Jonathan D. Raskin, Ph.D.

Why Horror Movies and Scaring Yourself Can Make You Feel Less Anxious Seeking out scares for sport is linked to a number of health benefits.

Why Horror Movies and Scaring Yourself Can Make You Feel Less Anxious

AI chatbots often violate ethical standards in mental health contexts A new study shows that even when prompted to use therapy techniques, AI chatbots often violate professional ethics. Their responses can reinforce negative beliefs and fail to appropriately handle…

AI chatbots often violate ethical standards in mental health contexts

OpenAI shares data on ChatGPT users with suicidal thoughts, psychosis The figure could mean potentially hundreds of thousands of users show signs of mental health distress weekly.

OpenAI shares data on ChatGPT users with suicidal thoughts, psychosis

Psychedelics May Rewire Memory Circuits Key to Mental Health - Neuroscience News New research suggests that psychedelic drugs may work by strengthening specific brain connections linked to memory and cognition.

Psychedelics May Rewire Memory Circuits Key to Mental Health - Neuroscience News

Soda and Soft Drinks May Increase Chances of Depression In Women, Claims New Study Soft drinks and diet sodas may be linked to higher depression risk in women suggests new research Read ahead to know how these drinks could affect your brain and mood

Soda and Soft Drinks May Increase Chances of Depression In Women, Claims New Study

Recording of the APA webinar on my new book, 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴, is free online. Watch on-demand: t.co/F12Y0fD2xr

Attention Bluesky shoppers: I’ve had a hard time getting going here. I only have 5 followers (compared to 1100 on X, which I want to quit). Please help me get more followers (10 or more). I’ll follow you back! Thank you. You may now resume your usual doom scrolling.

Mental Health in the Scroll Age | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine What is digital life doing to young minds?

Mental Health in the Scroll Age | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine

Opinion | What’s Lost When Liberal Arts Schools Close Small colleges secure the fraying social fabric that holds towns together.

Liberal arts colleges in danger.

Opinion | What’s Lost When Liberal Arts Schools Close

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Climbers in the West say the sport helps their mental health People using climbing walls in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire say it helps their mental wellbeing.

Climbers in the West say the sport helps their mental health

Antidepressant Side Effects Vary Widely by Drug, Study Finds A new study compared the effects of 30 drugs on cholesterol, blood pressure and weight gain.

Antidepressant Side Effects Vary Widely by Drug, Study Finds: A new study compared the effects of 30 drugs on cholesterol, blood pressure and weight gain.

Mental health distress among the nation's LGBTQ+ youth is increasing, study finds Advocacy group The Trevor Projected released data from the first year of a study following more than 1,600 LGBTQ+ youth across the country.

Mental health distress among the nation's LGBTQ+ youth is increasing, study finds

My article on psychologist George Kelly's work for the CIA during the 1950s and 60s is now an advance online publication in the 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵! Reprint: tiny.cc/81xt001 Preprint: tiny.cc/c1xt001 @apajournals.bsky.social

Social conflict among strongest predictors of teen mental health concerns, research shows Approximately 20% of American adolescents experience a mental health disorder each year, a number that has been on the rise. Genetics and life events contribute, but because so many factors are…

Social conflict among strongest predictors of teen mental health concerns, research shows

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APA Books webinar

Still time to sign up. Hope to see you there: bit.ly/3JL9O0v

I’m giving a free webinar on constructive psychotherapies on September 16. You can register for it here: apa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I don’t like X but still have over 1100 followers there from its Twitter days. Here I have 1 follower 😳. Is it worth it to migrate here from X and, if yes, how do I get a few more followers here?

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 is officially being released today! Learn more: hawksites.newpaltz.edu/raskinj/cons...

Two presentations tomorrow at #APA2025. One on constructive therapies (for CE credit), and one on diagnosis. Hope to see you there!

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“Raskin has accomplished what previously would have taken multiple high-end reference manuals to accomplish. . . .This will likely become a standard by which other psychopathology texts are compared.”