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In Praise of Anxiety
Nobody likes to feel anxious. Anxiety is among the most pervasive and reviled of human emotions. An entire industry has sprung up to aid us in eradicating it, from self-help books and holistic remedies to
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on computational models and psychological measurement, clinical applications of digital technologies, infants’ everyday experiences, trajectories of anxiety and depression, language acquisition, a new way of studying psychopathology, group-based control, binocular rivalry, and aging and digital technology use.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research on neural correlates of psychopathology in adolescence, affect-dynamics and psychosis risk, estimation of treatment effects, well-being and psychopathology, health-service-psychology training, social-media use and depression, negative information and anxiety and depression, drinking variables following college graduation, and alcohol and sexual decisions.
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Surviving Imposter Phenomenon: One Psychological Scientist’s Story
How powerful are those self-defeating voices? Overcoming them took decades for this psychological scientist.
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The Snuggle Is Real
Kacie Willis, a 34-year-old audio producer in Atlanta, suffers from panic attacks with no known cause. She’s tried cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), anti-anxiety medication, mindfulness meditation, and CBD oil. Although some of these have provided
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For Some Teens, as Masks Come Off, Anxiety Sets In
For Belle Lapos, high school has been weird. Her freshman year started in 2020 with a mix of learning from home and in-person school in Stillwater, Minn. Now a sophomore, she has been full-time at
