of poverty itself,...
Despite Increase in Treatments, Prevalence of Mental Health Issues Climbs
Findings show that despite increases in treatment availability, the prevalence of mental health issues has not decreased.
