Abu Ghraib: The Real Stanford Prison Experiment
Extended commentary by Peter Kinderman. The pictures above and below were taken at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq during 2003-2004 and outline how some of the prisoners were mistreated by…
Extended commentary by Peter Kinderman. The pictures above and below were taken at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq during 2003-2004 and outline how some of the prisoners were mistreated by…
Genie (born in 1957, California) was the victim of severe child abuse, neglect and social isolation. She was discovered by the authorities in 1970 (aged 13) – up until then,…
For all you aspiring forensic and criminal psychologists out there, if you’re looking for a bit of summer reading, I’d highly recommend The Jigsaw Man. In a nutshell, its a detective…
Dr. John Grohol’s personal picks from around the Internet for everything related to mental health: Psych Central – Resource Directory.
All in the mind Claudia Hammond asks whether the use of physical restraint in mental health services should be eliminated. She’s joined by Jimmy Noak, director of nursing at Broadmoor Hospital,…
When people say “you don’t even need to do any work for 1st year”, they’re wrong. Its all well and good when you get told you only have multiple choice…
So I’m nearing the end of my degree, (I am trying not to focus too much about that at the moment, I’m pretty sure I was in first year last…
After suffering (for use of a better word) 3 long years of statistics lectures and classes I can safely say I will not be sad to see the back of…
A new article correctly states that 25% of overturned cases (likely by DNA) were false confessions that lead to a conviction, then asks if if judges and juries understand how to…
Famed psychologist Philip Zimbardo led this experiment to examine that behavior of individuals when placed into roles of either prisoner or guard and the norms these individuals were expected to…