Kangaroo Hearing: Congress & Technology CEOs

This last week’s congressional hearing and grilling of Tech CEOs provides another example of a theatrical performance by the United States Congress. The hearing involved confronting the Tech CEOs with regard to harm for children, particularly public safety and sexual exploitation. Parents held signs with pictures of their children who...

A Message Regarding Inflation: It’s the Housing Costs, [Silly].

While inflation has declined, Americans remain unrelieved from any reported declines in costs. Why? The answer is housing. Housing is a primary cost and one we consumers cannot readily bargain our way through. If the price of chicken or eggs rises, I can try to find a substitute. I can...

The Ignored Personality Trait of Perfectionism and its Relationship to Suicide

The recent report that US surgeons and medical doctors have a higher suicide rate than the general population brings the issue of perfectionism into focus as an underlying factor. Perfectionism is a personality trait related to suicide. It is surprising to me that this factor is not fully recognized within...

Abrupt Suicide: Discourse with Clinicians, Experts, and Researchers

Abrupt suicides, such as the recent suicide of dancer Stephen tWitch Boss, startle society with the unresolved grief from deaths we can’t understand. The abrupt suicide of someone we know, either as a family member, friend, or just acquaintance yearns for psychological treatment to address the unresolved grief. This is especially...

Grieving and national trauma: Thoughts from Clinicians and Therapists

I believe we are a society living with intense anxiety and fear of trauma. Clinicians, are you seeing and feeling what I am? Here are my initial thoughts as a clinical psychologist: I never went through Kubler Ross’s bargaining phase when my mother died. I didn’t try to tell myself...

Grieving and Bereavement: Thoughts from Clinicians, Psychologists, and Experts

I'm convening public discourse about grieving and bereavement and would like to hear from a cross section of experts, clinicians, and community members about their lessons learned or thoughts on grieving. #grieving #bereavement #grief Here are my initial thoughts:Coping with loss is the essence of moving forward with a productive...

Capitalism Delusion Disorder (CDD)

From my observations as a clinical and forensic psychologist and from my study of society as a concerned citizen, I've developed a new term: Capitalism Delusion Disorder (CDD). From your vantage point, what do you think? - Jay Slosar --- A psychosocial societal disorder attributed to extreme and out of...

Homelessness: Successful Interventions

What are your thoughts? How much is homelessness linked to mental health? What do you think the barriers are to addressing homelessness? - Jay Homelessness is rampant in the US with more than a half million people on the streets or in shelters. Most are individuals (70%) with people in...

Lying, BS, and Self Deception

What do you think?  Is it better to call it lying or BSing?  How do you distinguish between lying and BS?  - Jay The current story of George Santos and all his lies is remarkable in that he could be elected to such a high office of leadership. Today’s polarized...