Tag Archive: psychology

Jul
30

How Far Would You Go For Reality TV?

Dr. Christine Whelan at Busted Halo’s® Virtue/Vice Blog suggest quite far: A French documentary, which aired this spring, argues that we’d do anything to win a reality television show — even kill another human being. The film, called “The Game of Death,” features players in a fake television game shocking fellow contestants if they answer …

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May
07

Are People with Mental Illness Overmedicated?

Therese Borchard at her great blog on mental illness, Beyond Blue, takes on the question. Are some people overmedicated in this country? Yes. Absolutely. I devote a few chapters of my book, Beyond Blue, to describing the dangerous phase in my recovery led by a doctor whom I call “Pharma King.” I was taking something …

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