Like Alcohol, Religion Disinhibits Violence, Doesn't Cause It
Religions elicit peak experiences like mystic euphoria, submission, love and joy. They also elicit protective reactions like anger and fear, the emotions most likely to underlie violence.
Religions elicit peak experiences like mystic euphoria, submission, love and joy. They also elicit protective reactions like anger and fear, the emotions most likely to underlie violence.
Joan Z. Shore | Posted 11.24.2009 | World
Had it been a Christian or a Jew who slaughtered thirteen people in one mad frenzy, I doubt there would have been much psycho-analysis of the murderer and his motives. It was a ghastly criminal act, period.
AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — A radical Muslim cleric with suspected links to al-Qaida considered himself a confidant of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychia...
Michael Shaw | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media
AP | ANGELA K. BROWN and SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 11.14.2009 | Home
FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers with Pa...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media
The media, once again, fell hook, line and sinker for a military account of what happened during the tragedy.
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
FORT HOOD, Texas — One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories Tuesday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shoot...
Dr. Robert Epstein | Posted 11.06.2009 | Home
The tragedy at Ft. Hood reminded me of an extensive investigative piece I wrote for Psychology Today a few years ago. I'm reprinting it below. The w...
AP | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The base commander at Fort Hood says survivors of the shooting rampage have told him that the Army psychiatrist suspected in the vi...
AP | BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who ...
Valerie Tarico | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living