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Psychology

book review Dec. 23, 2022

What Their Psychiatrists Won’t Tell YouIn Rachel Aviv’s book Strangers to Ourselves, personal narratives of mental illness take primacy over institutions’.

By Jane Hu
george floyd protests June 9, 2020

The Quiet Trauma of Watching Police Brutality on a ScreenA conversation with a psychologist about how violent footage can “absolutely” traumatize viewers.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

Oct. 20, 2017

Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump Takes a Psychological Fitness Test on ‘The […]The President Show has already taken us on a tour inside Donald Trump’s terrifying mind, but during last night’s episode they took it a step […]

By Megh Wright
ask an expert June 19, 2015

Why Pixar Movies Make Us CryBig eyes, full hearts, can’t keep it together.

By Alice Robb
July 23, 2014

Humor Sickness: What Makes Comedians Tick?Announcing your innermost insecurities and self-aggrandizing fantasies in public would generally be considered a strong indicator of mental […]

By Meredith Haggerty
reality television Jan. 23, 2013

Bravo Is Making a Psychologist Reality ShowTitled LA Shrinks.

By Jesse David Fox
tv Sept. 9, 2012

Seitz: How the Best Shows Are Turning Viewers Into Shrinks2011 was the season of TV on the couch.

By Matt Zoller Seitz