Exploring the hidden mental pathways that turn early family experiences into adult psychological challenges. Imagine a child growing up in a home where the rules change every hour or where a parent’s... Read more »
Imagine a blueprint that dictates the shape of your adult world. For many, that blueprint is drawn during childhood by their primary caregivers. The way parents interact with their children, the subtle... Read more »
Can a chatbot make someone lose touch with reality? That’s the question I posed to psychiatrist John Luo of the University of California, Irvine, on a recent episode of my podcast “Relating... Read more »
John Kline is a good friend of mine, who I met through the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Connection Support Group program. We’ve been facilitating a local NAMI support group together... Read more »
As more people turn to AI chatbots for emotional support and even as their therapists, a new and urgent concern is emerging at the intersection of AI and mental health: “AI psychosis”... Read more »
When life feels unpredictable, many people experience unease—but for some, this discomfort goes deeper. A new study suggests that difficulty tolerating uncertainty may play a significant role in symptoms like paranoia and... Read more »
Sometimes, when psychotherapies become mainstream, they start to attract a lot of criticism. This, in some ways, makes sense; because the risks are high when it comes to mental healthcare, the emergence... Read more »
Chesney, E., Reilly, T. J., Scott, F., Slimani, I., Sarma, A., Kornblum, D., … & McGuire, P. (2024). Psychosis associated with cannabis withdrawal: systematic review and case series. The British Journal of Psychiatry,... Read more »
Source: Unsplash/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases At least since Susannah Calahan wrote the 2012 book Brain on Fire, there has been resurging speculation that psychosis might actually be a disorder... Read more »