Happy Saturday, sweet readers!
This week’s Psychology Around the Net covers everything from the psychological reasons Black Friday shopping puts us in a frenzy to how psychiatry as we know it could be affected by the ever-growing testable causes regarding psychiatric disorders — and much more!
10 Psychological Reasons Why We Go Bonkers for Black Friday: The much-anticipated (or dreaded, depending on who you ask) Black Friday is just a few days away, and if you’re planning to take advantage of some deals (or wonder why people enjoy this day at all), take a look at some of these psychological insights.
Fear of the Unknown Common to Many Anxiety Disorders: Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago report that many types of anxiety disorders — including social anxiety, panic disorder, and specific phobias — share “an increased sensitivity to uncertain threat,” or as well common folk like to call it, “fear of the unknown.”
Marijuana Appears to Benefit Mental Health: Study: Seems like we have a lot of marijuana studies, doesn’t it? However, no matter how often such studies are in the news, marijuana is difficult to research due in part to its classification as a Schedule 1 drug. Now, with 28 states allowing some form of legal marijuana use, will we see those studies begin increasing? For now, a team of researchers in the U.S. and Canada have reviewed the science and found that cannabis help people with anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but not people with bipolar disorder as it seems to cause more negative than positive side effects.
Mental Illness in a Test Tube: Could psychiatry actually become obsolete “as psychiatric disorders become attributable to specific, testable causes”? Nathaniel P. Morris, a resident physician in psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, takes a look at psychiatry’s past and present, and what we might expect from it in the future.
Actress Shelley Duvall reveals struggle with mental illness on ‘Dr. Phil’: Usually, many people consider it a good thing when a public figure shares his or her life with mental health issues because it can help break down the stigma of mental illness; however, Dr. Phil is getting some mixed reviews for interviewing The Shining Actress Shelley Duvall: “‘Your exploitive use of Shelly Duvall is a form of LURID ENTERTAINMENT and is shameful,’ Vivian Kubrick, the daughter Stanley Kubrick — who directed The Shining — wrote on Twitter.”
How Exercise Might Keep Depression at Bay: “Scientists have long questioned whether and how physical activity affects mental health. While we know that exercise alters the body, how physical activity affects moods and emotions is less well understood.”
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