The Psychology of Shooting Back
You hear the rush of footsteps outside your classroom door, bodies jostling, crying and shouting. The sound you had been trying to dismiss as a car engine misfiring has gotten closer and is now unmistakable as small arms fire. It is at that moment you realise this...
Musical Suicides
I have been a clinical psychologist for almost 20 years, but I’ve been a fan of metal music for closer to 30. I grew up on a diet rich in double-kick bass drums, shredding guitar solos, and a mix of growled and screeched vocals. When I was at uni and struggling to...
Buying more stuff won’t make you happier
As national psychology week unfolds, most of us will have already been bombarded with plenty of feel good stories about mental health awareness and how a psychologist can help. However, the story we don’t hear so often is the one about how psychologist...
Insurance companies line up for the data honeypot of Medicare
What protection will be offered to the general public from the commercial exploitation of Medicare data when this service is privatised.
