Social Science

Serial killers are the most difficult to understand or, rather, the reasoning behind their actions are difficult to comprehend. The drives behind these killings can vary from case to case. Fetishes and hatred of the opposite sex can be motivators…
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Transference, the projection of a client’s past emotional experience onto their therapist (Callahan, Corey & Corey, 2003), takes training and experience to utilize as a therapeutic tool. Most pointedly a client’s transfer of racist hatred or aggression from a past…
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How do you know if you need to see a Psychiatrist? Read the Psychiatrist bible titled “The DSM-IV diagnostic manual”. In this manual you’ll find anything from Generalized anxiety to Borderline Personality Disorder. A word of caution to the would-be…
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In our efforts to take care of those we love, we sometimes realize they need more help than we can give them. The decision to tell your loved one s/he needs a psychiatrist or to find help for them is…
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“If the nineteenth century was the age of the editorial chair, ours is the century of the psychiatrist’s couch.” – Marshall Mcluhan Jokes are often made about that couch upon which people pour out their life stories, though the purpose…
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There are literally hundreds of different psychology theories available for study today. Have you ever wondered why there are so many theories floating around? What’s the purpose? Theories provide a framework and a viable tool for other psychologists. By using…
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is published by the American Psychiatric Association and is an approach to diagnosing in five dimensions of assessment. The DSM recognizes that there are many factors in life which affect mental health….
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While it’s true that as we gain more experiences, we can better emphasize with the pain and joy of others. However, we also gain experiences that can harden our emotions. Some people may become more emotional as a result of…
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The topic of Emotional Intelligence (EI) has never failed to attract attention, and this is based on the popular assumption that emotion is the antithesis of intelligence. In each one’s life, there has surely been at least one occasion where…
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Political Psychology, which has its origins in the 1960s, is a multidisciplinary field with its core origins in psychology and political science. But there are connections and origins in anthropology, sociology, economics, international relations, education, business, military science, and other social…
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