Are Athletes More Likely to Commit Violent Crimes? Short Answer: No Dr. Hoobs: ‘Using sports as a means of expressing aggression is in most cases actually a healthy method to channel built up aggression or rage.’ Read more More
Why Your New Year’s Resolution Will Probably Fail … Again Dr. Joshua Hooberman debunks the myth of change; that it is easy to alter staid patterns of behavior. Change is hard — it takes internal effort and motivation. Read more More
Ten Bucks Says Your New Year’s Resolution Will Fail So you’ve gone ahead and made some New Year’s resolutions. It’s Week #1, and you’ve been to the gym or you’ve been nicer to your mother. Our resident clinical psychologist and in-house buzzkill says don’t start celebrating just yet. Read more More
I Was New to New York When the World Exploded “After a few hours, I reached home, sat down, drank a beer. And then the sitting began for two weeks, glued to the television. Slowly the details came, and with it a bout of depression, then a brief bout of patriotism. Both passed.” Read more More
Bloodlust in America: Sex and Violence are Comfortable Bedfellows The orgiastic celebration over the death of Osama bin Laden, as horrible as he may have been, leaves Dr. Joshua Hooberman with an acrid taste. Our resident psychologist breaks down American bloodlust and wonder whether it’s worthy of civilization. Read more More
Suicide Season Starts Now: Why April Really is the Cruelest Month Suicide risk is not greatest during the holidays. People who are so depressed in winter may lack energy to do anything, including devising a plan and then engaging in a suicidal act. Find out why you need to be more aware now. Read more More
The Continuum of Crazy: When Is The Line Crossed? Is Jared Lee Loughner’s paranoia about currency and mind control that different than Tea Party birthers or 9/11 conspiracy theorists? Yes, but how do we characterize those who believe our president is going to enact “death panels” to Medicare practice? Read more More