by jmalouff | Jan 2, 2021 | Mental health problems, Suicide
I interviewed three young adults who had each made serious suicide attempts as teens. The attempts included taking an overdose of drugs, jumping off a cliff, and self-cutting. All three were hospitalized after the attempts. From their attempts and the aftermath, these...
by jmalouff | Dec 6, 2020 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Social psychology
I just listened to a podcast about a 2004 crime case in the UK. A 14-year-old boy, “John,” pretended in an online chat room to be several different people: a teen girl, a man who killed the girl, and a woman leader of British Intelligence. His goal...
by jmalouff | Dec 6, 2020 | Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior
You might consider this a sh–ty article, but here we go. Let’s talk about poop. Specifically, I am interested in the information in poop. What information, you ask. Well, if you have fresh blood in there, you may have cancer, an ulcer, an auto-immune...
by jmalouff | Dec 6, 2020 | Job hunting, Social psychology, Work
A friend of mine recently had a management-consultant job interview in which he was asked to name the last book he read. I don’t know how he answered — he is not a regular book reader. My immediate perverse thoughts turned to what answers would be...
by jmalouff | Dec 6, 2020 | Social Support
Chris Watts murdered his wife and young children in my home state. Colorado. After he lied for days and then confessed during interrogation, some individuals started blaming his deceased wife, asking what she did to make Watts “snap.” Victim blaming,...