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YouTube Nerd Essays and Mental Health: A Paean

If you have been engulfed by the all-consuming black hole that is depression or anxiety, or have found yourself peering over its event horizon, then you may be fortunate enough…

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13 min

Culture-Bound Syndromes: Satanic Panics, Multiple Personality Disorder & ROGD

On 6 September, at the District Court in Sydney, Australia, Richard Haynes was sentenced to forty-five years in prison for sexually abusing and torturing his daughter, Jeni. The case made…

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19 min

Psychology

Minds Without Bodies: Transgenderism and the Authentic Self

Jazz Jennings, teenage transgender superstar, turns to the camera: “To all of the kids out there who are hearing this book for the first time, I just want to say…

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7 min

Psychology

The Codification of Sex and the Problem with Sex Addiction

There is an old joke in psychological circles that a sex addict is someone who is having more sex than his therapist. If we accept that—as psychoanalysis claims—every joke contains…

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7 min

Gaming Disorder: The World Health Organisation Jumps the Shark

Earlier this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced plans to include gaming disorder—video gaming that interferes with other life responsibilities—in their International Classification of Diseases (ICD)—despite considerable controversy, including…

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10 min

Politics

Impeachment: Can We Trust Mental Health Experts Who Claim that Trump is Mentally Ill?

The words used to describe Donald Trump include businessman, narcissist, liar, racist, sexist, reality TV star and president of the United States. Trump has stirred up a lot of controversy…

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7 min

Psychology

Triggered: A Defeatist Metaphor

In recent years, the word trigger has become freighted with significance, evoking a high-stakes emotional activation. The term is difficult to avoid in everyday conversation and on social media, and…

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24 min

In Praise of Stoicism: Derren Brown’s Happy. Book Review.

Stoicism has got a bad rap lately. In the popular imagination, it is associated with reluctance—particularly male reluctance—to show vulnerability or talk frankly about emotions. The new APA guidelines on…

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11 min

Psychology

The Case Against Mental Health Awareness Raising

In the wake of World Mental Health Day and Theresa May’s appointment of a suicide prevention minister, this might seem like the least propitious time to make a case against…

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10 min

Psychology

Depression is Horrific but Suicide is not the Answer

This is not an essay I wanted to write, but, after the recent tragic loss of the author and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain to suicide, I now feel compelled to…

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9 min

Politics

Profiling a Mass Shooter: Why Is It So Complicated?

The recent massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has brought up the expected responses of both anguish and fear we have sadly grown accustomed to over…

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Mental Health

YouTube Nerd Essays and Mental Health: A Paean

Culture-Bound Syndromes: Satanic Panics, Multiple Personality Disorder & ROGD

Minds Without Bodies: Transgenderism and the Authentic Self

The Codification of Sex and the Problem with Sex Addiction

Gaming Disorder: The World Health Organisation Jumps the Shark

Impeachment: Can We Trust Mental Health Experts Who Claim that Trump is Mentally Ill?

Triggered: A Defeatist Metaphor

In Praise of Stoicism: Derren Brown’s Happy. Book Review.

The Case Against Mental Health Awareness Raising

Depression is Horrific but Suicide is not the Answer

Profiling a Mass Shooter: Why Is It So Complicated?

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