Mental Health
Therapy, wellbeing, burnout and psychiatric care.
I Played a Fictional Mother Racing to Reunite With Her Daughter — and Failed
A psychiatrist's firsthand account of the 'Walking in Their Shoes' simulation reveals how the child welfare system is structurally designed for parents to fail — and why mandated reporters need to experience it before filing a single report.
When a Child’s Eyes Get Stuck on Sadness: How Depression Rewires Attention Differently by Family Risk
A groundbreaking longitudinal study reveals that childhood depressive symptoms and attentional biases toward emotional faces reinforce each other in a bidirectional cycle — but the pattern differs dramatically based on whether a child has a maternal history of depression.
When AI Beliefs Tighten Their Grip: Why Pushing Back Makes It Worse
A psychiatrist explains why direct confrontation with loved ones caught in AI-driven delusional spirals backfires, and how cultivating insight through metacognitive techniques offers a gentler path forward.
Preaddiction: When Knowledge Fails to Guide Action—The Hidden Early Stage of Addiction
Preaddiction is not about ignorance—it’s about a breakdown in translating knowledge into behavior. Emerging neuroscience reveals it as a critical, modifiable risk state where decision-making circuits weaken before full addiction takes hold.
Think You Just "Hate" Driving? Here’s What’s Really Going On Behind the Wheel
Freeway phobia isn't about traffic—it's about feeling trapped. Learn how the hidden mechanics of spatial fear work, and why the right three tools can finally set you free.
Inclusive Paths: Navigating Specialized, Trauma-Informed Care for Modern Identities
An exploration of therapeutic approaches that center multicultural, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, and trauma-informed care to empower individuals and families within a world not designed for their unique truths.
If a Mental Health Diagnosis Feels Wrong, There’s a Reason: 5 Common Autism Misdiagnoses and Why They Happen
If a mental health diagnosis feels off, it might be autism. Explore five common alternative diagnoses, understand why they occur, and learn how to advocate for an accurate evaluation.
Beyond the Gender Grievance: Deconstructing the 'Boy Crisis' Through Class, Mental Health, and Algorithmic Influence
An investigation into why the 'boy crisis' narrative is a flawed lens that merges class divides, a universal youth mental health crisis, and automated algorithmic pipeline dynamics into a single gender-grievance debate.
Breaking the Thought Loop: How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Rewires Distorted Thinking
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most extensively researched psychotherapy in history. This article explores how CBT identifies and restructures cognitive distortions, its core techniques from cognitive restructuring to behavioral activation, the specific variants developed for insomnia and eating disorders, and what decades of meta-analyses reveal about its effectiveness across depression, anxiety, PTSD, and beyond.
KAIST Launches Mind Care & Growth Center: A Multidisciplinary Approach to AI-Induced Mental Health Challenges
KAIST's Mind Care & Growth Center integrates clinical services with AI research to address algorithmic anxiety, AI dependency, and digital wellness through evidence-based interventions and global collaboration.
The Paradox of Effort: Why Trying Too Hard Often Undermines Success
Exploring the psychological phenomenon where deliberate attempts to achieve mental states like relaxation, charm, or confidence often produce opposite results due to over-control and self-monitoring.
Portland Mental Health Therapy: Trauma, Social Justice & Multicultural Identities
Therapy services in Portland specializing in trauma, social justice, multicultural identities, LGBTQIA+ identities, disability, immigration issues, anxiety, grief, suicide prevention, family system stress, and relationship repair.