Stress reduces our ability to concentrate, integrate and process information; it also reduces our creativity and the mere desire to create. On the other hand, engaging itself into creative activities, regardless their productivity, may help to relieve stress. Relaxation by creative exericses may give us motivation to work on any demanding problems our work may require. What to do however if our work is not creative enough to keep us going? Is engaging in creative hobbies the answer?

Depression reduces our ability to function normally, but what exactly does it mean? To start with, depressive persons lack motivation which is required for even simpliest tasks we do each day.  Furthermore, depression lowers (or totally eliminates) self-esteem and destroys critical judgment abilities, and pessimistic way of thinking prevails. Finally, nothing seems to bring pleasure or spike interest anymore; one perceived there is no way out with the easiest problems, imaginary or real. 

Burnout refers to the overwhelming feeling arising due to overworking, taking on too many responsibilities, not having balance life style or being under too much pressure for way too long. Even though it is very usual for people refer to burnout as something fairly normal, it can lead to long-term consequences and damage significantly our psychological and physical health.

Children are considered to be vulnerable and defenseless. They lack critical judgment of their adult parents, they can easily be persuaded, and they have no way of defending themselves in difficult situation. However, it is also true that children are more flexible and far more resilient than adults, they can learn new languages in record times and switch from crying to laughing in a matter of seconds. Yet, children require help and assistance, the fact we should not forget.

Writing essays may prove stressful, especially if one is aiming at the best possible grades. Even though creative process cannot be easily described, all great essays have good structure in common and convince the reader by balanced and logical critical arguments. Critical reasoning is a skill which can be learned, so we give below some tips for writing good university-level essays.

In this article, we are discussing what mental illness is and why it occurs.

What one needs to be happy? Is it a tangible goal or a subjective feeling? Can one be happy when being poor, and can rich individuals be unhappy and depressed? Obviously, we all know the answer to this question, however why happiness is so hard to achieve? What are tangible and intangible aspects of happiness, and how it is connected to self-esteem and amotional regulation?

Psychosis seems to be struggling with accepting the reality, but what reality is being meant? People suffering from conditions involving psychotic episods seem to have some kind of alternative reality, their internal world, which is not overlapping with the environment as others perceive it. But what about our own internal worlds, are they so different from those of psychotic persons? In this article, we consider different aspects of psychosis and its relationship with the so called reality.

Being diagnozed with cancer unavoidably means stress which is often expresses itself through depression, anxiety and a number of other psychological problems. Yet some affected persons overcome the diagnosis by reducing the level of illness-related stress. In this article, we discuss different psycho-oncology issues such as child cancer, psycho-oncology counselling and wellbeing of persons with terminal diseases.

What neurotransmitters play a role in schizophrenia? In this article we talk about biochemistry of schizophrenia and psychosis.

What are antidepressants and how do they work?

How emotions, reactions and perceptions change during pregnancy?

Grades are important for students’ future, particularly in the realities of very competitive working enviroment. Universities use grades to sort students out as part of their selection procedures for competitive graduate programs. Yet, is it reasonable to substitute learning by grade obsession of some sort? It hardly seems reasonable. Nevertheless, the realities dictate our choices; in this article, we explain how one can stay motivated in the subject and cope with grade-driven madness around us.

Most students are getting nervous before the exam. Yet, some experience significant difficulties when trying to concentrate on exam’s content and are failing tests because of their nervousness and lacking ability to overcome stress. We talk below about ways to reduce stress and prepare for exams without a nervous breakdown. 

What is dependent and independet variable? When one uses parametric or non-parametric tests? What one-way and factorial ANOVA stand for? What are predictions used for? Here we talk about research design and statistical data analysis.

What neurotransmitters are involved in stress reactions? What is biological explanation of the so called ‘fight or flight’ response? What is HPA  axis and how it can explain stress? We answer these questions in the article below.

Far not everyone has fair access to health care, sufficient social support and anybody to turn to when something goes wrong. Loneliness, social inequalities, discrimination and marginalization of some subpopulations lead to many persons having limited access to social and health care. How these inequalities affect mental health? We discuss this topic in the article below.

How dementia changes everyday functioning? What relatives can do to make life of dementia patients easier? We talk about this issue in this article.

Why some persons develop PTSD after certain traumas when others do not? Does it depend on the trauma, or rather on personal circumstances and personality features of those who go through traumatic experiences? Can traumas be harmless? We discuss these issues in this article.

Being poor and happy? Rich and depressed? What is the exact relationship between wellbeing and resilience? And is financial situation the best estimate for 

Cultural environment, local mentality, social expectations affect individuals, their feelings and reactions. To which extent culture and social realities determine our personalities and reactions? Are our personalities secondary to our environment?

For a while, scientists were very enthusiastic about neuroscience. Could it solve medical mysteries? Would it decode our brain and behaviour? However, despite many catching headlines, we still have more questions than answers. Does it mean neuroscience is not capable of solving complex questions? Or perhaps we need to learn to pose the questions in rhw way which would allow neuroscience to give us answers we are looking for?

We often behave as conformists, and try to avoid conflicts and want to be appreciated by others. But how far such tendencies can stretch? Read this article about conformity and obedience to find out.

Piaget claimed that 6-year-olds don’t possess the ability of correctly identifying and reporting number of objects they see after the objects are being displaced or otherwise transformed, the ability Piaget referred to as ‘number conservation’. Donaldson and colleagues, however, proved otherwise: children are indeed capable of reporting a correct number of objects but… only if a Teddy bear does it! After an adult, an experimenter present in the room, changes the order and location of presented objects, most of the children don’t report the number correctly. They can do it, but they normally won’t if an adult intentionally introduced some changes. In this article, we discuss possible explanations to this phenomenon.

News about terrorism make us think about what happens around us. Who are those persons who spread violence? What pushes people to take their own lives? Can we talk about a certain ‘psychological profile’ of a ‘typical terrorist’, or is this problem is more of social nature? Are those who ‘have nothing to lose’ more dangerous than those who have more than they can spend? Can inequalities and discrimination trigger such a pathologic reaction? Obviously, a very puzzling and complex combination of psychological, social and economical issues leads to some persons becoming determined to end their life in suicide bombings. Radicalized, pushed to the edge, unhappy, sick or even evil? Who are those people? In this article, we try to understand the psychological nature of this complex phenomenon.

What form of integrative psychological therapies exists, and what is multimodal therapy? In this article, we compare Lazarus’ multimodal therapy with integrative therapeutic interventions.

In this article, we discuss therapeutic allience in light of different therapeutic approaches available in counselling psychology.

In this article, we discuss CBT and its applicability.

In this article, we are discussing what mental illness is and why it occurs.

In this article, we consider ethics issues and consequences of unethical behaviour. Professional bodies continuously point out importance of ethics, let’s find out why.

In this article, we consider differences and similarities between schizophrenia and delusional disorder.

In this article,  we discuss NICE guidelines for treating depression on the example of major depressive episode.

In this article, we discuss anorexia nervosa, its precipitating factors and consequences.

In this article, we discuss psychological and physiological consequences of starvation.

In this article, we analyze health gender gap. Why women and men differ in their health-related habits and attitudes? Let’s find out.

In this article, we consider effects of immunization, both on personal and societal level. What do you think? Send us your comments!

In this article, we consider pros and cons of immunization. Interested in the topic? Leave us a comment, let us know why you did or did not vaccinate your child. We would like to know your opinion!

We often behave as conformists, and try to avoid conflicts and want to be appreciated by others. But how far such tendencies can stretch? Read this article about conformity and obedience to find out.

In this article, we compare general systems, biopschological and holistic approaches with regards to inter- and interpersonal processes.

In this article, we consider precipitating factors of drinking. Social, psychological or genetically predisposed? Let’s find it out.

This article talks about depression, weather, social responsibility and local mentality. Why some regions have higher rates of depression compared to the rest of the world? Can we blame the society, the weather, or the individual for suffering from mental health problems? Read this article to form an opinion.

Women and men have different attitudes and preferences, also as smoking is concerned. Find out what gender gap in smoking consists of, and  how these differences can be explained.

We often behave as conformists, and try to avoid conflicts and want to be appreciated by others. But how far such tendencies can stretch? Read this article about conformity and obedience to find out.

What are the reasons for women staying with violent partners? In this post, we list different factors which contribute to women’s victimization.

How to write article critiques? Read some of our examples to learn to write good critical reviews. This is an example from biological psychology.

Struggling with wirting article critiques and review articles? Read this example to get better understanding of critical reasoning tehniques.

Does learning require social communication, or is it rather an internal process? We discuss these issues in the article below.

Struggling with statistics? These are some typical regression problems you may find useful.

How the trait theory differs from the personal construct theoyr? Read our article to find out.

Read below an article about different leadership concepts and research.