Looking at life through the prism of psychology, philosophy, mental health and more. Originally created by counsellor, psychotherapist and philosopher Dr Greg Mulhauser, this blog is now the work of an international team of contributors.
Is your mouse giving you grief from too many hours spent pointing, clicking, and dragging your way across a desktop? If you’re a mental health practitioner working extensively with clients online, you probably cannot avoid the pointing, clicking, or dragging — but you can avoid the mouse. Just turn it upside down, cut off the cord, and call it a trackball instead. Or, like Kensington, call it the Expert Mouse Wireless.
Looking for information on sleep disorders like insomnia, narcolepsy, or restless legs syndrome — or just looking for tips on getting a good night’s sleep? Our new section includes sleep disorder resources, and we’ve added information on zolpidem tartrate (Ambien) to our Medications Centre.
The UK Government’s response to the Joint Scrutiny Committee on the draft Mental Health Bill offers some hope but there is a long way to go before Government plans can be made into a workable mental health bill, the Mental Health Alliance said today. The Government intends to press ahead with plans to broaden out powers of compulsion and deny professionals the flexibility they need to offer people the right care and support.
Most or all of us have experienced the feelings of success that come with completing some difficult project or task we’ve set ourselves. What if that project were the planning and execution of a terrorist attack on London that left at least dozens dead and hundreds wounded? Is there a ‘psychology of terrorism’?
The Percepts and Concepts Laboratory at Indiana University is using simple online interactive games to investigate how people behave in groups. You can play the games with other people or with artificial intelligence bots, while the cognitive scientists collect data and try to develop agent-based computational models of the behaviour.
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