Category Archives: Psychology

What does it mean to be a Christian? (4-6-21)

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 What does it mean to be Christian or Jewish? https://twitter.com/lukeford/status/1379499997310328834 03:00 Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy, https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/ 10:00 Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=138249 21:00 Why Mental Health Treatment Often Fails, https://stuartschneiderman.blogspot.com/2021/04/why-mental-health-treatment-often-fails.html 22:00 Science Plays the … Continue reading →

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Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Luke Ford

Janet Malcolm writes in this 1982 book: * THE PHENOMENON OF TRANSFERENCE—HOW WE ALL INVENT each other according to early blueprints—was Freud’s most original and radical discovery. The idea of infant sexuality and of the Oedipus complex can be accepted … Continue reading →

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The Conscious Vs Unconscious Mind (3-31-21)

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Luke Ford
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Should antidepressants be used for major depressive disorder?

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Luke Ford

From a 2019 meta-analysis in the British Medical Journal: Conclusions: The benefits of antidepressants seem to be minimal and possibly without any importance to the average patient with major depressive disorder. Antidepressants should not be used for adults with major … Continue reading →

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The 10 Most Controversial Psychology Studies Ever Published

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Luke Ford

From the British Psychological Society: * 5. Loftus’ “Lost in The Mall” Study In 1995 and ‘96, Elizabeth Loftus, James Coan and Jacqueline Pickrell documented how easy it was to implant in people a fictitious memory of having been lost … Continue reading →

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