DR. PATRICIA A. FARRELL

The world is full of possibilities and anyone can have hundreds or thousands of “friends.” Why, then, has loneliness reached epic...

Is there any relationship between a religious belief, aka a belief in a god, a sense of spirituality, mindfulness and our...

Mental illnesses have a jarring, disruptive effect on people’s lives, of that there is no question. The World Health Organization has...

Dr. Philip Zimbardo ©Londonrealtv.com Greenlighting a film on a famous psychology experiment may have seemed like a great idea for...

Psychology has a past which would never meet current standards of behavior. Four eminent, widely quoted and revered members of the...

Do you regularly check your EOB (Explanation of Benefits) charges on Medicare/Medicaid or other insurance billings? Why should you...

Suicide is a serious issue, problem, dilemma—you pick the word. Whichever one you use it all means that suicide is seen, by too many, as...

The wheels of justice, like the mills of the gods, apparently, grind exceedingly slowly, but they do a fine job, unless a wrench is...

Jeffrey Epstein, Vanity Fair

Scores of students flow into the higher education system each year, a river of neophytes, the majority of them with their eyes wide and...

Mentoring, like teaching, is an honorable activity and many of us are called to one or both because we believe we can help, and we can...

Writers try, by any means possible, to promote their books or articles or whatever they produce. Being a psychologist and self-help book...

Artificial intelligence (AI for the uninitiated), we’re told, will take our jobs, run our homes and our lives and make almost virtual...

Grandmothers are, for the most part in my experience, nice ladies. Ok, some of them aren't so nice and I know of at least one who refuses...

Everyone has a story or many stories in them and each story can engage, emotionally move us or be disturbingly boring. The difference in...

Britney Spears is, unquestionably, a super star who has worked hard to attain the type of stardom she currently enjoys, but there's a fly...

My latest book, A Mind on Fire: Questioning Madness, Medicine and Life, is now in ebook format on Amazon (soon to be additional sites)...

Valentine's Day is fast approaching and visions of chocolates, satin hearts, Frederick's of Hollywood outfits and special trips or...

The blackboard was always a symbol of fear to me as a child in a Catholic grammar school. Boys who ventured with great trepidation to the...

"I'm bored!" The cry goes out in a thousand homes, innumerable offices and even at social events. It is the bête noire of the 21st...