Psychology

This resource will offer articles of singular interest concerning mental health issues. It will especially focus on the latest developments in the field of brain research.


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NYTimes.com: Teenagers, Medication and Suicide

Very important article in the New York Times by the psychiatrist Richard A. Friedman. It concerns the issue of teenagers struggling with mental health issues and suicide.  Find the article ...


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Tom Doyle addresses priest sex abuse survivors

Dominican priest Father Tom Doyle, who has worked with survivors of priest sexual abuse for some 30 years, made a powerful address recently concerning his work and the tragedies he’s ...


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Depression/Suicide

At the time of the writing of the Gospel of Mark, sometime in the 50’s A.D., the world was seen by most people as dark, brutal, and violent. The Roman ...


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Anxiety Disorders

“Toxic worry is a disease of the imagination.” Edward Hallowell, MD Generalized Anxiety Disorder: a free floating worry with no distinct object; characterized by a continual feeling of anticipated disaster ...


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Anxiety – If You Were Not Afraid

“What would your life be like if you were not afraid?” Recently, I was reading in a magazine that when you walk into the building that houses Facebook, the very ...


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When Grief Won’t Relent

Grief is a human reaction to loss that is normal and healthy. But this article by Jane Brody in the New York Times discusses the issue of “extremely disruptive grief,” ...