Month: November 2013

Debunking myths about, and the research behind, so-called “evidence-based” therapies.  Article written by Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychologically-minded/201310/bamboozled-bad-science

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/the-mcrib-enjoy-your-symptom/281413/

For Thanksgiving, a psychoanalytic perspective on a seasonal food: McDonald’s McRib sandwich.  Article written by Ian Bogost.

http://www.psychsystems.net/Publications/1998/1.%20the%20scientific%20legacy%20of%20sigmund%20freud_Westen_psych%20bulletin%201998.pdf

A much-referenced classic about the implications of Freudian theory in a wide range of scientific and therapeutic domains.  Article written by Drew Westen, MD.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201205/freud-s-not-dead-he-s-just-really-hard-find

Freud continues to exert an enduring influence on psychotherapy today.  Article written by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-09-11/news/ct-x-0911-trice-column-20130911_1_many-things-good-fit-person

Personality may be closely linked to one’s frequency of likes and dislikes.  Article written by Dawn Turner Trice.