Critical Psychology at Point Park University

Ontological Insecurity: A Discussion of R.D. Laing Subscribe to Acid Horizon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcastMerch: http://www.crit-drip.comIn this episode, Will and Adam are joined by S...

The Psychiatric Drugging of Our Children: A Developing International Crisis For our fourth discussion in this series, we are focussing on the prescribing of psychiatric drugs to children and adolescents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3lfcPXbpUo

A brief discussion on our new PhD program! Have a listen and share :)

What is Critical Psychology

How Sexual Minority Stress Impacts Personality Development New research examines how heterosexism affects personality development and subsequent responses to sexual minority stress.

Discourse, Drug Use, and Psychiatry: An Interview with Critical Psychologist Ilana Mountian Richard Sears interviews Ilana Mountian on drug use, marginalization, the disease model of addiction, and problems with prohibition.

Call for Papers: Sigmund Freud as a Critical Social Theorist – Book edited by Dustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad Miri Seyed Javad Miri and I are planning to edit a book about Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis and its relevance to critical social theory. If you are interested in contributing to this project, or …

Hype Trumps Rigorous Science in Social Science Publications Nonreplicable studies in psychology, economics, and social science journals are more likely to be cited than replicable ones.

Psychosis in US Inseparable from Racism and Structural Inequality, Researchers Argue A new study examines how a legacy of structural racism in the US shapes the social conditions that lead to a greater risk for psychosis.

“…critical psychology should constitute an investigation of the relation between power and psychology, that it should be concerned both with the critique of oppressive use of psychology and with enabling potentially transformative forms of practice (from within psychology, or from without) which disrupt imbalances of power and which have social equality as their goal” - Derek Hook

Black and Minority Youth More Likely to Face Forced Psychiatric Hospitalization A new study examines disparities in forced psychiatric hospitalization in children and adolescents and offers guidance for future research.

https://awryjcp.com/index.php/awry

Open access journal dedicated to Critical Psychology. Special issue on Psychoanalysis and Critical Psychology coming soon!

Awry: Journal of Critical Psychology An academic journal that provides an interdisciplinary forum for critical scholars dedicated to interrogating the economic, social, political, and environmental dimensions of psychological research and practice.