The Abnormal Psychologist

Ever wonder what the definition of insanity is?  No, it's not doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.  This episode discusses insanity and some legal history behind the term. 

This episode discusses morbid jealousy-- or the preoccupation that your significant other is unfaithful to you.  

This episode discusses parentification (when children are put into caretaking roles) and its negative and positive associations.  I also introduce a new piece to the podcast-- a trivia segment!  Finally, I discuss 2 books I would recommend to any aspiring psychologist. 

This episode discusses the roll-out of the 988 National Mental Health Hotline in July 2022-- and why I foresee challenges with the debut of the hotline. 

Ever encountered different diagnoses from different mental health providers and wondered which, if any, is correct?  This episode discusses dueling diagnoses and diagnostic uncertainty 

This episode shares best practices and resources in talking to children about death and dying. 

This episode looks into the relationship (or lack thereof) between birth order and psychology.  How birth order relates to intelligence, personality, and psychopathology is discussed. 

This episode discusses changes between the DSM-5 and the DSM-5-TR (text revision) -- including the introduction of a new disorder (Prolonged Grief Disorder)-- and various disorder name changes 

Ever act like a kid when you're stressed out?  This episode discusses the Freudian defense mechanism of regression.  We also touch on Peter Pan Syndrome-- when fully grown adults don't act their age

Why can't you remember your first birthday party?  This episode will attempt to answer that question by exploring the topic of early childhood amnesia (also called infantile amnesia) 

This episode, which comes by listener request, explores school shootings and introduces the field of threat/risk assessment. 

This episode covers one of the oldest and most commonly administered mental health assessments-- the Mental Status Exam (MSE). 

This episode wraps up Season 2 of the podcast with me reading mailbag questions.  In doing so, we brush on arithmomania, sanity, and Joe Goldberg from the Netflix series You.   See you in 2022! https://www.patreon.com/theabnormalpsychologist

This episode explores involuntary commitment (also known as civil commitment or sectioning)-- and how (and when) you can be admitted to psychiatric care against your will. 

Happy 50th episode!  This episode is a celebration episode and discusses the field of school psychology (in honor of National School Psychology Awareness Week).  https://www.patreon.com/theabnormalpsychologist

This episode delves into the psychology of conspiracy theories. 

This episode focuses on positive psychology-- on what makes us happy-- and also explores the concept of toxic positivity.  Along the way, I talk about Ted Lasso a little.  

This episode contains my ramblings and musings after reading Bessel Van der Kolk's The Body Keeps the Score: Brain Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma 

This episode is in response to a mailbag request and discusses homicidal ideation-- and whether it should be a standalone psychological diagnosis.  

This is a listener request episode that discusses what you can do as a psych undergrad to make yourself a stronger candidate for post-grad employment or for grad school.   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theabnormalpsychologist

This episode discusses divorce and its relevance to psychology.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theabnormalpsychologist

This episode is pretty wide-ranging-- it discusses mental health and the Olympics and touches on the field of sports psychology.   This episode also discusses Other Conditions that May be the Focus of Clinical Attention (or V-codes), which many clinicians sadly often overlook

This episode discusses Borderline Personality Disorder and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theabnormalpsychologist

In this episode, we talk about issues related to telehealth/teletherapy-- including concerns about encryption, licensure, and privacy. Teletherapy, for better or worse, is not going away (but I also don't see it as replacing in-person therapy). 

This is a wide-ranging episode.  We talk about Cave Syndrome-- or the cutesy name that's been given to anxiety in returning to the real, post-pandemic world.  We also discuss depression due to summer time heat-- which is an often overlooked aspect of depression with seasonal pattern.