Tag: Family

Dr. Anthony Jorm and a Quest for Global Literacy with Mental Health

Paraphrasing from Dr. Tony Jorm, I'll make a prediction. You know someone who is suffering from a mental illness. Each year close to 20% of adults will experience a mental health issue that might include anxiety, a drug problem, clinical depression, an eating disorder, schizophrenia, dementia -- and quite possibly more than one. Despite the widespread … Continue reading Dr. Anthony Jorm and a Quest for Global Literacy with Mental Health →

Side note: Life on the other side of the road in New Zealand

In this Journey to Psychology we have now traveled about 7,000 miles/11,000 kilometres  in the United States and Canada, another 7,000mi/11,000km to get to Sydney,  Australia, and then another 1300mi/2200km to get to Aukland NZ with an additional 150 mi/250km north from Aukland towards Whangarei Falls (pronounced Fang-err-ai).  All told, our personal odometer for this … Continue reading Side note: Life on the other side of the road in New Zealand →

Insomnia and the Vicious Psychological Cycle

I very recently spoke with Dr. Allison Harvey (University of California -- Berkeley) and will soon be posting on that conversation. As ever, in advance of that conversation I endeavored to complete a deep dive on her background, and, in this case, that included many articles relating to her major scholarly topic: sleep disorders. At … Continue reading Insomnia and the Vicious Psychological Cycle →

The Happy Tale of Dr. Ed Diener

In some circles, Dr. Ed Diener is known as Dr. Happiness -- a moniker bestowed from his life's work exploring, testing, and determining how ones actions, thoughts, and circumstances relate to subjective well-being (SWB aka happiness). Dr. Diener is one of the most influential figures in Psychology for his tremendous research contributions, the charitable contributions … Continue reading The Happy Tale of Dr. Ed Diener →