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A psychiatric disorder is a mental illness diagnosed by a mental health professional that greatly disturbs your thinking, moods, and/or behavior and seriously increases your risk of disability, pain, death, or loss of freedom.1 In addition, your symptoms must be more severe than expected response to an upsetting event, such as normal grief after the … Read more

Disinhibited social engagement disorder (DSED) is an attachment condition characterized by difficulty forming emotional bonds with others and a lack of inhibition around strangers. The condition tends to occur in young children who have experienced neglect, trauma, abandonment, or abuse. Most children are naturally cautious with adults they don’t know. For the most part, a fear … Read more

“Mommy issues” is a term used to describe the issues females face later in life due to the relationship they had with their mothers as a child. When referring to males, having mommy issues can mean being too close to their mother or seeking a partner who is like their mother, often comparing the two. … Read more

Have you ever found yourself having intrusive thoughts about something you haven’t finished? Maybe a half-done work project is keeping you up at night or the suspenseful plot of a novel you’re reading keeps circling your thoughts. There is a reason why it’s so hard to stop thinking about uncompleted and interrupted tasks, and psychologists … Read more

What Is Abnormal Psychology? Abnormal psychology is a branch of psychology that deals with psychopathology and abnormal behavior, or the patterns of emotion, thought, and behavior that can be signs of a mental health condition. The term covers a broad range of disorders, from depression to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to personality disorders. The term “abnormal” is the subject of … Read more

Have you ever noticed that you feel more motivated when you are empowered to make your own choices? That’s the idea behind self-determination theory, Self-determination refers to a person’s ability to make choices and manage their own life. Being self-determined means that you feel in greater control, as opposed to being non-self-determined, which can leave you … Read more

Are you interested in why and how people buy some products and not others? Have you ever wondered how media messages influence a shopper’s buying choices? If so, then you might be interested in the growing field known as consumer psychology. What Is Consumer Psychology? Consumer psychology is a specialty area that studies how our thoughts, beliefs, … Read more

Sports psychology is the study of how psychological factors influence sports, athletic performance, exercise, and physical activity. Sports psychologists investigate how participating in sports can improve health and well-being. They also help athletes utilize psychology to improve their athletic performance and mental wellness. As an example, a sports psychologist working with Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kobe … Read more

What is it that moves us or drives us to do the things we do on a daily basis? There are many theories of motivation, one of which focuses on arousal levels. In simple terms, the arousal theory of motivation suggests that people are driven toward situations and activities that will maintain an optimum level of arousal, such as alertness, interest, and energy. If … Read more

Many researchers have sought to understand what motivates human behavior. Is the way that we behave something we are born with, or does it develop due to the experiences we have? One theory that is more aligned with the former school of thought is the instinct theory of motivation. Here we explore what instinct theory is … Read more