Why do spree shooters kill? Why did Nidal Malik Hasan and other spree shooters murder their victims? One approach would concern the cybernetics of emotion involving recursive loops of shame and anger.

Self-generated loops of shame alone are commonplace among those who blush easily. They report that the awareness of...

Young men and women often obsess about romantic partners, to the point of becoming infatuated. These infatuations may become painful, but often not. One imagines things, such as how one might meet for the first time.

Most people, however, myself included, also have painful obsessions, lasting for hours or days....

In response to the Army's plan for mass therapy (NYT, A1, Aug. 17) my previous blog outlined the basic causes of depression: hiding emotions and no secure bonds. How can we confront these problems? My first suggestion is to have each soldier compile a list of the Best...

Worried about the high rates of depression and suicide, the Army is planning therapy for its 1.1 million soldiers. For many years I have been developing an approach for teaching college students (and my own therapy as well) that may fit the Army's problem exactly. I propose two basic...

An important new book substantiates something progressives have long intuited. Published first in Britain and now headed for the United States, it's by epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson and health researcher Kate Pickett, and its title conveys its message: The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better.

Since...