This article was originally published online by the London based Institute of Art & Ideas (IAI.tv) under the title: Everything you know about happiness is wrong, What does good mental health look like? (July 2021).| Everyday Psychology
I originally published this article under a slightly different title in January 2009. The country was entering what would come to be called "the greatest recession since the Great Depression." The stock market had staged a rally on an exceedingly bad jobs report - the thinking was that the news was so bad, surely the government would take effective action and quickly. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Obama "stimulus package") would be signed the following month.| Everyday Psychology
Originally published May 24, 2011.| Everyday Psychology
If Donald Trump decides to plead insanity in some future criminal proceeding, all the talk about him having a mental disorder is certain to come to an abrupt end. Everyone will say: “he’s not crazy, he knew what he was doing … he can’t get off on that.”| Everyday Psychology
Never before in history have so many commentators prefaced their remarks about a President by saying: “you’d have to ask a psychiatrist” or “I’m not a psychologist.” | Everyday Psychology
Book review (originally published at Amazon):| Everyday Psychology
*This article was originally published at the Huffington Post in October 2016, before that year's election.| Everyday Psychology
I have worked in the field of psychology since 1976, starting at the Master's level.| Everyday Psychology
One expert's opinion: Trump does not have a personality disorder ...| Everyday Psychology
When it comes to avoiding scams, schemes and other rip-offs, there is no more universal piece of advice than: "if it's too good to be true it probably isn't." This is usually said after someone has been victimized.| Everyday Psychology
Originally published at the Huffington Post| Everyday Psychology
Originally published at The Huffington Post.| Everyday Psychology
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) Movie Trailer: An Allegory ...| Everyday Psychology
Originally published at The Huffington Post| Everyday Psychology
Originally published at the Huffington Post.| Everyday Psychology
Originally published at the Huffington Post.| Everyday Psychology
Banksy gives foot massage | Everyday Psychology
An interview I gave to the Sacramento Bee was published this morning. I was asked about the escape of Amanda Berry with her child, and the rescue of two other women after years being caged in a house in Cleveland by a sadist.| Everyday Psychology
What is workplace retaliation?| Everyday Psychology
Here's the back story: a famous, well-respected psychologist writes a hugely complex journal article and then gives an interview to TIME Healthland online. The interview is as confusing as the journal article, and great controversy ensues in the profession. | Everyday Psychology
In the past few years, Sac State has spent and wasted well over one million dollars on lawsuits that could easily have been avoided. These are text book examples of what it costs when management ignores workplace harassment. It’s a text book example of what happens when leadership fails. | Everyday Psychology
When it comes to the psychological and mental health of workers, managers tend to think they are doing everything right. Employees would typically beg to differ. | Everyday Psychology
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is being revised. Often described as the psychiatric bible, there are plans for the DSM to be released in a 5th Edition. It is a work in progress.| Everyday Psychology
Colleges and Universities are required by law (the Clery Act) to disclose campus security policies and crime statistics. This information may provide parents with some measure of comfort when sending children off to college, but knowing the odds of your child becoming a crime statistic does not mean you should assume that your child is safe. Hazards still remain, and as I have argued in my comments about "helicopter parents," as a parent you need to help your child understand and cope w...| Everyday Psychology
Driving to the post office today, I noticed that one of our neighborhood schizophrenics was out on the sidewalk, but not in her usual spot. A very slight and petite woman, her clothing is usually augmented with multiple plastic grocery bags. She carries many more such bags with her, apparently having failed to obtain a grocery cart. She typically lays out multiple scraps of paper on the sidewalk and in the gutter. Driving by, you can see that they are covered with her writings, whic...| www.everydaypsychology.com