This post gives an account of the processes that are involved in the learning of anxiety. More specifically, it will consider the theory of classical conditioning. Continue reading
Category Archives: Clinical Psychology
How People Pick Up Anxiety Through Classical Conditioning
Posted in Anxiety, Behaviors, Clinical Psychology, Learning
Tagged anxiety, anxiousness, classical conditioning, densensitization, extinction, phobia
Achieve Happiness Through the Experience of Flow

Go with the flow.
The following text is based on the book “Flow – The Psychology of Happiness” written by Csikszentmihalyi (2002), who is the psychologist behind the concept. The concept of flow describes a process of achieving happiness.
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Posted in Mental Health, Success
The Effects of Glutamate in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders are some of the most frequent psychological disorders, and the processes involved in fear conditioning seem to be the same across species, i.e. the same neural structures may be involved. Continue reading
Self-Harm as a Means of Coping With Emotional Distress
The number (prevalence) of self-harmers is relatively high in the general population. Self-harm is involved in as much as 225 out of 100.000 emergencies in the U.S., according to the emergency departments (Puskar et al., 2006). Continue reading
How Tryptophan Affects the Mind
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged depression, food, mental health, serotonin, tryptophan
Do What You Love and Stay Motivated (Self-Determination Theory)

Inner motivation and joy are tighly connected.
Posted in Mental Health, Success
Tagged motivation, self-determination theory, success, the overjustification effect
Were Our Ancestors Depressed?
In this article, I will try to sum up some evolutionary theories of depression. Have people always been depressed, or how is it? Continue reading
A Brief Overview of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychological disorder that might occur after someone has witnessed or experienced a traumatic event. Only a small number of people who have experienced a trauma actually develops PTSD. It is estimated that the majority of people have experienced at least one traumatic event by the age of 45. Continue reading