Clinical Psychology & Mental Health

What Label Do People on the Autism Spectrum Prefer?

What Label Do People on the Autism Spectrum Prefer?

A label might be "just a label," but when that label is applied to a person it can have significance. That’s why people with neurological or mental health conditions often have preferences ...
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/ / Autism, Clinical Psychology
A Text-Message Treatment for Social Anxiety

A Text-Message Treatment for Social Anxiety

Online interventions are a promising new way of providing mental health support, as I’ve written about before. And the logical conclusion of that idea is that if we can treat mental health ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Media Psychology & Technology, Social Anxiety, Treatment
Online Interventions Can Smooth Divorce

Online Interventions Can Smooth Divorce

Marriages can go south for a variety of reasons, but whatever the cause, the effect can include damage to one’s mental health. Regular readers of the AllPsych blog might recall a study ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Couples, Divorce, Parenting, Stress & Trauma
Some Types of Sedentary Behavior Might Be Worse Than Others for Mental Health

Some Types of Sedentary Behavior Might Be Worse Than Others for Mental Health

Here’s a question that’s still up for debate among psychology researchers: just how bad is sitting around, really? On one hand, there’s a definite connection between sedentary behavior and mental health risks ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology
Who Drives Fancy Cars?

Who Drives Fancy Cars?

When I see someone driving a fancy car, I generally assume two things about them: They have a lot of money They want you to know they have a lot money Maybe ...
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/ / Agreeableness, Clinical Psychology, Conscientiousness, Personality
What Friendships Can Do for Mental Health in Old Age

What Friendships Can Do for Mental Health in Old Age

It seems self-evident that having rewarding social connections should be able to help with healthy aging, but framing that intuition in a scientific way turns out to be surprisingly complicated. There are ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Friendships, Older Adults, Positive Psychology
Romantic Partners May Influence Young Adults' Binge Drinking

Romantic Partners May Influence Young Adults’ Binge Drinking

If you ever dated someone your parents thought was a "bad influence," it turns out they might have been onto something. Romantic partners may influence young adults’ binge drinking behaviors more than ...
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/ / Alcohol, Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Relationships, Sex, Young Adults
What Happens When College Students Disclose Mental Health Problems?

What Happens When College Students Disclose Mental Health Problems?

To disclose or not to disclose? For people with mental health conditions, it’s a common question. On one hand, disclosing your mental health condition is a step toward obtaining accommodations or support ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, College, Developmental Psychology, Mental Health, Young Adults
Two Ways to Use Social Media

Two Ways to Use Social Media

In my last post, I talked about how children in neighborhoods with faster internet apparently evaluate their lives more negatively. That study is one of several that has explored a possible link ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Emotion-Affective Psychology, Social Media, Social Psychology
In Neighborhoods With Faster Internet, Children Feel Worse About Their Lives

In Neighborhoods With Faster Internet, Children Feel Worse About Their Lives

Who wouldn’t want a faster internet connection? Kids who want to feel good about their lives, maybe. A new analysis of data from 6,300 children carried about by researchers at University of ...
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/ / Children, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Emotion-Affective Psychology, Internet, Media Psychology & Technology, Social Psychology