Child Psychology

Shyness in a child and depression after bereavement could be classed as mental illness

9 Feb 2012

The threat comes in the form of proposed changes to a U.S. manual of mental disorders, viewed as a bible by some in the field.

Pacific University names Christiane Brems dean of its School of Professional Psychology

9 Feb 2012

Brems emerged from a national search following last summer's retirement of previous dean Michel Hersen. She will begin her tenure at Pacific on July 1.

Controlled crying is still a blubbering mess

9 Feb 2012

AN unpublished university study is set to reignite the debate about controlled crying. Do you think it works?