Can We Cure Schizophrenia in the Next Decade?

Is it possible to cure schizophrenia? Well, many of the students graduating today with Psychiatric Degrees believe it is possible and they are primed to do it. Indeed curing Schizophrenia would be an incredible gift to humanity.

Lucid Dreaming - Taking Control of Your Dreams

Sometimes, when we are dreaming, we suddenly realize that we are. When this happens we become fully awake within our dream. Sometimes it can be as simple as taking control of a situation within the dream and making it play out the way we want. Other times the entire dream world can completely transform around us and mold itself into whatever we imagine. This is called lucid dreaming and it is something that everyone experiences in varying degrees from time to time.

A Link Between Attention Deficit Disorder and Nutrition

Attention deficit disorder affects everyone.

Emergence Personality Theory - What Are Needs? (What is Layer 7?)

Very few personality theories define needs as separate from motives let alone define needs. In Emergence Personality Theory, needs are seen as a separate aspect of personality from motive and occur in the Inner Layers of personality, as four nested subsets of Layer 7. As part of the Inner Layers then, they never get damaged and remain intact as the empirical measure of each person's core identify.

The Audience is the Star Not the Entertainer

Making the audience the star means enrolling and engaging the audience in the performance, not performing at them. Audiences can read ego and shy away from it.

The Fox and the Hedgehog - Ideas and Thoughts

How can one successfully marry the positive cognitive qualities of the hedgehog (who knows one big thing) and the fox (who knows many small things)? How does this relate to the divergence-convergence mode of thinking?

Juvenile Violence in Modern Society

The main topic of this article is the investigation of reasons of violence among children. The gradation and reason of becoming criminals are offered.

Are You Arguing With Your Child?

Many parents believe that the best way to teach children to be successful is to teach them to obey. Teach them to argue, instead!

Application of Implicit Prejudice

This article refers to historical concept of prejudice and its changes in contemporary society. It explains meaning of priming technology.

Am I an Introvert? Or Just Shy? Or Something Else?

Being shy is different than being introverted. And having depression and self esteem problems as well as shyness and introversion can make life even more difficult and confusing. Sometimes the search for answers is endless.

Savant Syndrome and Severe Autism, Open Channels of Expression

What is Savant Syndrome? How do individuals have access to knowledge that most of us do not? What is the source? How does it differ from the agent dependent process I engage in with people with autism? I asked myself these perplexing questions. Upon reflection, I speculate this is what might be occurring.

Diagnosis of Mental Disorders by Clinical Psychologists - Is it Unethical?

The diagnosis of mental disorders by clinical psychologists may be unethical. The Code of Ethics For Psychologists requires that their work be founded on established scientific findings. The disorders of the DSM-IV are not founded on scientific research findings and... according to DSM-V editors... scientific validation of the disorders may not be possible.

Positive Psychology

This is really exploratory paper about the movement to make more people happy. In the USA and the UK efforts are being made by psychologists to encourage a more happy outlook in life in the belief that happy people are more productive, live longer, have positive health outcomes and over-all lead a better life. Sounds great - however I am sure the reader can almost sense the word - but!