by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Social psychology
What percentage of Aussies want the country to become a Republic? What percentage believe in heaven? Have aliens from space visited the earth? What is your all-time favourite book? All these are questions pollsters and others ask the public. We want to...
by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | pandemic, Treatment
COVID-19 has spread like crazy. Experts say that viruses are not exactly life forms, but this one seems quite lively. If we look just at reproduction, COVID-19 is a huge success. I reckon that it deserves a better name, something like Mona Corona....
by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Social psychology, Well-Being
I recently watched a miniseries called Orthodox. It is a partly true story about a modern-day girl who flees from her Hasidic Jew life in New York. I was captivated by the hats that Hasidic men wear — high, cylindric mink hats. Also, the men have thin...
by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Emotions, Mental health problems, pandemic
COVID-19 and government responses to it have created a high level of uncertainty. Will I get the virus? Will I lose my job (or my business)? Will my retirement savings ever go back up? We like uncertainty when we are reading a novel or playing a board game....
by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Mental health problems, Treatment
Nowadays there are many useful types of treatment for mental health problems. Forward thinkers occasionally develop new treatment methods. In the past, some innovative treatment methods went awry. Take trephining, for instance, which was used hundreds of...