American Psychological Association

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"Few Friends Combined With Loneliness Hurts Health For Elderly," researchers at the University of Chicago find. "Heightened liking for sweetness has a biological basis and is related to children's high growth rate," says a University of Washington/Monell Center geneticist. "TV Show ER Goes Off the ... More >>

A Couple of Startling Facts

"Few Friends Combined With Loneliness Hurts Health For Elderly," researchers at the University of Chicago find. "Heightened liking for sweetness has a biological basis and is related to children's high growth rate," says a University of Washington/Monell Center geneticist. "TV Show ER Goes Off the ... More >>

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Middlemen Eviscerate Mental Health Benefits

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Middlemen Eviscerate Mental Health Benefits

Straightness 101

Christian Conservatives Take Their Antigay Campaign to the Schools

The High Cost of Loving

Christian Conservatives Take Their Antigay Campaign to the Schools

With Arms Outstretched

Redheaded indie wet dream Jenny Lewis brings even more of the good out of Rilo Kiley

The Interpretation of Reams

Talking with Albert Ellis, world-renowned anti-Freud therapist

Complex Persecution

A Long Island Family's Nightmare Struggle With Porn, Pedophilia, and Public Hysteria

APA: Gay-Straightening Doesn't Work

​A committee of the American Psychological Association has released a study that says gay-straightening has not been shown to work, and the APA's Council of Representatives passed a resolution suggesting that shrinks not offer such services to their patients. The Wall Street Journal reads i ... More >>

A Couple of Startling Facts

​A committee of the American Psychological Association has released a study that says gay-straightening has not been shown to work, and the APA's Council of Representatives passed a resolution suggesting that shrinks not offer such services to their patients. The Wall Street Journal reads i ... More >>

Study: Bad Things Are Worse the Second Time Around

​Scientists have undertaken to reveal a truth that no one really suspected was untrue, but anyway, now we know for sure! See, what happens is, when something unpleasant or painful happens to people, they generally take a little time and then forget about said event. But when they think it will ... More >>

Money Can't Buy Happiness, Says Science. Except When It Can.

​According to a new scientific study, the old adage bandied about by poor people -- you know, that money can't buy happiness or whatever -- is true. Freedom and personal autonomy are way more important to people feeling happy, reports the American Psychological Association, which based this fi ... More >>

You Are Why You're Fat

​According to a study published by the American Psychological Association, you might want to look in the mirror the next time you blame an innocent Double Down for that extra chin you just can't seem to lose.

Young Men's Initiative: The White Mayor's Burden

Bloomberg aims to help the young black and Latino men he has been throwing in jail for a decade