In this series we have been reviewing commonly held ideas about mental illness and mental health that, outside of psychiatry, are often...

Are people with mental illnesses more violent than those without them? Many state legislatures have recently acted on the idea that they...

We have been discussing in this series the link between values and self-esteem: how defining the former can inform conscious choices...

Joshua Waitzkin, the subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer,[1],[2] describes in his own book, The Art of Learning: An...

We can create good self-esteem through identifying personal values we choose from society, then ensuring that our behavior supports...

Self-esteem can be built by behavior consistent with personal values. Previous posts[1] have shown that this process works essentially...

“…everyone else would have done it.” Mallory Holtman, Central Washington University On April 26, 2008, senior Mallory Holtman played in...

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” – Anonymous, often misattributed to Edmund Burke[1] The...

Character is a vibrant word, referring to mental and moral qualities, a distinctive nature, strength, originality, and reputation. It can...

(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...

(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...

(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...

(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...