Ah, another year draws to a close, and we here at Psych Central are making our lists and checking them twice. No, wait, that was last week. This week, we’re just making lists (no, we don’t have OCD).
It’s been another record-breaking year here at Psych Central, as we now see more than 2 million people each month visit our sites and self-help support groups . They come here not only to learn about a mental health concern, but also about common psychological topics and issues, and to learn how to improve their relationships and parenting skills. We’re growing all of these topics in 2012, because how you live your life is interwoven with so much of psychology and understanding ourselves.
The good news about 2012 is that every new year brings with it the possibility of a new start and changing some of those aspects about yourself that you admit could use a little improvement. We’ll be here for you to help you with those goals, and to provide you thousands of new articles on these topics from experts, professionals and people just like you.
Click through to see our top 10 lists for the World of Psychology blog, our entire blog network, and from our news bureau.
Top 10 Psychology Blog Topics
Here are the top 10 psychology and mental health topics of 2011 that appeared here on the World of Psychology blog at Psych Central:
- A Day in the Life of a Mental Hospital Patient
by Jennifer O’Brien - Women’s Sex Noises and Orgasm Screams: Voluntary or Not?
by Dr. John Grohol - 3 Fascinating Facts About Dreams
by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. - Why Ruminating is Unhealthy and How to Stop
by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. - A Few Quotes on Overcoming Adversity
by Therese J. Borchard - Ring the Bells That Still Can Ring: Letting Go of Perfectionism
by Sandra Singer, Ph.D. - 8 Tips to Stop Procrastinating
by Gretchin Rubin - What You Do Every Day Matters More Than What You Do Once In a While
by Gretchin Rubin - 5 Ways to Silence Your Inner Critic
by Therese J. Borchard - Review of Jung vs. Freud in A Dangerous Method
by Dr. John Grohol
Top 10 Most Popular Articles from the Psych Central Blog Network
These are the top 10 most popular articles from our blog network for 2011:
- The Complexity of the Creative Personality
by Douglas Eby - Five Top Skills Proven to Entice Your Mate to Love and Respect You
by Dr. Athena Staik - 10 Things My Mentor Taught Me: My Own Love is the Most Important Love
by Shannon Cutts - Why Do Men Lie?
by Leigh Pretnar Cousins, MS - Five Top Skills Proven to Entice Your Mate to Love and Respect You
by Dr. Athena Staik - Alice In Chains Bassist Mike Starr Dead, Suspected Overdose
by Alicia Sparks - 5 Keys to Building Strong Relationships in Any Sphere of Life
by Joe Wilner - How Can You Be Happier? Find Work You Love
by Joe Wilner - Radical Self-Acceptance: Q&A With Author Rosie Molinary
by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. - Five Ways Popular American Culture Breeds Sociopaths
by Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC
Top 10 Psychology, Brain and Mental Health News Topics
And finally, here are the top 10 news topics we covered in 2011:
- How brain regions are being tied to specific behaviors
For example:
Seeing and Touching Closely Linked in Brain - Dreams
For example: Dreams Help Heal Painful Memories - Happiness and laughter
For example: Laughter Improves Vascular Health - Prescription drugs
For example: The Drug Metyrapone to Erase Bad Memories? - Self-improvement
For example: Key to Greatness is Working Memory, Not Practice - Religion and spirituality
For example: Cognitive Style Tends To Predict Religious Conviction - Child and teen development
For example: Middle-School Friends Are Critical For Future Success - Memory and memories
For example: Subconscious Memory and The Lure of Alcohol - Emotions
For example: Emotional Sensitivity May Be Influenced by High Blood Pressure - Psychopaths and antisocial personality
For example: A Psychopath’s Brain Is Different
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These are all great links, and a wonderful round-up – but please, can you stop making jokes linking list-making to OCD? It’s ocPd which are the list-makers. Which is so frequently confused with OCD that people with it, and their families, have trouble getting the help they need. Thanks.
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