Who’s ready to learn more about why some of us are likely to spend more money on certain items, how cannabis could increase violent behavior, a new documentary about anxiety and depression, and more?
You sweet readers, I hope!
Why Friday the 13th Is Considered to Be Bad Luck: Yesterday was Friday the 13th (well, depending on when you read this), and several psychologists and other scientists weigh in on why many of us don’t like the number 13 (also known as triskaidekaphobia) and where Friday comes into play.
Michael Phelps Talks Anxiety In ‘Angst,’ A New Mental Health Doc: After wrangling his own anxiety and depression, five-time Olympian Michael Phelps became an advocate for mental health awareness. Now he’s appearing in a Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety, a new documentary that focuses on children and young adults who talk about their experiences with anxiety.
The Psychology Behind Spending Big: You might not be surprised to find that people tend to be attracted to more expensive items that they could actually purchase for far less because they believe that high price tag just must mean better quality. However, you might be surprised to know that it’s more than just “all in our heads”; it’s actually in our brains, too. Example? One study not only recorded people giving high ratings to wine they were told was more expensive; it also showed via functional magnetic resonance imaging of their brains that they actually enjoyed drinking the expensive wine more.
Psychiatrists Can’t Stop Mass Killers [New York Times Opinion Piece by Dr. Richard A. Friedman]: After a mass shooting, there are two social matters you can bet your life savings will pop up: gun control and mental health reform. On the matter of mental health reform, Dr. Friedman — a professor of clinical psychiatry — says psychiatrists can’t prevent mass murderers for many reasons, not least of which many of them avoid the mental health system altogether.
Cannabis Consumption Increases Violent Behavior in Young People in Psychiatric Care: Am I the only one getting whiplash from the contradictory research reports involving cannabis? A new study out of the University of Montreal involving more than 1,000 patients between 18 and 40 years old with mental illnesses and who have been seen five times during a one-year period after being discharged from a psychiatric hospital “demonstrates that sustained used of cannabis is associated with an increase in violent behavior in young people” and that the association between continuous cannabis use and violence is stronger than the association between alcohol and/or cocaine use and violence.
Gabe Howard: Why We Should Talk About Mental Health At Work: Last but not least, Psych Central’s very own Gabe Howard — host of The Psych Central Show — was recently interviewed by Dan Schawbel of Forbes regarding how mental health conversations have changed, how employers and employees are handing mental health discussions in the workplace, his advise to human resource workers, and more.
from World of Psychology https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2017/10/14/psychology-around-the-net-october-14-2017/
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