A new study by psychologist Pia Callesen, published in the reputable journal Scientific Reports in Nature (2020), shows that Metacognitive Therapy is way more effective in treating depression than usual treatment.
The fact that anger can have adverse effects on behavior is evident. When people get angry, they behave in ways that they normally would not do. So, anger seems to impair or even block rational thinking. Continue reading
Posted in Behaviors, Clinical Psychology, Mental Health, Stress
Tagged anger, anger management, angry, empirical, evidence, motivational intensity model
A new large-scale study of over 12,000 participants shows that higher income is associated with less daily sadness but not more daily happiness (Kushlev, Dunn, & Lucas, 2015). Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Mental Health, Psychology, Stress, Success, Well-being, Work Life
Vacations provide an opportunity for relaxation and mental downtime.
The summer vacations have just ended for most people. So, you might wonder how long you benefit from the effects of your holiday? Ought we go on holidays to relieve work-related stress and to stay well? Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Psychology, Mental Health, Psychology, Stress, Well-being
Tagged holidays, vacation, workaholic, workaholism
Natural sounds such as birdsong and the sound of water have been used in stressful situations like surgical procedures, and have demonstrated stress-relieving effects via the autonomic nervous system Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Psychology, Psychology, Stress
Tagged autonomic nervous system, natural sounds, stress test
We get exposed to noise all the time, but how does it affect our mind and body?
Posted in Environmental Psychology, Mental Health, Stress
Tagged blood pressure, health, noise, noise exposure, noise polution, pollution, sleep, stress, the nervous system, traffic noise
When we face stressful life events, we typically use many kinds of coping strategies to deal with them. Sometimes we confront problems, and sometimes we avoid problems. Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, Coping, Depression, Mental Health, Stress
Tagged coping, emotion-focused, emotions, problem-focused, stress
Relief is one of the most common emotions, and it is one of our few basic emotions. Most of our emotions have clear emotional valences. For example, happiness is considered to have a positive emotional valence; anger is considered to have a negative valence; and arousal is considered to have a neutral valence.
My name is Simon Moesgaard, a psychologist from Denmark, and this is my blog about psychology.
