While I applaud the intent of the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s effort to “grade” the 50 states in the U.S. on their mental health care, the problem with such reports is that they are out-of-date and virtually useless from the moment they are published. The problem with the...

Just as you believe that maybe, perhaps, the tide is turning and the government that is charged with the responsibility and care of those most in need — the severely mentally ill who are hospitalized — actually “gets” it, you read a story like this one. Raquel Padilla was dis...

amazngdrx opines that “cap and trade needs to die, but it probably won’t.” When Democrats have a majority then they impose a cap. As soon as the Repugnants could win a few seats back, then the cap would be lifted. Lots of politics, but little progress toward lowering the increasing...

History — and hundreds of millions of people around the world — will mark today as the day that the first African-American takes office as President of the United States of America. It is not only a historic event because Barack Obama is of a different race than all prior Presidents, but...

Pages: 1 2 Next »     Single Page Earlier this month, the biggest weight-loss show in America — and perhaps abroad, airing in over 90 countries — “The Biggest Loser: Couplesâ€� debuted, just in time to motivate us to continue our own weight and fitness resolutions. The Big...

Of no surprise to regular readers of World of Psychology, 49 state attorneys general looked at the problem of children being solicited for sex online and concluded that the problem isn’t as big as previously thought. Why no surprise? Because as we’ve noted here for years, anything to do ...

Pages: 1 2 Next »     Single Page Massachusetts is likely to join California, New York City and Seattle in requiring some sort of calorie count next to food items in restaurant chains in the state. Jeff Jacoby writes in today’s Boston Globe about how this amounts to an ine...

Ah, what’s the new year without another look at “Internet addiction disorder,” especially since it’s being considered for inclusion into the DSM-V? Yours truly is quoted in this one, so at least it brings some balance to the topic. And I do note the tendency for researchers a...

Pages: 1 2 3 Next »     Single Page As another year comes to a close, it’s time to review what made the biggest news in 2008 in mental health and psychology. Of course, the biggest news of the year — the historic election of Barack Obama — is not directly relat...

For years, Massachusetts has attempted to catch up with the rest of the nation in de-institutionalizing some of its most disabled residents. It runs six institutions — full-time, inpatient settings where people spend most of their lives — for people with developmental disabilities and me...