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Cognitive Sleep

The Role of Cognitive Bias Modification in Treating Sleep Disorders

“This psychological connection provides an important basis for understanding the potential role of Cognitive Bias Modification in treating sleep disorders.” Sleep disorders are prevalent psychological and medical issues that can impact mood, focus, day-to-day functioning, and general well-being. While biological and environmental factors have an impact on sleep difficulties, psychological processes like attention, expectations, and

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Brain

Mechanical Forces in Brain Development: The Role of Mechanobiology

Picture an infant brain as a large, bustling town made up of thousands of neural cells that are constantly on the move, growing, dividing, pushing and pulling to reach their right place. Just as the physical forces shape buildings and roads in cities, the process of brain development involves mechanical forces which influence how the

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Health Psychology

Alzheimer’s Vs Dementia: What’s the Difference?

Think of a senior who becomes forgetful of what she discussed, asks the same question many times, and gets confused now and then about well-known locations. Her family might say, “She is a demented person.” But her doctor later finds that she has Alzheimer’s disease. Despite that, people tend to use both terms interchangeably; the

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Emotion Social

Nonviolent Communication: The 4 Steps of NVC Explained

All of us learned to communicate in a dialogue without being taught how we should act in case  of a dialogue failure. The technique, invented in the 1960s and 1970s by psychologist Marshall Rosenberg, is called Nonviolent Communication (NVC). As Rosenberg (2015) claims, the method focuses on relating to ourselves and to others in the ways that

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Therapy

What is Third-Wave CBT? Types, Techniques, and Uses

Think about a student who has an important presentation to provide; when her heart starts racing and her hands get sweaty, she starts worrying: “What if they think that I am an idiot?” Traditional cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers ways for the student to notice her thought, analyse it, and replace it with a more

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Clinical Health

The Role of DSM and ICD Classification Systems in Mental Health Assessment and Treatment

Mental health assessment plays an important role in understanding psychological difficulties and identifying patterns of symptoms that may indicate a mental health condition. Because people can experience similar symptoms in different ways, mental health professionals need standardised systems that provide common terminology and criteria for describing and classifying disorders. Such systems can support clearer communication

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Therapy

Psychological Conceptualisation: How Do Psychologists Understand a Person’s Difficulties? 

A person may seek psychological help for difficulties like anxiety, anger, avoidance, prolonged depression, or merely changes in his/her behaviour. Although these are various manifestations of mental health issues, their explanations may not always answer questions related to their cause, why they are still affecting the person, or why another person does not have the

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History

Mary Whiton Calkins: The Harvard PhD She Earned but Never Received

William James called the exam Harvard’s most remarkable doctoral exam. Over the years, he reiterated his belief more than once and had every reason to be confident, as he was a member of the committee that administered Mary Whiton Calkins’s PhD exam in 1895, along with Josiah Royce and Hugo Münsterberg, among other Harvard professors.

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Biopsychology

Neurotheology: The Neuroscience of Spiritual Experience

When meditating, do you feel completely tranquil? At prayer, do you get a sense of connection with a power greater than yourself, or do you experience a moment when your ordinary worries disappear? Whatever else these experiences might be spiritual, religious, meditative, or a deep psychological state you’ve probably wondered how they appear to the

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Therapy

Understanding Monotherapy in Mental Health

Imagine a physician giving a prescription for depression, epilepsy, hypertension or another chronic illness that includes only one medicine, where other doctors have already prescribed multiple medications and combined treatments. Is it best that the doctor uses just one medicine for you? A  single-treatment therapy, also known as monotherapy, refers to using a single medication

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