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Mental Health Problems Come With ‘Cost’ of Poorer Cognitive Function
All types of mental disorders come with a hidden cost in the form of cognitive dysfunction, including deficits in memory, attention, executive functions and processing speed, according to a comprehensive study that my colleagues and I published
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This Is Why It’s So Hard to Find Mental Health Counseling Right Now
Angelle Haney Gullett lost her father in September and knew she would need grief counseling. She contacted 25 therapists in the Los Angeles area, where she lives, between early October and Christmas, neatly tracking her
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Research Briefs
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on person perception, heritability of intelligence, values in psychometrics, race conversations in U.S. families, risk, how to study relationships and health, and scientific progress in psychological science.
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The Emerging Self: Social Anxiety Disorder and Emotional Maltreatment in Childhood
New research associates early life adversity with the presentation of social anxiety disorder later in life.
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Borderline Personality Disorder May Be Rooted in Trauma
Two winters ago, after a spell of burnout landed her in the hospital, Ann began having disturbing dreams. Visions of her father turned into distressing flashbacks from her childhood—scenes of physical and psychological abuse. A
