TITLE Scent loss and distortion due to COVID-19 shines new light on the nose DESCRIPTION The field of Psychology has long studied the topics of Sensation&Perception. We know that there are more than the five basic senses though most people can only name the five. Perhaps the sense of smell (the olfactory sense) doesn’t… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Stress and Health Psychology
Psychology Update — Reliving Trauma Through Virtual Reality is Helping Veterans With PTSD
TITLE Reliving Trauma Through Virtual Reality is Helping Veterans With PTSD DESCRIPTION This link is to a 2-minute video that discusses and briefly demonstrates the use of Virtual Reality therapy as a tool to help veterans with PTSD. “Soldiers who experienced combat trauma have a new way of getting help — walking through a… Read more »
Psychology Website of the Week — Psychology Today: Addiction
PSYCHOLOGY WEBSITE OF THE WEEK TITLE Psychology Today: Addiction URL https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/addiction DESCRIPTION This Psychology Today website can be used a both an in class teaching resource and a valid informational repository for students. Topics covered include: What Is Addiction? Symptoms Causes Treatment Relapse Compulsive and Addictive Behaviors Drug Trends Recent posts on… Read more »
Psychology Update — Why Does Alcohol Mess With My Sleep?
TITLE Why Does Alcohol Mess With My Sleep? DESCRIPTION Lots of folks have a “night cap” to help them fall asleep, however though they may drift off into sleep more easily, the alcohol has a deleterious effect on the sleep cycle. “…there’s a good chance that too much alcohol will mean a fitful night… Read more »
Psychology Update — How to Build Resilience in Hard Times
TITLE How to Build Resilience in Hard Times DESCRIPTION What an important article by the fabulous science writer of the NY Times Jane E. Brody! In this article she addresses the difficulties that people go through in their lives including the current continuing pandemic. How individuals cope in hard times is the focus… Read more »
Psychology Update — Try These Brain Foods to Improve Your Mood
TITLE Try These Brain Foods to Improve Your Mood DESCRIPTION Can food affect our mood in the sense of improving it when we feel stressed? Can food affect our feelings of depression? Are there such things as comfort foods? “For years research on healthy eating has focused primarily on physical health and the link… Read more »
Psychology Update — Pandemic Anxiety Is Fueling a Rise in OCD Symptoms
TITLE Pandemic Anxiety Is Fueling a Rise in OCD Symptoms DESCRIPTION This is a very long and extremely comprehensive article that not only discusses Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, the causes and treatments, but also, more importantly, how the pandemic has increased the incidence of the disorder. The article begins with an anecdotal case about Roasalyn. … Read more »
Psychology Update — 3 Articles Related to Eating Disorders, Food Addictions, & Stress Eating
3 Articles Related to Eating Disorders, Food Addictions, & Stress Eating (Though these articles are a recent few years old, they are more relevant now than ever through the pandemic.) ARTICLE #1 TITLE Here’s Why You Stress Eat — And How to Stop Doing It DESCRIPTION This interesting article details a number of… Read more »
Psychology Update — Inside the Effort to Expand Virtual Reality Treatments for Mental Health
TITLE Inside the Effort to Expand Virtual Reality Treatments for Mental Health DESCRIPTION Most of us think of “virtual reality” as a headset with games. However, over the past few decades VR has been used a an important tool in treating a variety of Psychological Disorders. “The term “virtual reality” had been coined less… Read more »
Psychology Update — ANXIETY
TITLE ANXIETY DESCRIPTION WOW! This is quite a comprehensive article about the topic of ANXIETY!!! The article covers the entire spectrum of the disorder, symptoms, types, causes, and treatments. “Anxiety is both a mental and physical state of negative expectation. Mentally it is characterized by increased arousal and apprehension tortured into distressing worry, and… Read more »
Psychological Science: The Curious Mind
Abnormal Psychology, 15th Edition DSM-5-TR Update
Behavioral Neuroscience
Personality, 15th Edition
Cognition, 11th Edition
