-
Borderline Personality Disorder May Be Rooted in Trauma
Two winters ago, after a spell of burnout landed her in the hospital, Ann began having disturbing dreams. Visions of her father turned into distressing flashbacks from her childhood—scenes of physical and psychological abuse. A
-
College Students Don’t Need Protection from the Truth
The collapsing justification for one university fad brings hope that others may follow. Even within the academic establishment, it seems that no one can mount a fact-based defense for the trendy notion that students need
-
Teens Who Spend Moderate Time Online Cope Better With Psychological Stress Than Others, Study Reveals
Teens could spend their whole day doing activities that drain their energy, which sometimes gives them psychological stress. But they also develop different coping strategies to destress, such as spending time online. A new study
-
The Secret to a Fight-Free Relationship
For decades, when Liz Cutler’s husband, Tom Kreutz, did something that bothered her, Cutler would sometimes pull out a scrap of paper from the back of her desk drawer. On it she would scribble down her
-
The Data Is In — Trigger Warnings Don’t Work
The original proponents of trigger warnings on campus argued that they would empower students suffering from trauma to delve into difficult material. “The point is not to enable — let alone encourage — students to
-
How Much Time Should Teenagers Spend Online?
As technology evolves and our lives become increasingly digital, deciding how much teenagers should spend online is a difficult problem for any concerned parent. While much has been said about the potential detrimental effects of
