Psychology Around the Net: August 11, 2018

Gear up and get ready for the latest in mental health news, Psych Central readers! This week’s Psychology Around the Net covers a disturbing new trend involving selfies and plastic surgery, why some mental health professionals believe shopping addiction should be recognized as a mental illness, how mindfulness might not be the best practice for boosting productivity, and more. ‘Snapchat Dysmorphia’: How Chasing the Perfect Selfie Can Lead to Plastic Surgery: Ever heard of “Snapchat dysmorphia”? It’s a new term dubbed by researchers from Boston University School of Medicine’s Department of Dermatology in a recent article published in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery amid a disturbing trend plastic surgeons are noticing, which is — as you might have guessed from the term — people bringing in heavily filtered and edited selfies and asking for procedures that will make them look more like the “ideal” versions of themselves they’ve created. How This Founder Is Innovating in Mental Health by Bringing Matchmaking to Therapy: What could matchmaking and therapy possibly have in common? If you’ve ever had trouble finding a good fit when looking for a therapist, you’d know that matchmaking and therapy have a lot in common, actually, and Alyssa Petersel founded My Wellbeing to help match patients in New York City with compatible therapists. Shopping Addiction Should Be Recognized as Mental Illness, Say Experts: Professor ...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Addiction Brain and Behavior Celebrities Mindfulness Psychology Around the Net Research Technology Alyssa Petersel Brent Smith Compulsive buying disorder Eric Bass Get Up Innate Fear learned fear Meditation Mindfulness Medita Source Type: blogs