I presented the following paper at the 20th international congress of International Society For Psychological And Social Approaches to Psychosis, in Liverpool , UK, on Sept. 2nd, 2017. Good morning everyone! My name is Elahe Hessamfar. In the paper I am presenting to you today, I ... [Continue Reading]
Expectations That Disappoint
Photo: Eleonora Festari / EyeEm/Getty Images We are a nation of great technological and financial successes built upon disappointed souls, and despairing spirits. A major study recently published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, claims that “adolescents reported greater ... [Continue Reading]
Guns, Violence, Mental Illness, and the Church
Once again we are confronted with a horrific mass shooting on a college campus. Once again, we mourn the loss of promising lives, and out of chaos and confusion, in search of answers, our collective dialogue focuses on guns and mental illness. The gun lobby is too strong to allow any blame to land ... [Continue Reading]
Care for Severe Mental Illness— What We Can Learn from Geel
The care of the insane has presented major challenges to Western civilization in the past sixty years. With the advancement of psychopharmacology, the insane have been sent back into communities hoping for an “ordinary” life. But the ordinary life has been challenging and mostly out of their ... [Continue Reading]
Addiction—What is the Right Way of Treating It?
Is addiction a disease? Can it be uprooted with a medical treatment? Photo: Shutterstock Although drug and alcohol addictions are classified as psychiatric diseases by the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, science has never been able to find the cause of addiction merely in the ... [Continue Reading]
Goth Teens, Depression, and Self-harm
A recently published scientific research in The Lancet Psychiatry claims that, The dark look associated with Goths may not be all show: Teens in this subculture appear more prone to depression and self-harm than their peers, researchers report. Fifteen-year-olds who strongly identified as Goth -- ... [Continue Reading]