Psychiatry and Psychology

A simple question: Why doesn't Tourette Syndrome manifest in written form? The "illness" is restricted to speech. Points to discuss. 1. The written word and the spoken word vis-à-vis our brain's language center. 2. A possible "cure" if, for instance, we can fool the brain of a Tourette person into thinking s/he's writing instead of speaking.

Some of you familiar with my posting style probably realise that my understanding of psychology is close to zero. Perhaps you can help raise it a notch or two. I'm sure all of us at some point or other have read a post that exposed our ignorance. @Mordred and @Markus Hanke for example frequently leave me feeling exposed as an idiot without seeming to pause for breath. But I do exit that thread a little less of an idiot. So why do a number of us seem to automatically assume that such exposure of our ignorance was intentional and malicious? No names no pack drill. Just curious.

Psychology is, at the end of the day, a soft science, a very, very soft science. Some say much of its findings can't be replicated which is a serious setback to any field wanting to claim the IS A SCIENCE badge. If I'm way off the mark, please someone do kindly educate me!

I think I have heard the young infants, when presented with a choice of toys will (presumably w/o cues) tend to choose cars etc rather than dolls depending on the genetalia they have. Have I described these experiments correctly and ,if so what might that tell us? (Do we choose our group at the outset of our lives or do parents who try to prevent early gender assignments have a point ?) Apologies that I do not have any references as this is just something I picked up on the TV.

Have there been systematic attempts to identify psychological parameters so as to predict behaviour at the individual or group level? If so,is there a list of these parameters and how successful have predictions based on them been? (I don't mean astrological signs😏 )

The term ''Aphantasia'' sounds like a condition and there shouldn't be a term for a normal and not unusual phenomenon. The term didn't exist back then, The phenomenon occurred in the stone age where the majority of people didn't visualize images when awake in the stone age and majority of Neanderthals didn't visualize images when awake, either. The methods that they did was imagine without visualizing and mentally conceptualize images. 100% of people in the stone age didn't visualize images awake when they were born. This is very true that this phenomenon started it in the stone age because as of now 100% of people weren't born to visualize images consciously when awake. …

Since early 2022, I've been seeing some articles that was about the alleged condition called ''Aphantasia'', They say it is a inability to form mental images, The condition is not real and I'll give you reasons that is not real: 1. It is not a recognized condition 2. It is not in the DSM-5 as a official condition and it doesn't say anywhere in the manual that there's a inability to form mental images. 3. It doesn't have a validated diagnosis, Most psychologists never heard of this condition before nor psychiatrists. 4. The term is coined in 2005 by a neurologist and has led to the internet being curious believing it's real. Overall, It is not a real …

Hello I made some researches on google about this but the results I find don't satisfy me I'm going to explain a situation where someone can't motivate himself to do his work, I hope you to suggest ideas for this person to be motivated, I will evoke some I have in mind This is my situation and I really hope that if I find help here, it could help other people too __________________________ I have a disability pension (diagnosed schizophrenia, live in France), single, no children (I'm 25), live alone in an apartment, in touch with some family members, no driving license, no medication. I have multiple goals, the first one I want to achi…

EDIT: MODERATORS, PLEASE MOVE TO PSYCHOLOGY FORUM Hi team, I am just wondering if psychologists have investigated methods for developing a person's ability to be "good". In this case I mean to have a particular mindset of wanting to do the right/ethical thing. I am specifically thinking in the context of policing. If you were trying to create police officers who were model officers for the rest of the world law enforcement (i.e. less inclined towards corruption, abuse etc etc than police) is there some sort of training that could be or has already developed? Just to clarify, I am not asking about the recruitment process where steps could be taken to we…

What is the little device? The Optometrist puts it on your eyes, and he /she can find out your naked eyes' vision directly? She told me my naked eyes' vision is about (L)10/20, (R) 10/20. which is very correct. The device is like a cigar case.

hello, i'm asking myself why someone would vote for a president that anyway will have thousands/million of votes (+1 is insignificant in this case IMO) same about someone leaving a like on a youtube video that already have thousands. is that part of what we call "union" ? or it's just a weakness that you practice to feel less small, more important ? how do we call this phenomenon ?

Simple logic tells us that those atop a societal hierarchy will provide rewards for professionals—be they clergy or psychiatrists—who promote an ideology that maintains the status quo, and that the ruling class will do everything possible to manipulate the public to believe that the social-economic-political status quo is natural. If a population believes that its financial and emotional suffering are caused not by social-economic-political variables but instead by individual defects—be it noncompliance with religious dogma or faulty biochemistry—this “individual-defect” belief system can be a more powerful and less expensive way of maintaining the status quo than…

Hello I try to find a way to think without talking to myself in my head using my language. (I don't mean I have my own language) (I don't always speak to myself when thinking (for example when I take a quick decision), and I don't ask questions like there was two me) I want to find a way because often it makes me tired, like it's to much, I also want to check if it would be more effective/faster. Sometimes I notice the thought is over but the sentence is not yet... so recently I started to try to don't finish them. Do you have any suggestion please ?

A few years back there was a study by Stoet and Geary (2018). The gender-equality paradox in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Psychological Science, 29, 581–593. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617741719 In that report the authors claimed that the in more equal societies women are less likely to choose STEM careers. While there are issues with the overall interpretation of cause and effect, as well as potential of simplification (i.e. narrative vs data) it certainly created quite a buzz. I did not really followed up on it, but came across a few interesting tidbits. Apparently other researchers took a closer look at the numbers an…

There has been a move in the UK NHS to invoke the technique of 'social priming' to improve workplace communications during these stressful times. The work of Yale Professor John Bargh has been put forward to support this. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03755-2 However there has been more recent work to suggest this is less effect than JB found https://digest.bps.org.uk/2019/01/02/now-john-barghs-famous-hot-coffee-study-has-failed-to-replicate/ So my question for discussion here is In the light of some recent rather bitchy threads, could we learn anything at SF to improve our own communication skills ? …

If puberty starts at between ages 10 and 14 in girls, and 12 and 16 for boys, why is the diagnostic criteria for Pedophilic Disorder is sexual attraction for older adolescents is ages 13 and under? Shouldn't diagnostic criteria for Pedophilic Disorder be is when an older adolescent has sexual attraction to people aged 9 and under for girls, and under 12 for boys? Because when you hit puberty, you are no longer prepubescent child anymore. But, at age 10 and 12, you are still too young to have adult relationships. It can be called Pedophilic Disorder, Hebophillic type, by empathizing that at ages 10 and 12 are pubescent, but depending on how an older adolescent has sex…

I was reminded today of a book I had in the 60's called The Luscher Colour Test. It came with a set of cards like samples from the paint store. The colours you like and don't like supposed tell a lot about your personality. Only, I find that far too general. Yes, there is something to green being restful and red being exciting, but it's not very informative. I think people have particular, personal associations with some colours to which they respond strongly, while they may be indifferent to or ambivalent about other colours. There is also a great variety in colour perception. Do you find that the colour scheme of a room affects your mood when you're in it? How…

Hi everyone, I'm new here so in case something is wrong I apologize. When it comes to psychology, I'm a total layman, so the question can be quite simple. For a long time I believed that the thought of jumping from a very high place (or similar thoughts) was uniquely called "Call of the void" (which is not completely wrong), but today talking to a friend, she tells me that the name of this is actually "intrusive thoughts". She has a degree in psychology so there's no reason to doubt it, but I'm a little stubborn so I've been trying to look a little bit more about it. Is there any difference between the two? Is "Call of the void" a subcategory of "Intrusive Thoughts"?…

Greetings All, If you’re up for a brief but insightful exchange of perspectives and, perhaps, withering criticism of same, then this is a discussion for you. Regardless of your IQ on the science and subject, I will make every effort to keep our brief discussion accessible to all knowledge levels. Let’s begin with a couple of definitions on which we should all agree: Mind – the environment of cognitive activity within the brain that arises from brain function and is quantified by a brain’s capacity to integrate dichotomous sensory information with memory through a process that produces behaviors independent instinct. Essentially, a mind enables proactive ove…

The French saying "L'appel du vide" or in the literal English translation "The Call of the Void" presents the inexplicable desire to kill yourself or to think of killing someone at a particular moment. "It is however, a feeling common enough that studies have been dedicated it" - Kara Goldfarb, assuming that almost every person has felt these thoughts at least once in their life, and they last very briefly, only a few seconds. Once the thought passes, the man becomes aware of and expels himself from danger. However, the "call of the void" should differ from suicidal tendencies and aspirations because they do not have emotional stress, but come spontaneously and are …

CharonY mentioned relationship between serotonin and anger/aggression. How strong is the relationship? Is the effect size huge? Is is a clear case that levels of anger and agression drop with increased levels of serotonin?

Today I learned that I am better off dead. Because my homosexuality is pathological(biological issue,neurobiological problem). I coulnt even go in front of a camera because of my looking/face. like if I wanted to create an international song I couldnt because of my face! People would look at my face and think ,,faxxot“! Ouch! I couldnt become a director neither because when I sit in front of a camera(late show) people would look at my face and think this guy looks weird ugly!!! Thats too much for me! my homosexuality had a deeper biological issue and leads to problems!

A spiritual successor to my Canada's Too Cold thread. Before I proceed, I want to make as clear as humanly possible; because you know there are some people out there who will strawman anyone who dissents from conventional wisdom; that I am fully aware that it's within one's rights, under the law, to dress how one chooses absent literal violation of public decency laws. However. One thing that has bugged me a little; in the context of whether to make said laws more restrictive or less so; or alternatively, whether to make it more restrictive in a school context than in the broader one (as also applied to other free-speech limitations lik…

Solipsism Syndrome is "a psychological state in which a person feels that reality is not external to his or her mind". But is derealization/depersonalization related to this source of anxiety? Do they exist on a spectrum? People who suffer from derealization say that they feel like they are in a dream. But what does that mean? Dreams obviously happen inside your own head. Therefore if you are in a dream, no one else exists. In a sense we can never know what another person is thinking. We can only infer they are conscious from their behaviour. So is derealization, with symptoms like perceptual and emotional abnormalities, a result of anxiety-induced solipsism?

I know there is not much information out there and there is lot of talk but not any hardcore science. But the theory why some people do crime and not other people is their brain yes the way their brain is wired and well some other people say chemical imbalance problem that these people have well really hard time to control his or her own self. And there seem to be this debate among people that some people say low IQ and other people say chemical imbalance. But is there well any agreement among doctors and scientist today? And well people who are poor may well steal or go around asking people for money at the 711 they are not normally violent or have hard time co…