I received the book Your Chance to Live early in grade school, when the cold war was winding down. It was a gift from the government meant to teach young children how to avoid environmental dangers, natural disasters, and nuclear wars. With its bizarre stories and illustrations, rarely will you find a better example of a product designed by committee. Here's a look inside Your Chance to Live.

Mike reports that he gets rather randy when he is fighting infection, and he wants to know why. If you have sex hormones and an immune system, there are some things that you should know.

Recent research suggests that antidepressants are no better than placebos. Other findings suggests that antidepressants are effective. The field is split, and clinicians tend to fall on one side of this argument or the other. How can you best decide whether antidepressants are the right answer for you? By asking your healthcare provider to do something unusual.

J.A. hit me with ten questions at once. I’m retaliating with ten answers because one good turn deserves a pound of cure.

The mind is always looking out for us, but we don’t have to believe everything that it says.

Most men don’t want to feel like children in their marriages, and most women certainly don’t want to feel like mothers to grown men. So how do so many couples fall into precisely that pattern, and what can they do about it?

Our wonderful, precocious daughter is about to turn five years old. Here are some of the lessons she has taught me along the way.

It feels good to give. Really, it does. It’s hard to feel bad when you’re focused on other people. But in our efforts to be charitable, we psychologists may be creating unintended problems.

Nothing psychology related in this post, just some pictures from a 20-mile hike through Denver.

Many people face seasonal mood problems as fall approaches here in the northern hemisphere. But not all seasonal mood problems look alike, as Sean’s story illustrates.

September is suicide prevention awareness month. The driving force behind suicidal behavior is difficult to comprehend, but understanding the source of suicide is a powerful tool in preventing it.

It is rare that I embrace poetry. As much as I appreciate a well-turned phrase, I’m about as unpoetical as a braying cat on a hot winter’s night. (See what I mean?) But this poem managed to catch even my unrefined eye.

An anonymous reader asked me to investigate recent news reports that certain Christians have smaller brains. Here’s what I discovered... Update: the study's author weighs in.

Some new (old) reasons to think twice before tinkering with your synapses by way of medication.

A few tidbits from the world of psychology, and a nude photo of yours truly.

Reverend Harold Camping’s followers aren’t the first to be disappointed after their doomsday failed to materialize. What happens inside the human mind when prophecy leaves them hanging? Probably something very similar to what transpires in my own mind on a fairly regular basis.

The question comes from Sreed, who wants to know if a person must believe in mental health treatment for it to work. It’s a difficult question to answer because anyone who asks for your trust probably doesn’t deserve it. I could say, “yes, psychology has earned your faith,” but that would contradict the aforementioned maxim. Hmm... this is a tricky one.

A couple of tidbits from the world of psychology and a brief book update.

It has been a quite a while since I’ve posted anything of substance, but it hasn’t been for naught. There are new and exciting things on the horizon.

Is it safe to eat junk food? Kiss your pet? Take an online personality assessment? Check out this new feature.