Have you ever stared at a billboard, catalog, or magazine and felt inadequate? Many people harshly criticize their bodies when beauty depictions of models center around popular “highly desirable” body shapes. The media and beauty industry inundates us with unrealistically glamorous ideals. There are insider guidelines and other little hacks with step-by-step tutorials on how ...

I have struggled my whole life to find that one thing I’m more passionate about above all else. Growing up, I wanted to be everything from a teacher to a singer to a lawyer to an astronomer. When I was about 11, I decided I wanted to be a fashion designer, and this is the ...

Let’s take a  look at how the developing nervous system is affected by childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS), and how genetics vs. environmental factors influence a child’s likelihood of exhibiting signs of schizophrenia in adolescence. While there is some research that explores COS, it feels like more could be done to understand the disorder from a research ...

Have you ever watched a show like Criminal Minds and found yourself wondering what they meant when they referred to a serial killer as organized or disorganized? Have you ever wondered how the profile of the murderers are formed?   Weird as it may sound, serial killers are my passion. Older followers of my articles ...

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) does not recognize the terms psychopath or sociopath as their own unique disorder within the text of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Instead, the terms psychopathy and sociopathy are grouped together within a cluster B personality disorder called Antisocial Personality Disorder. The key pattern ...

As a psychology major, I have had the opportunity to study a lot of very interesting topics. One that has always interested me the most is Thantaphobia that occurs during late adulthood, and the negative impacts it can have on a person’s quality of life. Thantaphobia, or death anxiety, is the fear or anxiety that ...

The term ‘exorcism’ comes from the Latin exorcismus, which means a calling up or driving out of evil spirits. An exorcism is defined as a religious or spiritual practice that involves banishing demons or other spiritual entities from a person, place, or thing that is believed to be possessed. Tales of exorcisms date back to ...

“That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it’s impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key.” – Elizabeth Wurtzel The winter holiday months are ...