Psychology/Psychiatry
No, short-form video isn’t rotting your brain
If you or your kids have spent too much time scrolling short-form videos during your holiday breaks, don't fret—you probably haven't suffered too much brain damage. Wait, was that even a question? the less paranoid…
Young people’s mental health is improving. Tech alarmists take note.
Young people's mental health seems to be getting better. The most recent Healthy Minds Study, from researchers at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health, shows rates of anxiety, depression, and…
‘Project Mind Control’ book documents MKUltra project
Project Mind Control tells the lurid tale of the CIA's attempts to discover the scientific principles that would allow people to control subjects' thoughts and actions. The author, University of Texas historian John…
The perils of viewing psilocybin strictly as psychiatric medication
The Scottsdale Research Institute (SRI) grows psilocybin mushrooms in Arizona with permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Late last month, the organization announced that it will use those mushrooms in a…
‘Genes matter,’ says scientist studying social media and mental health
There is only a small link between social media use and well-being—and even that partly comes down to genetics. So say Dutch researchers after examining data from more 6,000 people on a Netherlands twin registry. They also…
New Jersey cops took his guns because they were worried about his wife’s mental health
Last April, Elsid Aliaj's pregnant wife sought treatment for prenatal nausea at a medical clinic in Englewood, New Jersey. During the visit, she said something that made a health care provider worry that she was apt to…
David Nasaw’s ‘The Wounded Generation’ examines the aftermath of the ‘good war’
The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II, by David Nasaw, Penguin Random House, 496 pages, $35 "There wasn't any band there; there wasn't anybody greeting me except the girl that I had to while I…
Illinois’ ban on AI therapists like Ash and friend is misguided
Artificial intelligence is evolving fast. Large language models such as ChatGPT and Gemini can write papers and code, make quirky art, and attempt deep research and complex problem-solving. Now, AI is venturing into a more…
Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy faces Supreme Court free speech test
Imagine a conservative state bans therapists from talking to gay or transgender minors in a way that affirms their sexual orientation or gender identity. That would cross a line, right? Whatever conservative lawmakers…
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