Background Coercive control is a pattern of behaviour that occurs in relationships and families that is enabled by broader coercive control systems in the community. General practitioners, skilled at pattern recognition, can contribute to systems-wide identification of coercive control across…[Continue Reading...]
Conspiracy theories about so-called chemtrails claim that they are chemical or biological substances released by governments to control the weather or harm the population. The idea began to spread in 1996when some conspirators misinterpreted US Air Force research material on…[Continue Reading...]
Asociopath, otherwise known as a person who fits the criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD), is a term used to describe "a person with a personality disorder who exhibits aggressive, violent, or unpleasant behaviour toward others," according to the Oxford…[Continue Reading...]
The refusal of blood transfusions by Jehovah’s Witnesses poses a major challenge in treating acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), particularly in patients presenting with severe anaemia. A woman in her late twenties, presented with a haemoglobin of 6.7 g/dL, received azacitidine…[Continue Reading...]
He'd make things up that didn't happen. Then he'd get angry when questioned, as if remembering was an attack on him. Every time she brought up something he did wrong, suddenly the conversation became about her mental health, her past…[Continue Reading...]
Thousands of people around the world woke up two weeks ago with the hope that it would be their last day on Earth. The "Rapture" theory, proposed by a South African pastor, claimed that Jesus would return to Earth on…[Continue Reading...]
I’ve been mentoring people in public speaking for more than 30 years. The one piece of advice I have given all of them is this: “Rehearse! Rehearse! Rehearse!” I give this advice because no one taught it to me; I…[Continue Reading...]
A new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality suggests that individuals high in antagonistic narcissism are more likely to gravitate toward antisocial news content while showing less interest in stories about prosocial behavior. This tendency appears to…[Continue Reading...]
Agrowing body of research suggests that people are drawn into conspiracy theories not because they are gullible or irrational, but because of a powerful social force: community. A new five-year ethnographic study by researchers from the University of Bath and…[Continue Reading...]
A new study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology provides evidence that believing in one conspiracy theory can slightly increase the likelihood of believing in others over time. While the effects were small, the findings support a long-standing…[Continue Reading...]
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