When Did We Get So Scared of 'Screen Time'?
The myth of brain rot from glowing rectangles
Psychology/Psychiatry
Return of the Reefer-Crazed Killer
"The black tide of psychosis and the red tide of violence are rising together on a green wave."
Prince Harry Blames Fortnite Addiction, Social Media for the World's Ills
Maybe people are just playing to escape all the Brexit news?
George Conway's Spat With Donald Trump Illustrates Psychiatry's Pernicious Influence on the Debate About the President's Fitness
Is Trump suffering from "narcissistic personality disorder"?
We Shut Down State Mental Hospitals. Some People Want to Bring Them Back.
Is "mental illness" a fraudulent concept for locking up social deviants? Or does forced treatment free the ill "from the Bastille of their psychosis?"
Ketamine-Based Antidepressant Nasal Spray Gets FDA Greenlight: Reason Roundup
Plus: Trump backtracks on Syria and the NSA promotes its cellphone charging services.
Violent Video Games Don't Make Players More Violent IRL
New study trashes crappy consensus correlating gaming violence and aggression in real life
Alex Berenson Is a Little Too Eager to Prove That Weed Makes People Crazy
The relationship between cannabis consumption and psychiatric diagnoses is more subtle and ambiguous than the anti-pot polemicist implies.
The Past and Future of Psychedelics with Rick Doblin
Reason's livestream with the founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), Rick Doblin.
Texas Woman, 61, Dies in Jail After Sitting There for Months over $300 Bail Order
She had a history of mental illness, and was arrested for misdemeanor trespassing in July.
Don't Count on Americans Hating Each Other Any Less Post-Midterms
Baffled by and fearful of each other, the political tribes remain consumed by loathing and dedicated to total victory.
A Decade Ago, 19% of Students Sought Treatment for Mental Health Problems. Now 34% Do
"Increasing prevalence of mental health problems and decreasing stigma help to explain this trend."
PTSD Study Finds Dramatic Improvement With MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy
One year after their final sessions, three-quarters of the subjects no longer qualified for a diagnosis.
Men and Women Are Less Alike in More Feminist Countries
Places that score high for gender equality also show more sex differences on personality tests.
FDA Recognizes Psilocybin As 'Breakthrough Therapy' for Depression
The designation could be a prelude to approving the forbidden psychedelic drug as a medicine.
The Marine Le Pen Case Shows That Supposedly Enlightened France Treats Political Speech As a Crime and a Symptom of Mental Illness
The right-wing politician faces prosecution and psychiatric examination for posting pictures of ISIS atrocities.
2 Female Mental Health Patients Die in Back of Police Van Fleeing Florence Floods
But several questions remain unanswered.
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Overprotective Parenting Led to Fragility on Campus
Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff explain how "good intentions and bad ideas" have made young people super-fragile-and how to make things better.
Gun Controllers Insist 'Congress Knows' How to Prevent Attacks Like the Jacksonville Shooting, but No One Actually Does
None of the usual solutions seems apt.
New Study: Trigger Warnings Might Make People Less Resilient to Trauma
"Trigger warnings may inadvertently undermine some aspects of emotional resilience."
My Teenage Video Game Obsession Wasn't 'Gaming Disorder'
I was a gay teen in the 1980s, hiding from a terrifying world in an arcade. The WHO's push to uniquely pathologize gaming won't help people like me.
Jordan Peterson Is Not the Second Coming
So why has a generation of wayward young men welcomed him as their messiah?
Video Shows YouTube Shooter Was Clearly 'Nuts.' What Happens Next Is Very Scary.
Get ready for ever-more-intrusive mental-health measures.
These Two Cases Illustrate the Pitfalls of Florida's New Gun Seizure Orders
How much evidence should be required to suspend people's Second Amendment rights?
Tracking Down the Elusive Left-Wing Authoritarian
"Left-wing authoritarians can be just as prejudiced, dogmatic, and extremist as right-wing authoritarians."
Florida Gov. Rick Scott Calls for New Gun Controls, More Cops in Schools
In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting.
Poker Champion Annie Duke on Making Smart Bets in Life, Politics, and Football
"Life is like poker," says Duke: Good choices and good outcomes don't always correlate.
Are Gun Violence Restraining Orders Consistent With Due Process?
Such orders can easily be used to take away innocent people's Second Amendment rights.
Disarming 'Individuals With Mental Illness' Would Affect a Quarter of the Population
Even a narrower approach, focused on purported risk, deprives many innocent people of their constitutional rights.
No, Trump Did Not Make It Easier for Mentally Ill People to Buy Guns
Shooting revives deliberately misleading talking points about a bad regulation both the NRA and the ACLU opposed.
New Psilocybin Research Suggests 'Set and Setting' Are Crucial to Helping Patients Get Better
How patients feel on psilocybin has a huge impact on how they feel weeks and possibly months later.
4th Circuit Approves Imprisonment of Sex Offender Convicted of a Nonexistent Crime
Although his conviction was invalid, the appeals court says, his civil commitment as a "sexually dangerous person" remains legal.
Is Trump a 'Very Stable Genius' or a Dangerous Lunatic?
Those are not the only choices.
Facts Matter After All
Studies debunk the claim that we live in post-fact, post-truth world.
Steady Rise in Student Perfectionism Since 1990s
College students have become more likely to have unrealistic demands for themselves and others, according to a new study.
Gen Z and Millennials Are Better Than Their Parents at Delaying Gratification
"A supposed modern culture of instant gratification has not stemmed the march of improvement."
Enlisting Marijuana and MDMA to Fight PTSD
Veterans turn to forbidden cures for relief from their nightmares.
The Futility of Looking for Mass Murder in Stephen Paddock's Brain
The reasons for the Las Vegas massacre cannot be found in the perpetrator's tissue or in the DSM.
Are Your Kids Too Fragile? How to Make the Next Generation More Resilient.
Lenore Skenazy, Jonathan Haidt, Peter Gray, and Daniel Shuchman launch, Let Grow, a non-profit devoted to promoting better policies for raising children.
Do Psychedelics Make People Less Likely to Commit Crimes?
Maybe people who are inclined to try psychedelics are less antisocial to begin with.
Is Minnesota's Indefinite Detention of Sex Offenders Punitive or Therapeutic?
An appeal asks SCOTUS to decide the question, noting that the program has released just one "patient" in 23 years.
