Psychosis and Divergent Thought
by Ann Reitan, PsyDThe proverbial beautiful mind of the proverbial schizophrenic resides in a brain that has abnormalities. This includes diminished... READ MORE →
The proverbial beautiful mind of the proverbial schizophrenic resides in a brain that has abnormalities. This includes diminished... READ MORE →
Anna Freud (1937) created a theory of defense mechanisms that implicated the use of repression in protecting the ego or the... READ MORE →
I’ve argued before that all or most diagnoses of severe psychopathology involve trauma. Trauma represents an aspect... READ MORE →
The experience of our minds may be shaped by belief. The idea that our minds are whatever we imagine them to be may seem... READ MORE →
Many schizophrenics endure auditory hallucinations that are nearly impossible to understand sensibly, due to the fact that... READ MORE →
Psychopathology may be represented as residing on a continuum, ranging from, at one end “psychotic” to at the... READ MORE →
Most people experience their minds as private, subjective environments that are sanctuaries from others. The mental world... READ MORE →
I once knew a paranoid schizophrenic who believed that his kitten was going into an alternate universe when it went behind... READ MORE →
Various types of schizophrenia are distinguished by certain symptoms that, while relating to affective, social, physical... READ MORE →
Skinner was able to produce superstitious behavior in pigeons by rewarding them arbitrarily for no particular behavior. These... READ MORE →
This Sunday February 14th (9 p.m. ET), the Emmy-nominated Brain Games tv-show is back! Wonder junkie Jason Silva returns to our screens, teaming up with... READ MORE →
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