Psychology Around the Net: July 15, 2017

Discussion: Because some of you might not have seen this on social media (and, obviously, other news outlets), I don’t want to give any spoiler alerts on this “larger discussion,” but I promise you might just walk away from it with the urge to talk with your own boss about company policies. Or, if you’re the boss, it might make you take a closer look at your employees’ mental health needs. These Are the 7 Things That Drive People to Get Things Done, According to Psychology: Clinical psychologist Mary C. Lamia takes a look at the different motivations that move people to chase not just success, but excellence in her new book, What Motivates Getting Things Done. Diabetes Mellitus More Prevalent In Psychiatric Patients Than General Population: A recent meta-analysis from the United Kingdom shows that diabetes appears to be more prevalent among psychiatric patients (such as those with mood disorders, schizophrenia (or schizoaffective disorders), and substance abuse disorders than it does among people with out psychiatric disorders. The Fine Art of Mental Illness: What Paintings Tell Us About Someone’s Psyche: JAMA Psychiatry has collected more than 10 years worth of monthly essays connecting visual art to psychiatry and mental health issues. Each essay by James C. Harris–a professor of psychiatry and behavioral science and the director of Johns Hopkins University’s Developmental Neuropsychiatry Clinic–focuses on one piece of art ...
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