In inflation-adjusted dollars, health insurers pay psychologists ~75% less today than 1980

No other healthcare specialty has seen this decline
Others have kept pace with/exceeded inflation

No wonder people can’t get quality psychotherapy
No wonder the profession is in free fall

We are watching a major conflict play out RIGHT NOW between Israel and Iran, and you’re here posting about “lefty snowflakes” and Bill Maher.

You’re an embarrassment and a joke. Act like an adult and sitting US Senator.

Jung’s Five Pillars of a Good Life
The great Swiss psychoanalyst left us a surprisingly practical guide to being happier. — The Atlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

I sometimes hear a critique of psychotherapy that therapists just keep patients in therapy forever so they can get paid. If those critics knew what the average therapist gets paid, they would know therapists are not in it for the money.

'Psychiatric disorders are, by their nature, complex multilevel phenomena. We need to keep our heads clear about their stunning complexity & realize, with humility, that their full understanding will require rigorous integration of multiple disciplines & perspectives.' - Kendler

This NYT article is somewhat involved but here’s short version: health insurance companies have found yet another way to line their pockets instead of paying for your health care

And yet again, mental health patients and providers are singled out to get especially screwed

This may bring out the haters but:

If you consider yourself a therapist and have little more to offer than “psychoeducation” and skills training and manufactured pseudo-empathy

you could definitely be replaced by an AI chatbot

and deserve to be

Hear me out here, but… if your former Secretary of State, former Attorney General, former Secretary of Defense, other former Secretary of Defense, former Chief of Staff, and former Vice President all say you’re terrible at the job… it’s possible you’re terrible at the job

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The Cowboys were the only team in the NFL to do absolutely nothing on Monday. Everyone in the NFC East got better.
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'The real work of psychotherapy may begin with crushing disappointment, as the patient struggles to reconcile with the painful truth that neither the therapist nor anyone else has the power to give them what they want'
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'It is simply a fact that some therapists are brighter, more gifted, and more sensitive than others. Patients sense such things, some preferring to leave incompetent and insensitive therapists, while others prefer an inadequate therapy in which they will not have to face the...

Trust people to work from anywhere. It is a way to signal to your employees that you have confidence in their ability to perform without looking over their shoulders. s.hbr.org/4b9uc4G

Schools are giving young students too much homework. Research finds it has little benefit for elementary students and takes up time they could be playing and exercising, perhaps more important activities for them. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/parent…

Most useful mental health story I've read in years.

Severely ill should all be offered chance to create Advanced Directives for future treatment.

Helps patients control own fate/manage illness/reduce relapse harms/improve teamwork with treaters & family:
theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

A projective test is a psychological test where people respond to stimuli that can be seen/interpreted in different ways—like Rorschach inkblots. What you see is a projection of your own psychology

X may be the largest uncontrolled experiment in projective testing ever conducted

Socialism vs. Capitalism

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