Podcast Now Available!!!

Check out the new feature of the Social Sciences Blog: Scientific American's 60-Second Psych!

This is a great way to get current, up to the minute information about cutting edge research in psychology. It is an audio podcast and available in the right-hand side of the blog.

Listen to a few and tell us which podcasts are your favorites and which are your least favorites.

Child Mental Health News: Child Caregivers

For anyone who is interested in children/adolescents and development, this is an interesting video from the NY Times about the increase in child caregivers and the emotional and behavioral impact on them. Click on the link below to watch an interesting and brief video:

NY Times Health: CHild Caregivers Video

an interesting book review

I stumbled across this recent NY Times book review and think it has some interesting points about the history of investigations of mental institutions but it raised a lot of questions for me as well. 

Here's the title of the book and the review: 

Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin by Norah Vincent

What do you think about this author's experience and approach writing this book?

Coming soon...

This will be an exciting page about the Social Sciences at Lasell College - check back soon!