Feb 23rd, 2010 · This week, a crime novel from the other Swedish blockbuster; mystery and devilment by the son of a horror legend; and a reporter examines the explosive growth in diagnosing — and dosing — kids with psychological disorders.
Feb 10th, 2010 · Researchers have found gene mutations for stuttering, an ancient and common disorder that often runs in families. Scientists and advocates say the discovery demonstrates that stuttering is often a biological condition — not caused by overbearing parents or a psychological disturbance.
Jan 28th, 2010 · Author Gail Godwin's novel, Unfinished Desires, spins a tale of love, envy and reckoning at a Catholic girls' school in North Carolina. Reviewer Jane Ciabattari says the book is a "spellbinding psychological ghost story, near operatic in intensity."
Jan 5th, 2010 · Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon is a dark meditation on physical and psychological violence — and on the role repression in the name of virtue may play in the shaping of violent personalities. Set in a German village on the eve of the World War I, the film's exploration of religion and authoritarianism has led some to call it a subtle look at the origins of Nazism. It may, however, be much more.
Dec 15th, 2009 · Chester Johnson said his son was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after a teacher at his Taunton, Mass., school found a sketch of a stick figure of Jesus on a cross. The school district said the second-grader was never suspended and that officials followed "well-established protocol."
Dec 15th, 2009 · An 8-year-old Massachusetts boy was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after he was asked to make a Christmas drawing and sketched what appeared to be a stick figure of Jesus on a cross, the child's father said Tuesday.
Nov 20th, 2009 · The Senate is conducting hearings into the recent shootings at Fort Hood — a tragedy that took place just miles from the site of a deadly 1991 attack. That episode, in which a gunman killed 23 people at Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, reshaped how police, medical and psychological personnel respond to such tragedies.
Nov 19th, 2009 · The director of Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II returns to his Hong Kong-cinema roots with a battle epic based on a war fought in China 18 centuries ago. Critic Mark Jenkins says that while Red Cliff's scope is certainly impressive, the edited-down U.S. release could use some psychological strife to go with its clanging swords and clashing ships.