Psychology & Psychiatry

Self-Help Books Do More Harm Than Good
by eNotAlone.com
Canadian experts have found that so-called self-help books may actually do more harm than good to people who really need help. Researchers say that individuals with low esteem felt much worse after repeating positive statements about themselves.

How To Distinguish Between True And False
by eNotAlone.com
A recent neuroimaging international study has discovered that the ability to distinguish between true and false in our daily lives includes two distinct processes.

Desire To Look Attractive Linked To Fear Of Rejection
by eNotAlone.com
Individuals who are afraid of being rejected by their peers are under constant pressure to look good and attractive, says a new latest study by the scientists at the University of Kent and the University of Buffalo.

Good Body Image Can Harm A Woman's Health
by eNotAlone.com
All women want to look beautiful, slender and attractive, have perfect hair and the best clothes a woman can long for. However, according to the findings of a new study by U.S researchers, and extremely good body image can take its toll on a woman's

Childhood Photos Predict Happy Marriage Or A Divorce
by eNotAlone.com
Psychologists came up with a new evidence that a successful marriage or a divorce may depend on how much people smiled in old family photographs. Scientists at DePauw University in Indiana, USA, say that it is quite possible to predict whose marriage will

Naltrexone: New Drug - New Hope For Kleptomaniacs
by eNotAlone.com
It turns out that a drug that is commonly used to treat alcoholics and drug addicts, can have the same benefits when treating kleptomaniacs from their urge to steal, reports a new study by the University of Minnesota.

Women Handle Stressful Life Events Better Than Men
by eNotAlone.com
The experts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem indicate that women can handle stressful situations much better than men. According to a new scientific study, individuals have different reactions to strain, mostly due to their genetic differences.

Western Music Affects People Worldwide
by eNotAlone.com
New scientific evidence suggests that three basic emotions that evoke after listening to Western music, affect people all over the globe, regardless of their religion, culture or habits.

Women With PMS Spend Money Without Control
by eNotAlone.com
British psychologists suggest that ten days before their periods, women are more likely to make extravagant purchases and are less likely to control their spending habits than in other regular days.

How Are The First Impressions Formed
by eNotAlone.com
U.S. neuroscientists at New York University and Harvard University claim that they have identified certain brain regions that play role when we form our first impressions of other people. People have always believed that whenever they meet someone new

Why Is It So Difficult To Remember A Good Joke?
by eNotAlone.com
Have you ever noticed that it is much easier to remember bad jokes, rather than good and funny ones? Well, the scientists now claim that they finally have unraveled the reason why it happens so.

Want To Live A Longer Life? - Watch Yor Reaction
by eNotAlone.com
A person's ability to quickly react to different circumstances might better indicate his or her chances for a longer and healthier life, than their blood pressure, weight or exercise levels, reports a new study by British researchers.

Intuition More Reliable Than Brain When Making Decisions
by eNotAlone.com
According to psychologists, our instincts and intuition are more reliable in a decision making, than our conscious brain. A new study conducted at Northwestern University offers precise electrophysiological evidence that such decisions may not be

Part 1
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D.
What makes good people do bad things? How can moral people be seduced to act immorally? Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger of crossing it? Renowned social psychologist Philip Zimbardo has the answers, and in The Lucifer

The Importance of People
Type Talk at Work: How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job
by Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen, Hile Rutledge
Are you one of those organized people who always complete your projects before they are due? Or do you put off getting the job done until the very last possible moment? Is your boss someone who readily lets you know how you are doing?

Part 1
The Wise Heart; A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
by Jack Kornfield
You have within you unlimited capacities for extraordinary love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom - and here is how to awaken them. In The Wise Heart, celebrated author and psychologist Jack Kornfield offers the most accessible

Part 1
Musicophilia; Tales of Music and the Brain
by Oliver Sacks
With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition.

Flying High
Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania
by Andy Behrman
Electroboy is an emotionally frenzied memoir that reveals with kaleidoscopic intensity the terrifying world of manic depression. For years Andy Behrman hid his raging mania behind a larger-than-life personality.

Ambushed and Assaulted: Coping with the Unexpected
Turn Your Life Around: Break Free from Your Past to a New and Better You
by Dr. Tim Clinton
What happens when you can't get over the hurt? Those soul-deep wounds can ignite spiritual and emotional devastation, Dr. Clinton warns, unless you stop the downward spiral into despair.

The Story of the Mind
by James Mark Baldwin
Psychology is the science of the mind. It aims to find out all about the mind - the whole story - just as the other sciences aim to find out all about the subjects of which they treat - astronomy, of the stars; geology, of the earth; physiology