psychology
June 2023
How Not to Kill Yourself
Suicide rates are rising at an alarming rate in America and the populations most at risk are no longer white middle-aged men, they are increasingly young people and minorities. What societal ills might be fueling this tragic trend?
February 2023
Forgetting & Remembering: What Can We Do About It?
Why do we remember certain things and forget others? Research shows us that committing things to memory is far more complex than we imagine but so too is retrieving that information.
December 2022
Living a Good Enough Life
This forum challenges the notion that happiness should be life’s primary pursuit, arguing we might be better served by living well within our means and concentrating on leading a meaningful life instead.
April 2022
Can Having Good Friends Prolong Your Life?
Research is providing us with proof that having friends is beneficial, if not essential, to good health. But friendships are both a science and an art.
May 2020
Locked-Down Americans: Isolation and Loneliness
J. W. Freiberg’s latest book Surrounded by Others and Yet So Alone looks at the problem of chronic loneliness. So how do we surmount this current crisis and help to create healthy connections going forward, in our own lives and in the lives of our children?
February 2013
Resilience: From PTSD to Hurricane Sandy
Psychiatrists Steven Southwick of Yale and Dennis Charney of Mount Sinai tell the stories of POWs, 9/11 survivors, and ordinary people with debilitating diseases or grievous personal losses.